Description
A readable and user-friendly introduction to fluid mechanics, this high-level text is geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Mathematicians, physicists, and engineers will also benefit from this lucid treatment.
The book begins with a derivation of the equations of fluid motion from statistical mechanics, followed by examinations of the classical theory and a portion of the modern mathematical theory of viscous, incompressible fluids. A considerable part of the final chapters is devoted to the Navier-Stokes equations. The text assumes a familiarity with functional analysis and some complex variables, and it includes an especially valuable discussion of the modern function theoretic approach to solving partial differential equations. Numerous exercises appear throughout the text.
Author: Marvin Shinbrot
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 07/17/2012
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780486488172
ISBN10: 0486488179
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Mechanics | Fluids
- Science | Physics | General
The book begins with a derivation of the equations of fluid motion from statistical mechanics, followed by examinations of the classical theory and a portion of the modern mathematical theory of viscous, incompressible fluids. A considerable part of the final chapters is devoted to the Navier-Stokes equations. The text assumes a familiarity with functional analysis and some complex variables, and it includes an especially valuable discussion of the modern function theoretic approach to solving partial differential equations. Numerous exercises appear throughout the text.
Author: Marvin Shinbrot
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 07/17/2012
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780486488172
ISBN10: 0486488179
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Mechanics | Fluids
- Science | Physics | General
About the Author
Marvin Shinbrot (1928-1987) was a Professor of Mathematics and Engineering Sciences at Northwestern University and later a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.
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