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Fluid Mechanics
2005
Fundamentals of FORTHCOMING

Multiphase Flow
Christopher L. E. Brennen Measurement in
California Institute of Technology, USA
Multiphase ﬂows are ﬂows of mixtures of separate
Fluid Mechanics
substances, such as bubbles of gas in liquids, solid Stavros Tavoularis
University of Ottawa, Canada
particles in air, and so on. They are abundant in
nature, in industrial processes and in our bodies. An introductory, up-to-date, general reference in
This book provides a coherent and uniﬁed experimental ﬂuid mechanics, featuring classical
treatment of multiphase ﬂows with an emphasis on and state-of-the-art methods for ﬂow visualization
the underlying physical phenomena. It is intended and for measuring ﬂow rate, pressure, velocity,
as an important reference text both for researchers temperature, concentration and wall shear stress.
and engineers who must deal with the problems of While particularly suitable as a textbook for
multiphase ﬂows and for scientists interested in the graduate and advanced undergraduate courses,
basic phenomena. Measurement in Fluid Mechanics is also a valuable
Features tool for practising engineers and applied scientists.
This book is written by a single author, in a
• Focus is on presenting a uniﬁed treatment of the
consistent and straightforward style, with plenty of
fundamentals of multiphase ﬂows
clear illustrations, an extensive bibliography and
• Emphasizes the practical importance of over one hundred suggested exercises.
multiphase ﬂows
Features
• Emphasizes the ubiquity of multiphase ﬂows and
• Single-authored book provides a consistent
the range of contexts in which they need to be
description of most available measurement
understood
methods
Contents: 1. Introduction to multiphase ﬂow; 2. Single
particle motion; 3. Bubble or droplet translation; • Contains extensive background material,
4. Bubble growth and collapse; 5. Cavitation; 6. Boiling shielding the reader from having to consult with
and condensation; 7. Flow patterns; 8. Internal ﬂow a large number of primary references
energy conversion; 9. Homogenous ﬂows; 10. Flows • Homework/exam problems found at the end of
with bubble dynamics; 11. Flows with gas dynamics; each chapter
12. Sprays; 13. Granular ﬂows; 14. Drift ﬂux models;
Contents: Part I. General Concepts: 1. Flow properties
15. System instabilities; 16. Kinematic waves.
and basic principles; 2. Measuring systems;
June 2005 368pp 195 illustrations 3. Measurement uncertainty; 4. Signal conditioning,
0 521 84804 0 Hardback £50.00 discretization and analysis; 5. Background for optical
experimentation; 6. Fluid mechanical apparatus;
7. Towards a sound experiment; Part II. Measurement
Techniques: 8. Measurement of ﬂow pressure;
9. Measurement of ﬂow rate; 10. Flow visualization
techniques; 11. Measurement of local ﬂow velocity;
12. Measurement of temperature; 13. Measurement of
composition; 14. Measurement of wall shear stress;
15. Outlook.
Nov 2005 320pp 121 illustrations 106 exercises
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FORTHCOMING
Multimedia Fluid A Gallery of Fluid
Mechanics – Motion
Multilingual Version M. Samimy Introduction to
Ohio State University, USA
G. M. Homsy K. S. Breuer Computational Fluid
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
H. Aref
Brown University, Rhode Island, USA
L. G. Leal
Dynamics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA
University of California, Santa Barbara Anil W. Date
K. S. Breuer Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
and P. H. Steen
Brown University, Rhode Island, USA Presenting a textbook for advanced undergraduate
Cornell University, New York, USA
S. Hochgreb and ﬁrst year graduate students in mechanical,
University of Cambridge, UK The visualization of ﬂuid ﬂow has played a major
aerospace and chemical engineering. The book
J. R. Koseff role in the development of ﬂuid dynamics and its
emphasizes understanding CFD through physical
Stanford University, USA applications, from the evolution of ﬂight to the
principles and examples. The author follows a
B. R. Munson tracking of weather to understanding the ﬂow of
consistent philosophy of control volume formula-
Iowa State University, USA blood. The Division of Fluid Dynamics of the
tion of the fundamental laws of ﬂuid motion and
American Physical Society annually sponsors a
K. G. Powell energy transfer, and introduces a novel notion of
Michigan State University, USA
competition for outstanding images of ﬂuid ﬂow.
