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Panton, Ronald L. 1933-

Incompressible flow / Ronald L. Panton. - Fourth edition. - 1 online resource.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 851-878) and index.

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 Vavier-Stokes equations -- Streamfunctions and the velocity potential -- Vorticity dynamics -- Flows at moderate Reynolds numbers -- Asymptotic analysis methods -- Characteristics of high-Reynolds-number flows -- Kinematic decomposition of flow fields -- Ideal flows in a plane -- Three-dimensional ideal flows -- Boundary layers -- Flow at low Reynolds numbers -- Lubrication approximation -- Surface tension effects -- Introduction to microflows -- Stability and transition -- Turbulent flows.

ISBN: 9781118415733 1118415736 9781118418451 111841845X 9781118433560 1118433564 9781118713075 1118713079 1118013433 9781118013434

LCCN: 2013011887

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fluid dynamics.
SCIENCE--Mechanics--Fluids.
Fluid dynamics.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TA357

Dewey Class. No.: 532/.051