Fluid Mechanics

by Pijush K. Kundu, Ira M. Cohen, David R Dowling Ph.D., Jesse Capecelatro Ph.D.

Overview

Written in a clear and simple style, this textbook for a first course on fluid mechanics gives equal emphasis to both geophysical and engineering fluid mechanics. For physicists, it contains chapters on geophysical fluid mechanics and gravity waves, fo rengineers, it has chapters on aerodynamics and compressible flow. Of common interest are chapters on governing equations, boundary layers, instability, and turbulence. This book also presents topics of recent interest, such as deterministic chaos and double-diffusive instability.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128198087
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	08/06/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	768
File size:	67 MB
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About the Author

Formerly Nova University, USA

Formerly University of Pennsylvania, USA.

While in college, David R. Dowling held summer positions at Hughes Aircraft Co. and the Los Angeles Air Force Station. He completed his doctorate in 1988 at Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology and moved north to Seattle to accomodate his wife's career in medicine. While there, he worked for a year in the laser technology group at Boeing Aerospace, and then for almost three years as a post-doc at the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington. In 1992, he accepted a faculty position at the University of Michigan. Prof. Dowling is currently conducting research in acoustics and fluid mechanics. He is a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the American Physical Society. He is a US citizen.

Positions at the University of Michigan :

Professor, Sept 2005 to Present

Associate Professor, Sept 1999 thru August 2005

Assistant Professor, Sept 1992 thru August 1999

Visiting Assistant Professor, July 1992 thru August 1992

Jesse Capecelatro was born in White Plains, New York. He earned a BS from the State University of New York Binghamton in 2009, a MS from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2011, and a MS and PhD from Cornell University in 2014, all in Mechanical Engineering. Shortly after that, he worked as a postdoc and research scientist at the Center for Exascale Simulation of Plasma-coupled Combustion (XPACC) at the University of Illinois. He joined the faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan in 2016, where he has since taught and conducted research in fluid mechanics with an emphasis on computational methods, turbulence, and multiphase flow. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, and the ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal Award.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Cartesian Tensors
3. Kinematics
4. Conservation Laws
5. Vorticity Dynamics
6. Computational Fluid Dynamics
7. Ideal Flow
8. Gravity Waves
9. Laminar Flow
10. Boundary Layers and Related Topics
11. Instability
12. Turbulence
13. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
14. Aerodynamics
15. Compressible Flow
16. Introduction to Biofluid Mechanics (online only)

A. Conversion Factors, Constants, Fluid Properties
B. Mathematical Tools and Resources
C. Founders of Modern Fluid DynamicsD. Visual ResourcesIndex

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Guides students from the fundamentals to the analysis and application of fluid mechanics

Editorial Reviews

"Fluid mechanics,...is introduced and comprehensively covered in this widely adopted text. Revised and updated...this book…is suitable for both a first or second course in fluid mechanics at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level." —Zentralblatt MATH

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