The Genesis of Fluid Mechanics, 1640–1780

• Main Author: Calero, Julián Simón (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 22
• Subjects: History.; Philosophy.; Fluids.; Fluid mechanics.; History of Science.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Philosophy of Technology.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

Fluid Mechanics, as a scientific discipline in a modern sense, was established between the last third of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th one. This book analyses its genesis, following its evolution along two basic lines of research, which have been named the "problem of resistan...

Table of Contents:

• The Problem of Resistance
• The Forerunners of Impact Theory: Huygens and Mariotte
• Impact Theory: Formulation and Formalisation
• The Evolution of the Problem of Resistance
• Experiments on Resistance
• Fluid-driven Machines and Naval Theories
• The Problem of Discharge
• Discharge from Vessels and Tanks
• The Hydrodynamica and the Hydraulica
• Theoretical Constructions (I): Clairaut and d'Alembert
• Theoretical Constructions (II): Euler
• Application of Fluid Mechanics to Pumps and Turbines.