Incompressible Flow: Third Edition by Ronald L. Panton - 2006

Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., 2006. 3rd edition. Paperback. New. This is the leading textbook on the market for graduate level fluid mechanics courses covering viscous and non-viscous flow. Incompressible flow is a required course in preparation for subsequent courses on turbulence and stability. The third edition retains the format and philosophy of the first two editions which in one reviewer`s words make it the most teachable book on the market. The presentation starts with basic principles followed with a patient development of the mathematics and physics leading to theories of fluids supported with examples and problem exercises. Contents:- Preface Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition ? Continuum Mechanics ? Thermodynamics ? Vector Calculus and Index Notation ? Kinematics of Local Fluid Motion ? Basic Laws. ? Newtonian Fluids and the Navier-Stokes Equations ? Some Incompressible Flow Patterns ? Dimensional Analysis ? Compressible Flow ? Incompressible Flow ? Some Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations ? Stream Functions and the Velocity Potential ? Vorticity Dynamics ? Flows at Moderate Reynolds Numbers ? Asymptotic Analysis Methods ? Characteristics of High-Reynolds-Number Flow ? Kinematic Decomposition of Flow Fields ? Ideal Flows in a Plane ? Axisymmetric and Three-Dimensional Ideal Flows ? Boundary Layers ? Low-Reynolds-Numbers Flows ? Lubrication Approximation ? Surface Tension Effects ? Microscale Effects ? Introduction to Stability and Transition ? Introduction to Turbulent Flow Appendix References Index Printed Pages: 840.