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Incompressible Flow
About this book
The most teachable book on incompressible flow— now fully revised, updated, and expanded
Incompressible Flow, Fourth Edition is the updated and revised edition of Ronald Panton's classic text. It continues a respected tradition of providing the most comprehensive coverage of the subject in an exceptionally clear, unified, and carefully paced introduction to advanced concepts in fluid mechanics. Beginning with basic principles, this Fourth Edition patiently develops the math and physics leading to major theories. Throughout, the book provides a unified presentation of physics, mathematics, and engineering applications, liberally supplemented with helpful exercises and example problems.
Revised to reflect students' ready access to mathematical computer programs that have advanced features and are easy to use, Incompressible Flow, Fourth Edition includes:
- Several more exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations
- Classic-style Fortran programs for the Hiemenz flow, the Psi-Omega method for entrance flow, and the laminar boundary layer program, all revised into MATLAB
- A new discussion of the global vorticity boundary restriction
- A revised vorticity dynamics chapter with new examples, including the ring line vortex and the Fraenkel-Norbury vortex solutions
- A discussion of the different behaviors that occur in subsonic and supersonic steady flows
- Additional emphasis on composite asymptotic expansions
Incompressible Flow, Fourth Edition is the ideal coursebook for classes in fluid dynamics offered in mechanical, aerospace, and chemical engineering programs.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Chapter 1: Continuum Mechanics
- Chapter 2: Thermodynamics
- Chapter 3: Vector Calculus and Index Notation
- Chapter 4: Kinematics of Local Fluid Motion
- Chapter 5: Basic Laws
- Chapter 6: Newtonian Fluids and the Navier–Stokes Equations
- Chapter 7: Some Incompressible Flow Patterns
- Chapter 8: Dimensional Analysis
- Chapter 9: Compressible Flow
- Chapter 10: Incompressible Flow
- Chapter 11: Some Solutions of the Navier–Stokes Equations
- Chapter 12: Streamfunctions and the Velocity Potential
- Chapter 13: Vorticity Dynamics
- Chapter 14: Flows at Moderate Reynolds Numbers
- Chapter 15: Asymptotic Analysis Methods
- Chapter 16: Characteristics of High-Reynolds-Number Flows
- Chapter 17: Kinematic Decomposition of Flow Fields
- Chapter 18: Ideal Flows in a Plane
- Chapter 19: Three-Dimensional Ideal Flows
- Chapter 20: Boundary Layers
- Chapter 21: Flow at Low Reynolds Numbers
- Chapter 22: Lubrication Approximation
- Chapter 23: Surface Tension Effects
- Chapter 24: Introduction to Microflows
- Chapter 25: Stability and Transition
- Chapter 26: Turbulent Flows
- Appendix A: Properties of Fluids
- Appendix B: Differential Operations in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
- Appendix C: Basic Equations in Rectangular, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates
- Appendix D: Streamfunction Relations in Rectangular, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates
- Appendix E: Matlab® Stagnation Point Solver
- Appendix F: Matlab® Program for Cascade Entrance
- Appendix G: Matlab® Boundary Layer Program
- References
- Index
- End User License Agreement