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Fluid mechanics / (Record no. 13417)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9780124059351
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Transcribing agency	NULRC
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number	TA 357 .K86 2016
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Kundu, Pijush K.
Relator term	author
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Fluid mechanics /
Statement of responsibility, etc.	Pijush K. Kundu, Ira M. Cohen and David R Dowling.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement	Sixth edition.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	Amsterdam ; Boston :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	Elsevier/AP,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	c2016
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	xxiv, 921 pages :
Other physical details	illustrations ;
Dimensions	25 cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount	USD69.04
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note	Includes index.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	1. Introduction -- Fluid mechanics -- Units of measurement -- Solids, liquids, and gases -- Continuum hypothesis -- Molecular transport phenomena -- Surface tension -- Fluid statics -- Classical thermodynamics -- Perfect gas -- Stability of stratified fluid media -- Dimensional analysis -- 2. Cartesian tensors -- Scalars, vectors, tensors, notation -- Rotation of axes : formal definition of a vector -- Multiplication of matrices -- Second-order tensors -- Contraction and multiplication -- Force on a surface -- Kronecker Delta and alternating tensor -- Vector dot and cross products -- Gradient, divergence, and curl -- Symmetric and antisymmetric tensors -- Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of a symmetric tensor -- Gauss' Theorem -- Stokes' Theorem -- 3. Kinematics -- Introduction and coordinate systems -- Particle and field descriptions of fluid motion -- Flow lines, fluid acceleration, and Galilean transformation -- Strain and rotation rates -- Kinematics of simple plane flows -- Reynolds Transport Theorem -- 4. Conservation laws -- Introduction -- Conservation of mass -- Stream functions -- Conservation of momentum -- constitutive equation for a Newtonian fluid -- Navier-Stokes momentum equation -- Noninertial frame of reference -- Conservation of energy -- Special forms of the equation -- Boundary conditions -- Dimensionless forms of the equations and dynamic similarity -- 5. Vorticity dynamics -- Kelvin's and Helmholtz's Theorems -- Vorticity equation in an inertial frame of reference -- Velocity induced by a vortex filament : Law of Biot and Savart -- Vorticity equation in a rotating frame of reference -- Interaction of vortices -- Vortex sheet -- 6. Computational fluid dynamics -- The Advection-Diffusion equation -- Incompressible flows in rectangular domains -- Flow in complex domains -- Velocity-pressure method for compressible flow -- 7. Ideal flow -- Relevance of Irrotational Constant-Density Flow Theory -- Two-dimensional stream function and velocity potential -- Construction of elementary flows in two dimensions -- Complex potential -- Forces on a two-dimensional body -- Conformal mapping -- Axissymmetric ideal flow -- Three-dimensional potential flow and apparent mass -- 8. Gravity waves -- Linear liquid-surface gravity waves -- Influence of surface tension -- Standing waves -- Group velocity, energy flux, and dispersion -- Nonlinear waves in shallow and deep water -- Waves on a density interface -- Internal waves in a continuously stratified fluid -- 9. Laminar flow -- Exact solutions for steady incompressible viscous flow -- Elementary Lubrication Theory -- Similarity solutions for unsteady incompressible viscous flow -- Flows with oscillations -- Low Reynolds Number viscous flow past a sphere -- 10. Boundary layers and related topics -- Boundary-layer thickness definitions -- Boundary layer on a flat plate : Blasius Solution -- Falkner-Skan similarity solutions of the laminar boundary-layer equations -- Von Karman Momentum Integral Equation -- Thwaites' Method -- Transition, pressure gradients, and boundary-layer separation -- Flow past a circular cylinder -- Flow past a sphere and the dynamics of sports balls -- Two-dimensional jets -- Secondary flows -- 11. Method of normal modes -- Kelvin-Helmholtz instability -- Thermal instability : the B├⌐nard problem -- Double-diffusive instability -- Centrifugal instability : Taylor problem -- Instability of continuously stratified parallel flows -- Squire's theorem and the Orr-Sommerfeld equation -- Inviscid stability of parallel flows -- Experimental verification of boundary-layer instability -- Comments on nonlinear effects -- Transition -- Deterministic chaos -- 12. Turbulence- - Nomenclature and statistics for turbulent flow -- Correlations and spectra -- Averaged equations of motion -- Homogeneous isotropic turbulence -- Turbulent energy cascade and spectrum -- Free turbulent shear flows - Wall-bounded turbulent shear flows -- Turbulence modeling -- Taylor's Theory of Turbulent Dispersion -- 13. Geophysical fluid dynamics -- Vertical variation of density in the atmosphere and ocean -- Equations of motion for geophysical flows -- Geostrophic flow -- Ekman layers -- Shallow-water equations -- Normal modes in a continuously stratified layer -- High- and low-frequency regimes in shallow-water equations -- Gravity waves with rotation -- Kelvin wave -- Potential vorticity conservation in Shallow-Water Theory -- INternal waves -- Rossby wave -- Barotropic instability -- Baroclinic instability -- Geostrophic turbulence --14. Aerodynamics -- Aircraft terminology -- Characteristics of airfoil sections -- Conformal transformation for generating airfoil shapes -- Life of Zhukhovsky Airfoil -- Elementary lifting line theory for wings of finite span -- Life and drag characteristics of airfoils -- Propulsive mechanisms of fish and birds -- Sailing against the wind -- 15. Compressible flow -- Acoustics -- One-dimensional steady isentropic compressible flow in variable-area ducts -- Normal shock waves -- Operation of nozzles at different back pressures -- Effects of friction and heating in constant-area ducts -- ONe-dimensional unsteady compressible flow in constant-area ducts -- Two-dimensional steady compressible flow -- Thin-airfoil theory in supersonic flow -- 16. Introduction to biofluid mechanics (online chapter) / Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy -- The circulatory system in the human body -- Modeling of flow in blood vessels -- Introduction to the fluid mechanics of plants.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc.	Fluid mechanics, understanding and applying the principles of how motions and forces act upon fluids such as gases and liquids, is introduced and comprehensively covered in this text.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element	FLUID MECHANICS
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Cohen, Ira M.
Relator term	co-author
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Dowling, David R.
Relator term	co-author
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Source of classification or shelving scheme	Library of Congress Classification
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Source of classification or shelving scheme	Collection	Home library	Current library	Shelving location	Date acquired	Source of acquisition	Cost, normal purchase price	Full call number	Barcode	Date last seen	Copy number	Price effective from	Koha item type
Library of Congress Classification	Mechanical Engineering	LRC - Main	National University - Manila	General Circulation	06/27/2016	Purchased - Amazon	69.04	GC TA 357 .K86 2016 c.1	NULIB000011176	05/20/2025	c.1	05/20/2025	Books
Library of Congress Classification	Mechanical Engineering	LRC - Main	National University - Manila	General Circulation	06/27/2016	Purchased - Amazon	69.04	GC TA 357 .K86 2016 c.2	NULIB000011177	06/18/2025	c.2	05/20/2025	Books
Library of Congress Classification	Mechanical Engineering	LRC - Main	National University - Manila	General Circulation	06/27/2016	Purchased - Amazon	69.04	GC TA 357 .K86 2016 c.3	NULIB000011178	06/18/2025	c.3	05/20/2025	Books