Theory of Vortex Sound (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521812818)

This is an introduction to the branch of fluid mechanics concerned with the production of sound by hydrodynamic flows. It is designed for a one semester introductory course at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Great care is taken to explain underlying fluid mechanical and acoustic concepts, and to describe fully the steps in a complicated derivation. The discussion deals specifically with low Mach number flows, which enables the sound produced by vortex-surface' interactions to be analyzed using the compact Green's function'. This provides a routine procedure for estimating the sound, and an easy identification of those parts of a structure that are likely to be important sources of sound.

Author: M. S. Howe
ISBN-10: 052181281X
ISBN-13: 9780521812818
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2002
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.60d