Modern Fluid Dynamics For Physics And Astrophysics (graduate Texts In Physics)
by Oded Regev /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book grew out of the need to provide students with a solid
introduction to modern fluid dynamics. It offers a broad
grounding in the underlying principles and techniques used,
with some emphasis on applications in
astrophysics and planetary science.
This book grew out of the need to provide students with a solid
introduction to modern fluid dynamics. It offers a broad
grounding in the underlying principles and techniques used,
with some emphasis on applications in
astrophysics and planetary science.
The book comprehensively
covers recent developments, methods and techniques,
including, for example, new ideas on transitions to turbulence
(via transiently growing stable linear modes), new approaches to
turbulence (which remains the enigma of fluid dynamics), and the
use of asymptotic approximation methods, which can give
analytical or semi-analytical results and complement fully
numerical treatments. The authors also briefly discuss some
important considerations to be taken into account when developing
a numerical code for computer simulation
of fluid flows.
The book comprehensively
covers recent developments, methods and techniques,
including, for example, new ideas on transitions to turbulence
(via transiently growing stable linear modes), new approaches to
turbulence (which remains the enigma of fluid dynamics), and the
use of asymptotic approximation methods, which can give
analytical or semi-analytical results and complement fully
numerical treatments. The authors also briefly discuss some
important considerations to be taken into account when developing
a numerical code for computer simulation
of fluid flows.
Although the text is populated throughout with examples and
problems from the field of astrophysics and planetary
science, the text is eminently suitable as a general introduction
to fluid dynamics. It is assumed that the readers are
mathematically equipped with a reasonable knowledge in analysis,
including basics of ordinary and partial differential equations
and a good command of vector calculus and linear algebra.
Although the text is populated throughout with examples and
problems from the field of astrophysics and planetary
science, the text is eminently suitable as a general introduction
to fluid dynamics. It is assumed that the readers are
mathematically equipped with a reasonable knowledge in analysis,
including basics of ordinary and partial differential equations
and a good command of vector calculus and linear algebra.
Each chapter concludes with bibliographical notes in
which the authors briefly discuss
the chapter's essential literature and give
recommendations for further, deeper reading. Included in
each chapter are a number of problems, some of
them relevant to astrophysics and planetary
science. The book is written for advanced undergraduate and
graduate students, but will also prove a valuable source of
reference for established researchers.
Each chapter concludes with bibliographical notes in
which the authors briefly discuss
the chapter's essential literature and give
recommendations for further, deeper reading. Included in
each chapter are a number of problems, some of
them relevant to astrophysics and planetary
science. The book is written for advanced undergraduate and
graduate students, but will also prove a valuable source of
reference for established researchers.