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Author_P. A. Lagerstrom
Boltzmann equation
Boltzmann's entropy formula
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Boundary value problem
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Combination
Complication (horology)
Compressible flow
Conductivity (electrolytic)
Continuity equation
Couette flow
Dimension
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Equation of state (cosmology)
Euler equations (fluid dynamics)
Friction
Galilean transformation
Gas constant
Heat equation
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Incompressible flow
Integral
Integral equation
Internal energy
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Iterative method
Laws of thermodynamics
Limit (mathematics)
Lubrication theory
Mach number
Moment of inertia
Navier-Stokes equations
No-slip condition
Non-equilibrium thermodynamics
Oseen equations
Parabola
Parameter (computer programming)
Perfect gas
Physical plane
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Prandtl number
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Pressure gradient
Quantity
Real gas
Reynolds number
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Second law of thermodynamics
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Solution
Stagnation point
Stream function
Stress functions
Suction
Symmetric tensor
Temperature
Thermodynamic equilibrium
Transport coefficient
Transverse wave
Velocity
Virial coefficient
Viscosity
Vorticity
Product details
- ISBN 9780691025988
- Weight: 397g
- Dimensions: 197 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 02 Jun 1996
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Fluid mechanics is one of the greatest accomplishments of classical physics. The Navier-Stokes equations, first derived in the eighteenth century, serve as an accurate mathematical model with which to describe the flow of a broad class of real fluids. Not only is the subject of interest to mathematicians and physicists, but it is also indispensable to mechanical, aeronautical, and chemical engineers, who have to apply the equations to real-world examples, such as the flow of air around an aircraft wing or the motion of liquid droplets in a suspension. In this book, which first appeared in a comprehensive collection of essays entitled The Theory of Laminar Flows (Princeton, 1964), P. A. Lagerstrom imparts the essential theoretical framework of laminar flows to the reader. A concise and elegant description, Lagerstrom's work remains a model piece of writing and has much to offer today's reader seeking an introduction to the flow of nonturbulent fluids.
Beginning with the conservation laws that result in the equation of continuity, the Navier-Stokes equation, and the energy transport equation, Lagerstrom moves on to consider viscous waves, low Reynolds-number approximations such as Stokes flow and the Oseen equations, and then high Reynolds-number approximations that are used to describe boundary layers, jets, and wakes. Finally, he examines some compressibility effects, such as those that occur in the laminar boundary layer around a flat plate, both with and without a pressure gradient.
P. A. Lagerstrom was Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology.
