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Title

Foundations of Fluid Mechanics with Applications: Problem Solving Using Mathematica
Authors

Sergey P. Kiselev
Evgenii V. Vorozhtsov
Vasily M. Fomin
Book information

Publisher: Birkhauser
Copyright year: 1999
ISBN: 0817639950
Medium: Hardcover
Pages: 575
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Contents

Definitions of Continuum Mechanics | Fundamental Principles and Laws of Continuum Mechanics | The Features of the Solutions of Continuum Mechanics Problems | Ideal Fluid | Viscous Fluid | Multiphase Media | Appendices
Description

This text, appropriate for graduate students and professionals, presents the basic concepts and methods of fluid mechanics, including Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions. tensors of stresses and strains, continuity, momentum, energy, thermodynamics laws, and similarilty theory. Utilizes Mathematica to develop concepts and help the reader to master methods of problem solving.
Subject

*Science > Physics > Fluid Mechanics