‘smoothing pressure correction’ for solution of ﬂow
This is a selection of the winners since 1985. Each
C. R. Robertson equations on collocated grids within the framework
image comes with some explanatory text, making
Stanford University, USA of the well-known SIMPLE algorithm. Practising
the Gallery an attractive and essential work for
S. T. Thoroddsen engineers will ﬁnd this particularly useful for
everyone interested in the art and science of ﬂuid
National University of Singapore reference and for continuing education.
ﬂow.
This CD provides an interactive tool for teaching Features
undergraduate ﬂuid mechanics. It includes Features
• Single method for wide variety of problems.
experiments that demonstrate ﬂuid mechanical • Unique collection of prize-winning images
phenomena, animations of important principles • Treatment based of physical principles in which
• Plenty of colour images throughout the text
and concepts, virtual laboratories in which students mathematics are employed to serve the require-
acquire data from the images, interactive • Supplementary text provides explanatory ments of physics
computational exercises in which parameters may background
• Over 50 solved problems, over 130 practice
be varied, and other descriptive and illuminating Contents: Introduction; 1. Jets and mixing layers; problems, provision of user friendly computer
material on applications. The content may be 2. Vortices; 3. Patterns; 4. Drops and bubbles; 5. Complex
accessed randomly through a hyperlinked text, a programs in appendices, and a solutions manual
ﬂuids; 6. Flows with interfaces; 7. Free surface interaction;
search engine, a video library, and a glossary of 8. Combustion; 9. Instability; 10. Transition and Contents: Preface; Nomenclature; 1. Introduction;
terms. Thanks to developments in technology this turbulence; 11. Compressible ﬂows; Contributors; 2. 1D heat conduction; 3. 1D conduction-convection;
new release includes versions in English, Spanish Keyword index. 4. 2D boundary layers; 5. 2D convection – Cartesian
and French. grids; 6. 2D convection - complex domains; 7. Phase
2004 128pp 167 illustrations change; 8. Numerical grid generation; 9. Convergence
‘Homsy and his colleagues have now 0 521 53500 X Paperback £19.99
enhancement; Appendix A. Derivation of transport
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provided us with a new and powerful equations; Appendix B. 1D Conduction code; Appendix C.
teaching aid … This CD is an ambitious 2D Cartesian code.
project, and, in my view, it has been
accomplished with remarkable success … Nov 2005 480pp 166 illustrations 126 exercises
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I have no doubt that this CD-ROM should
be regarded as a ‘set text’ for viscous ﬂuid
mechanics courses at the undergraduate or
starting graduate levels.’
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

2004
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FORTHCOMING NEW FORTHCOMING
Hydrodynamic
EDITION
Stability
Prediction of Mathematical 2nd edition
P. G. Drazin
Turbulent Flows Modeling in and W. H. Reid
Edited by
Geoff Hewitt
Continuum Mechanics University of Chicago, USA

and Christos Vassilicos 2nd edition Hydrodynamic stability is of fundamental
Both from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Roger M. Temam importance in ﬂuid dynamics and is concerned with
Medicine, London, UK Indiana University, Bloomington, USA the transition from laminar to turbulent ﬂow. The
This volume arose from a major programme held at and Alain Michael Miranville emphasis throughout is on the ideas involved, the
the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge. It takes Université de Poitiers, France physical mechanisms, the methods used, and the
an overview of the current situation on the results obtained, and, wherever possible, the theory
This second edition will be a unique resource for
prediction of such ﬂows through the use of modern is related to both experimental and numerical
those studying continuum mechanics at the
computational ﬂuid dynamics techniques. Current results. This new edition of this celebrated
advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate
approximation methods are reviewed, and their introduction differs principally by the inclusion of
level whether in engineering, mathematics, physics
applicability to various industrial problems detailed solutions for the exercises, and by the
or the applied sciences. Exercises and hints for
discussed, providing guidelines for the choice of addition of a Foreword by Professor J. W. Miles.
