The Hamilton-Type Principle in Fluid Dynamics Fundamentals and Applications to Magnetohydrodynamics, Thermodynamics, and Astrophysics /

• Main Author: Fierros Palacios, Angel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2006.
• Subjects: Physics.; Continuum physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Astrophysics.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Continuum mechanics.; Fluid mechanics.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

The objective of this book is to contribute to specialized literature with the most significant results obtained by the author in Continuous Mechanics and Astrophysics. The nature of the book is largely determined by the fact that it describes Fluid Dynamics,Magnetohydrodynamics,and Classical Thermo...

Table of Contents:

• General Principles
• Mass Density
• Analytical Mechanics
• Ideal Fluids
• Potential Flow
• Viscous Fluids
• Free Convection
• Magnetohydrodynamics
• Potential Flow in a Magnetic Field
• Magnetohydrodynamic Waves
• The Sunspots
• The Hamilton Equations of Motion
• Thermodynamics
• The Magnetic Field in the Stability of the Stars.