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An introduction to theoretical fluid mechanics
Title:
An introduction to theoretical fluid mechanics
Author:
Childress, Stephen.
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Publication Information:
New York : Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences ; Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, [2009]

©2009
Physical Description:
x, 201 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language:
English
Contents:
The fluid continuum -- Conservation of mass and momentum -- Vorticity -- Potential flow -- Lift and drag in ideal fluids -- Viscosity and the Navier-Stokes equations -- Stokes flow -- The boundary layer -- Energy -- Sound -- Gas dynamics -- Shock waves.
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ISBN:
9780821848883
Format :
Book