Physical fluid dynamics.

Abstract

Contents: Pipe and channel flow; flow past a circular cylinder; convection in horizontal layers; equations of motion; further basic ideas; dynamical similarity; low and high Reynolds numbers; some solutions of the viscous flow equations; inviscid flow; boundary layers and related topics; lift; thermal flows; basic equations and concepts; free convection; flow in rotating fluids; stratified flow; instability; phenomena; the theory of hydrodynamic stability; transition to turbulence; turbulence; homogeneous isotropic turbulence; the structure of turbulent flows; experimental methods and practical situations.