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Fluid Mechanics

  • Successful textbook on a very high scientific level
  • Emphasizes the unified nature of all the disciplines of Fluid Mechanics
  • Includes new sections about creeping flows, thin-film flow and flow through porous media
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
  2. Hydrostatics.

    Pages 151-166
  3. Hydrodynamic Lubrication

    Pages 229-259
  4. Stream Filament Theory

    Pages 261-314
  5. Potential Flows

    Pages 315-397
  6. Supersonic Flow

    Pages 399-416
  7. Boundary Layer Theory

    Pages 417-450
  8. Creeping Flows

    Pages 451-470
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 471-531

About this book

This successful textbook emphasizes the unified nature of all the disciplines of Fluid Mechanics as they emerge from the general principles of continuum mechanics. The different branches of Fluid Mechanics, always originating from simplifying assumptions, are developed according to the basic rule: from the general to the specific.

The first part of the book contains a concise but readable introduction into kinematics and the formulation of the laws of mechanics and thermodynamics. The second part consists of the methodical application of these principles to technology. This book is offered to engineers, physicists and applied mathematicians; it can be used for self study, as well as in conjunction with a lecture course.

This second English version is the translation of the very successful seventh German book, significantly expanded by a new chapter about creeping flows. In addition, sections about thin-film flow and flow through porous media are added and thus the book gives a complex introduction to the wide area of fluid mechanics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Technische Strömungslehre, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    H.Joseph Spurk

  • Lehrstuhl für Technische Mechanik und Strömungsmechanik, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

    Nuri Aksel

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eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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