Gas Dynamics An Introduction with Examples from Astrophysics and Geophysics /

• Main Author: Achterberg, Abraham (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Paris : Atlantis Press : Imprint: Atlantis Press, 2016.
• Subjects: Physics.; Fluids.; Astrophysics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

This book lays the foundations of gas- and fluid dynamics. The basic equations are developed from first principles, building on the (assumed) knowledge of Classical Mechanics. This leads to the discussion of the mathematical properties of flows, conservation laws, perturbation analysis, waves and sh...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction
• 2 From Newton to Euler and Navier-Stokes
• 3 Conservative formulation of the fluid equations
• 4 Special Flows
• 5 Steady incompressible flows
• 6 Steady, ideal compressible flows
• 7 Small amplitude waves: basic theory
• 8 Small amplitude waves: applications
• 9 Shocks
• 10 Applications of shock physics
• 11 Vorticity
• 12 Fluid dynamics in a rotating reference frame
• 13 Fluids in a rotating frame: applications
• 14 Selected problems
• 15 Appendices.