Theory of vortex sound / M.S. Howe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, M. S., author.

Series:

Cambridge texts in applied mathematics ; 33.

Cambridge texts in applied mathematics ; 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fluid dynamics.

Fluids--Acoustic properties.

Fluids.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book 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 advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Great care is taken to explain underlying fluid mechanical and acoustic concepts, and to describe as fully as possible 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 analysed 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. Each chapter ends with a set of problems, many of which can form the basis of an extended student project. The final chapter contains worked examples that have been investigated by students at Boston University.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Lighthill's theory

3. The compact Green's function

4. Vorticity

5. Vortex sound

6. Vortex-surface interaction noise in two-dimensions

7. Problems in three-dimensions

8. Further worked examples

Bibliography.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-211) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-13305-X

0-511-07814-5

1-282-38925-4

0-511-64308-X

9786612389252

0-511-20256-3

0-511-56162-8

1-60119-762-4

0-511-75549-X

0-511-07657-6

OCLC:

57417408