solutions have been added to the majority of
model for a given problem. This major work chapters, and the ﬁnal part on solid mechanics has ‘The work is undeniably of high scholarship,
addresses the needs of experienced practitioners been substantially expanded. These additions have consummate accuracy and penetrating
and researchers. insight … All specialists in stability theory
now made it appropriate for use as a textbook, but
will be happy that two such authorities have
Features it also remains an ideal reference book for students found the time, and spared so few pains, to
• Contributions from top CFD researchers and and anyone interested in continuum mechanics. produce a work of such excellence.’
practitioners Contents: Introduction; A few words about notations; NATURE
Part I. Fundamental Concepts in Continuum Mechanics:
• Addresses the current needs of the expert CFD 1. Describing the motion of a system: geometry and
Contents: Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Thermal
community instability; 3. Centrifugal instability; 4. Parallel shear
kinematics; 2. The fundamental law of dynamics; 3. The
ﬂows; 5. Uniform asymptotic approximations;
• Contains lots of illustrative material including Cauchy stress tensor – applications; 4. Real and virtual
6. Additional topics in linear stability theory; 7. Nonlinear
colour ﬁgures powers; 5. Deformation tensor, deformation rate tensor,
stability; Appendix A. A class of generalized Airy functions;
Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Turbulent ﬂows: their constitutive laws; 6. Energy equations and shock
Appendix B. Solutions to the problems; Bibliography;
structure and behaviour; 3. The modelling of turbulent equations; Part II. Physics of Fluids: 7. General properties
Motion picture index; Subject index.
ﬂows affected by buoyancy and stratiﬁcation; 4. Turbulent of Newtonian ﬂuids; 8. Flows of inviscid ﬂuids; 9. Viscous
ﬂuids and thermohydraulics; 10. Magnetohydrodynamics 2004 626pp 114 illustrations 81 exercises
ﬂames; 5. Boundary layers under strong distortion;
and inertial conﬁnement of plasmas; 11. Combustion; 0 521 52541 1 Paperback £26.00
6. Direct and large eddy simulation; 7. Multiphase ﬂows;
8. Guidelines and criteria for the use of turbulence 12. Equations of the atmosphere and of the ocean; Part
models in complex ﬂows. III. Solid Mechanics: 13. The general equations of linear
elasticity; 14. Classical problems of elastostatics;
June 2005 348pp 148 illustrations 15. Energy theorems – duality: variational formulations;
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16. Introduction to nonlinear constitutive laws and to
homogenization; 17. Nonlinear elasticity and an
application to biomechanics; Part IV. Introduction to Wave
Phenomena: 18; Linear wave equations in mechanics;
19. The soliton equation: the Kortewed-de Vries equation;
20. The nonlinear Schrödinger equation; Appendix; Hints
for the exercises; References; Index.
May 2005 352pp 95 illustrations
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FORTHCOMING FORTHCOMING
Theory and
Computation of
Hydrodynamic Liquid Sloshing Suspension Acoustics
Stability Dynamics An Introduction to the
W. O. Criminale Theory and Applications Physics of Suspensions
University of Washington, USA Raouf A. Ibrahim Samuel Temkin
Wayne State University, Michigan, USA Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
T. L. Jackson
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA The problem of liquid sloshing in moving or Examines, from a fundamental point of view, the
and R. D. Joslin stationary containers remains of great concern to response of single particles in ﬂuids and uses the
Office of Naval Research, Arlington, USA aerospace, civil, and nuclear engineers, physicists, results of such a detailed examination to consider
designers of road tankers and ship tankers, and suspension motions as a whole, paying particular
This treatise covers both classical and modern
mathematicians. Beginning with the fundamentals attention to acoustic motions, that is to the
aspects of the fundamental topic of hydrodynamic
of liquid sloshing theory, this book takes the reader propagation of sound waves. Such propagation is
stability, considering linear and nonlinear
systematically from basic theory to advanced examined from different perspectives in a uniﬁed
situations, and analysing temporal and spatial
analytical and experimental results in a self- manner that applies to several particle-ﬂuid
aspects. The authors examine each problem both
contained and coherent format. It presents liquid combinations. Among the possible applications of
analytically and numerically: every chapter ends
sloshing effects on space vehicles, storage tanks, the theory presented, the book discusses the
with an appendix outlining full direct numerical
road vehicle tanks and ships and elevated water characterization of suspensions by acoustic means
simulation (DNS) computer code. The text is
towers under ground motion. and the agglomeration of particles with sound
enriched with many exercises, copious illustrations
waves.
