Modern Fluid Dynamics for Physics and Astrophysics

Modern Fluid Dynamics for Physics and Astrophysics by Oded Regev, Orkan M. Umurhan, Philip A. Yecko.

This book grew out of the need to provide students with a solid introduction to modern fluid dynamics. It offers a broad grounding in the underlying principles and techniques used, with some emphasis on applications in astrophysics and planetary science. The book comprehensively covers recent develo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Regev, Oded (Author), Umurhan, Orkan M. (Author), Yecko, Philip A. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Graduate Texts in Physics,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Astronomy.
Astrophysics.
Mechanics.
Mathematical physics.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Fundamentals
  • Special flows and their properties
  • Rotating flows
  • Shallow water theory and incompressible waves
  • Effects of compressibility sound and shock waves
  • Stability and transition
  • Rudiments of turbulence
  • Equations of magnetohydrodynamics
  • Magnetohydrodynamical Phenomena
  • Numerical methods and caveats. .

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