Fluid Mechanics: Volume 6, Volume 6Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 6: Fluid Mechanics discusses several areas of concerns regarding fluid mechanics. The book provides a discussion on the phenomenon in fluid mechanics and their intercorrelations, such as heat transfer, diffusion in fluids, acoustics, theory of combustion, dynamics of superfluids, and relativistic fluid dynamics. The text will be of great interest to researchers whose work involves or concerns fluid mechanics. |
Contents
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CHAPTER II VISCOUS FLUIDS | 47 |
CHAPTER III TURBULENCE | 102 |
CHAPTER IV BOUNDARY LAYERS | 145 |
CHAPTER V THERMAL CONDUCTION IN FLUIDS | 183 |
CHAPTER VI DIFFUSION | 219 |
CHAPTER VII SURFACE PHENOMENA | 230 |
CHAPTER VIII SOUND | 245 |
CHAPTER XI THE INTERSECTION OF SURFACES OF DISCONTINUITY | 399 |
CHAPTER XII TWODIMENSIONAL GAS FLOW | 422 |
CHAPTER XIII FLOW PAST FINITE BODIES | 457 |
CHAPTER XIV FLUID DYNAMICS OF COMBUSTION | 474 |
CHAPTER XV RELATIVISTIC FLUID DYNAMICS | 499 |
CHAPTER XVI DYNAMICS OF SUPERFLUIDS | 507 |
CHAPTER XVII FLUCTUATIONS IN FLUID DYNAMICS | 523 |
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Common terms and phrases
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