An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics

G. K. Batchelor

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511800955

First published in 1967, Professor Batchelor's classic text on fluid dynamics is still one of the foremost texts in the subject. The careful presentation of the underlying theories of fluids is still timely and applicable, even in these days of almost limitless computer power. This re-issue should ensure that a new generation of graduate students see the elegance of Professor Batchelor's presentation.

‘This book gives an excellent introduction to fluid dynamics … many interesting and important photographs of fluid flows are included in order to help the students who do not have an opportunity of observing flow phenomena in a laboratory. The book also contains exercises at the end of each chapter. In comparison with many currently available books, I find this book by Batchelor especially stimulating and useful for students of applied mathematics and engineering.’

L. Debnath Source: Zentralblatt MATH

' … a must-read for a proper understanding of the subject …'

Source: Resonance

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xvii

Conventions and Notation
pp xviii-xviii

Chapter 1 - The Physical Properties of Fluids
pp 1-70

Chapter 2 - Kinematics of the Flow Field
pp 71-130

Chapter 3 - Equations Governing the Motion of a Fluid
pp 131-173

Chapter 4 - Flow of a Uniform Incompressible Viscous Fluid
pp 174-263

Chapter 5 - Flow at Large Reynolds Number: Effects of Viscosity
pp 264-377

Chapter 6 - Irrotational Flow Theory and its Applications
pp 378-506

Chapter 7 - Flow of Effectively Inviscid Fluid with Vorticity
pp 507-593

Appendices

1 - Measured values of some physical properties of common fluids
pp 594-597

2 - Expressions for some common vector differential quantities in orthogonal curvilinear co-ordinate systems
pp 598-603

Publications referred to in the text
pp 604-608

Subject Index
pp 609-615

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