TY - BOOK ID - 77579540 TI - Hydrodynamics and sound PY - 2007 SN - 0521868629 9780521868624 9780511754616 9781107410671 9780511648779 0511648774 0511573502 9780511573507 1107171040 9781107171046 9786612389481 6612389486 1282389483 9781282389489 0511644779 9780511644771 0511348037 9780511348037 0511754612 0511349009 9780511349003 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Fluid dynamics KW - Hydrodynamics KW - Sound KW - Waves KW - 532.5 KW - Cycles KW - Benjamin-Feir instability KW - Acoustics KW - Continuum mechanics KW - Mathematical physics KW - Physics KW - Pneumatics KW - Radiation KW - Wave-motion, Theory of KW - 532.5 Liquid motion. Hydrodynamics KW - Liquid motion. Hydrodynamics KW - Mathematical models KW - Waves. KW - Sound. KW - Mathematical models. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77579540 AB - There is a certain body of knowledge and methods that finds application in most branches of fluid mechanics. This book aims to supply a proper theoretical understanding that will permit sensible simplifications to be made in the formulation of problems, and enable the reader to develop analytical models of practical significance. Such analyses can be used to guide more detailed experimental and numerical investigations. As in most technical subjects, such understanding is acquired by detailed study of highly simplified 'model problems'. The first part (Chapters 1-4) is concerned entirely with the incompressible flow of a homogeneous fluid. It was written for the Boston University introductory graduate level course 'Advanced Fluid Mechanics'. The remaining Chapters 5 and 6 deal with dispersive waves and acoustics, and are unashamedly inspired by James Lighthill's masterpiece, Waves in Fluids. ER -