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An Introduction to the Mechanics of Incompressible Fluids / by Michel O. Deville.
Springer eBooks EBA - Engineering Collection 2022 Available online
Springer eBooks EBA - Engineering Collection 2022- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Deville, Michel O., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mechanics, Applied.
- Fluid mechanics.
- Engineering Mechanics.
- Engineering Fluid Dynamics.
- Local Subjects:
- Engineering Mechanics.
- Engineering Fluid Dynamics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XIX, 325 p. 108 illus., 15 illus. in color.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2022.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham Springer Nature 2022
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This open access book allows the reader to grasp the main bulk of fluid flow problems at a brisk pace. Starting with the basic concepts of conservation laws developed using continuum mechanics, the incompressibility of a fluid is explained and modeled, leading to the famous Navier-Stokes equation that governs the dynamics of fluids. Some exact solutions for transient and steady-state cases in Cartesian and axisymmetric coordinates are proposed. A particular set of examples is associated with creeping or Stokes flows, where viscosity is the dominant physical phenomenon. Irrotational flows are treated by introducing complex variables. The use of the conformal mapping and the Joukowski transformation allows the treatment of the flow around an airfoil. The boundary layer theory corrects the earlier approach with the Prandtl equations, their solution for the case of a flat plate, and the von Karman integral equation. The instability of fluid flows is studied for parallel flows using the Orr-Sommerfeld equation. The stability of a circular Couette flow is also described. The book ends with the modeling of turbulence by the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations and large-eddy simulations. Each chapter includes useful practice problems and their solutions. The book is useful for engineers, physicists, and scientists interested in the fascinating field of fluid mechanics.
- Contents:
- Incompressible Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
- Dimensional Analysis
- Exact Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations
- Vorticity and Vortex Kinematics
- Stokes Flow
- Plane Irrotational Flows of Perfect Fluid
- Boundary Layer
- Instability
- Turbulence
- Solutions of the Exercices
- Index.
- ISBN:
- 3-031-04683-8
- OCLC:
- 1344377236
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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