Fluid Dynamics for Physicists (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521429696)

This textbook provides an accessible and comprehensive account of fluid dynamics that emphasizes fundamental physical principles and stresses connections with other branches of physics. Beginning with a basic introduction, the book goes on to cover many topics not typically treated in texts, such as compressible flow and shock waves, sound attenuation and bulk viscosity, solitary waves and ship waves, thermal convection, instabilities, turbulence, and the behavior of anisotropic, non-Newtonian and quantum fluids. Undergraduate or graduate students in physics or engineering who are taking courses in fluid dynamics will find this book invaluable.

Author: T. E. Faber
ISBN-10: 0521429692
ISBN-13: 9780521429696
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/17/1995
Pages: 468
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 1.10d