Many introductions to fluid dynamics offer an illustrative approach that demonstrates some aspects of fluid behavior, but often leave you without the tools necessary to confront new problems. For more than a decade, Fluid Dynamics: Theoretical and Computational Approaches has supplied these missing tools with a constructive approach that made the book a bestseller. Now in its third edition, it supplies even more computational skills in addition to a solid foundation in theory.

After laying the groundwork in theoretical fluid dynamics, independent of any particular coordinate system in order to allow coordinate transformation of the equations, the author turns to the technique of writing Navier-Stokes and Euler's equations, flow of inviscid fluids, laminar viscous flow, and turbulent flow. He also includes requisite mathematics in several Mathematical Expositions at the end of the book and provides abundant end-of-chapter problems.

What's New in the Third Edition? New section on free surface flow New section on instability of flows through Chaos and nonlinear dissipative systems New section on formulation of the large eddy simulation (LES) problem New example problems and exercises that reflect new and important topics of current interest

By integrating a strong theoretical foundation with practical computational tools, Fluid Dynamics: Theoretical and Computational Approaches, Third Edition is an indispensable guide to the methods needed to solve new and unfamiliar problems in fluid dynamics.

Written for graduate students already versed in physical concepts of fluid dynamics, this textbook provides a theoretical treatment of the topic, with due emphasis on the physical interpretation of derived results. After presenting the foundations in a form free from any coordinate system, the author follows with a chapter on the technique of writing Navier-Stokes equations and Euler's equations in general steady and nonsteady curvilinear coordinates, as well as the essential aspects of vorticity and stream functions. Inviscid incompressible and compressible flows are then examined as a prelude to viscous flows. The penultimate chapter explores the exact solutions of the Navier-stokes equations, classical and modern boundary layer theory, and incompressible and compressible forms of the Navier-Stokes formulations. Finally, the text concludes with coverage of the stability problem of the laminar flows and the development of both the time and mass-weighted averaged Navier-Stokes and the associated turbulence equations.
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Written for graduate students already versed in physical concepts of fluid dynamics, this textbook provides a theoretical treatment of the topic, with due emphasis on the physical interpretation of derived results. After presenting the foundations in a form free from any coordinate system, the author follows with a chapter on the technique of writing Navier-Stokes equations and Euler's equations in general steady and nonsteady curvilinear coordinates, as well as the essential aspects of vorticity and stream functions. Inviscid incompressible and compressible flows are then examined as a prelude to viscous flows. The penultimate chapter explores the exact solutions of the Navier-stokes equations, classical and modern boundary layer theory, and incompressible and compressible forms of the Navier-Stokes formulations. Finally, the text concludes with coverage of the stability problem of the laminar flows and the development of both the time and mass-weighted averaged Navier-Stokes and the associated turbulence equations. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Now in its third edition, this indispensable guide to solving new and unfamiliar problems in fluid dynamics supplies even more computational skills in addition to a solid foundation in theory. Includes new sections on free surface flow and formulation of the large eddy simulation (LES) problem, and new example problems and exercises that reflect new and important topics of current interest.