Classical Mechanics

Gravity is one of the four fundamental interactions that exist in nature. It also has the distinction of being the oldest, weakest, and most diffic...

This handbook provides both a comprehensive overview and deep insights on the state-of-the-art methods used in wind turbine aerodynamics, as well a...

The instability of fluid flows is a key topic in classical fluid mechanics because it has huge repercussions for applied disciplines such as chemic...

Written by dedicated educators who are also real-life engineers with a passion for the discipline, Engineering Fluid Mechanics, 11th Edition, care...

This book presents the main results of extensive research on diffraction, radiation and propagation of elastic waves. In recent years, there has be...

A writer-musician examines how the switch from analog to digital audio is changing our perceptions of time, space, love, money, and power. Our v...

This is the third volume in a four-part series on Fluid Dynamics: PART 1: Classical Fluid Dynamics PART 2: Asymptotic Problems of Fluid Dynamic...

A modern introduction to synchronization phenomena, this text presents recent discoveries and the current state of research in the field, from low-...

Nonlinear waves are pervasive in nature, but are often elusive when they are modelled and analysed. This book develops a natural approach to the pr...

Written in tutorial style, this textbook discusses the fundamental topics of modern day Sonar Systems Engineering for the analysis and design of bo...

Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) demonstrate simplicity of their excitation and receipt, as well as their availability to all propagation ways of sign...

In mathematics and physics, a soliton is a self-reinforcing solitary wave (a wave packet or pulse) that maintains its shape while it travels at con...

The underlying ideas of the present treatise originate from some speculations by the author in the late 1960s on the possible existence of a nonzer...

The main focus of this book is to introduce computational methods for fluid flow and heat transfer to scientists, engineers, educators, and graduat...

A new approach to the theory of sound scattering, diffraction and propagation in slightly compressible media containing moving inhomogeneities is p...

This book lays a unique and straightforward mathematical foundation on the aspects of liquid layers, capillary interfaces, floating drops and parti...

This is a readable and attractively presented textbook on fluid flow in biological systems that includes flow through blood vessels, pulsatile flow...

Over the past decade, research on molecular gels has expanded and progressed rapidly. This timely book presents the latest developments and underst...

This book provides a practical guide to molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation techniques used in the modelling of simple and complex liquid...

Nuclear Thermal-Hydraulic Systems provides a comprehensive approach to nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics, reflecting the latest technologies, reac...

Written by a leading expert in the field, this book presents a novel method for controlling high-speed flows past aerodynamic shapes using energy d...

A comprehensive overview of the basic principles of vortex dynamics in superfluids, this book addresses the problems of vortex dynamics in all thre...

Although the empirical treatment of fluid flow and heat transfer in porous media is over a century old, only in the last three decades has the tran...

On the basis of N E Zhukovsky''''s ideas, it is shown that stress tensor and speeds of deformation tensor only approximately describe a force''''s ...

This book is devoted to the study of the dynamics of rotating bodies with cavities containing liquid. Two basic classes of motions are analyzed: ro...