Fluid mechanics / by L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, Institute of Physical Problems, U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences ; translated from the Russian by J.B. Sykes and W.H. Reid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landau, L. D. (Lev Davidovich), 1908-1968, author.

Lifshit︠s︡, E. M. (Evgeniĭ Mikhaĭlovich), author.

Contributor:

Sykes, J. B., translator.

Reid, W. H., translator.

Series:

Landau, L. D. (Lev Davidovich), 1908-1968. English ; Teoreticheskai͡a fizika (Izd. 2-e). 6.

Course of theoretical physics ; volume 6

Standardized Title:

Mekhanika sploshnykh sred. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Fluid mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (556 pages)

Edition:

Second edition

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Elsevier, 1987

Language Note:

English translation from the Russian language "Mekhanika sploshnykh sred."

Summary:

This is the most comprehensive introductory graduate or advanced undergraduate text in fluid mechanics available. It builds up from the fundamentals, often in a general way, to widespread applications, to technology and geophysics. New to this second edition are discussions on the universal dimensions similarity scaling for the laminar boundary layer equations and on the generalized vector field derivatives. In addition, new material on the generalized streamfunction treatment shows how streamfunction may be used in three-dimensional flows. Finally, a new Computational Fluid Dynamics chapter enables compulations of some simple flows and provides entry to more advanced literature.* Basic introduction to the subject of fluid mechanics, intended for undergraduate and beginning graduate students of science and engineering. * Includes topics of special interest for geophysicists and to engineers. * New and generalized treatment of similar laminar boundary layers, streamfunctions for three-dimensional flows, vector field derivatives, and gas dynamics. Also a new generalized treatment of boundary conditions in fluid mechanics, and expanded treatment of viscous flows.

Contents:

13. Internal waves in an incompressible fluid14. Waves in a rotating fluid; CHAPTER II. VISCOUS FLUIDS; 1.5. The equations of motion of a viscous fluid; 16. Energy dissipation in an incompressible fluid; 17. Flow in a pipe; 18. Flow between rotating cylinders; 19. The law of similarity; 20. Flow with small Reynolds numbers; 21. The laminar wake; 22. The viscosity of suspensions; 23. Exact solutions of the equations of motion for a viscous fluid; 24. Oscillatory motion in a fiscous fluid; 25. Damping of gravity waves; CHAPTER III. TURBULENCE; 26. Stability of steady flow

42. The logarithmic velocity profile43. Turbulent flow in pipes; 44. The turbulent boundary layer; 45. The drag crisis; 46. Flow past streamlined bodies; 47. Induced drag; 48. The lift of a thin wing; CHAPTER V. THERMAL CONDUCTION IN FLUIDS; 49. The general equation of heat transfer; 50. Thermal conduction in an incompressible fluid; 51. Thermal conduction in an infinite medium; 52. Thermal conduction in a finite medium; 53. The similarity law for heat transfer; 54. Heat transfer in a boundary layer; 55. Heating of a body in a moving fluid; 56. Free convection

57. Convective instability of a fluid at restCHAPTER VI. DIFFUSION; 58. The equations of fluid dynamics for a mixture of fluids; 59. Coefficients of mass transfer and thermal diffusion; 60. Diffusion or particles suspended in a fluid; CHAPTER VII. SURFACE PHENOMENA; 61. Laplace's formula; 62. Capillary waves; 63. The effect of adsorbed films on the motion of a liquid; CHAPTER VIII. SOUND; 64. Sound waves; 65. The energy and momentum of sound waves; 66. Reflection and refraction of sound waves; 67. Geometrical acoustics; 68. Propagation of sound in a moving medium

69. Characteristic vibrations

Notes:

Reprinted with corrections: 1989, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 7, 2015).

ISBN:

9780080570730

0-08-057073-9