and an extensive bibliography. The result is a book Features
that can be used with courses on hydrodynamic Features
• Deals with almost every aspect of liquid sloshing
stability or as an authoritative reference for dynamics • This book is the ﬁrst to use a uniﬁed approach to
researchers. treat the subject
• Presents liquid sloshing effects on space vehicles,
‘… overall I am very impressed with this text. storage tanks, road vehicle tanks and ships and • Written by a leading expert in the ﬁeld
It provides a comprehensive account of elevated water towers under ground motion • Book organization makes it suitable for use as an
modern stability theory … I have no doubt
• Cites over 2,600 references introduction to suspension physics
that in time it will be acknowledged as a
valuable resource to both graduate students Contents: Preface; Introduction; 1. Fluid ﬁeld equations Contents: 1. Preliminaries; 2. Conservation equations;
and established researchers alike.’ and modal analysis in rigid containers; 2. Linear forced 3. Rigid particle heat transfer at Re; 4. Translation motion
GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTROPHYSICAL FLUID sloshing; 3. Viscous damping and sloshing suppression at Re; 5. Shape deformations; 6. Volume pulsations;
DYNAMICS devices; 4. Weakly nonlinear lateral sloshing; 5. Equivalent 7. Thermodynamics of suspensions; 8. The two phase
mechanical models; 6. Parametric sloshing (Faraday’s model; 9. Sound propagation in suspensions;
Contents: 1. Introduction and problem formulation; 10. Application and extensions.
2. Temporal stability of inviscid incompressible ﬂows; waves); 7. Dynamics of liquid sloshing impact; 8. Linear
3. Temporal stability of viscous incompressible ﬂows; interaction of liquid sloshing with elastic containers; July 2005 432pp 156 illustrations
9. Nonlinear interaction under external and parametric 0 521 84757 5 Hardback £60.00
4. Spatial stability of incompressible ﬂows; 5. Stability of
compressible ﬂows; 6. Centrifugal stability; 7. Geophysical excitations; 10. Interactions with support structures and
ﬂow; 8. Transient dynamics; 9. Nonlinear stability; tuned sloshing absorbers; 11. Dynamics of rotating ﬂuids;
10. Transition and receptivity; 11. Direct numerical 12. Microgravity sloshing dynamics; Bibliography; Index.
simulation; 12. Flow control and optimization; May 2005 970pp 376 illustrations
13. Investigating hydrodynamic instabilities with 0 521 83885 1 Hardback £160.00
experiments; Bibliography; Index.
2003 464pp 144 illustrations 60 exercises
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FORTHCOMING FORTHCOMING
Closure Strategies for
Turbulent and
Gravity-Capillary Free Finite Difference Transitional Flows
Surface Flows Methods for Edited by
Jean-Marc Vanden-Broeck B. E. Launder
University of East Anglia, UK
Computational Fluid University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology,
UK
Gravity-capillary ﬂows, in which the effects of pipe Dynamics and N. D. Sandham
ﬂow, gravity ﬂow, and surface tension combine to E. G. Puckett University of Southampton, UK
produce a singular ﬂow pattern, are utilised in University of California, Davis, USA
Turbulence modelling is critically important for
many applications. The effect of surface tension on P. Colella
industries dealing with ﬂuid ﬂow and for applied
gravity-capillary ﬂows continues to be a fertile University of California, Berkeley, USA
mathematicians. This collection of lecture courses
research area in applied mathematics and Computational methods for ﬂuid dynamics are now presented at a Newton Institute instructional
engineering. Concentrating on applications arising considered as a reliable alternative to experimental conference on the title topic by leading researchers,
from ﬂuid dynamics, Professor Vanden-Broeck’s techniques. The book outlines the main solution has been edited or rewritten to provide a coherent
volume draws from his own results, collected from methods and algorithms available to those working account suitable for self-study.
years of experience in the subject, and places this on both compressible and incompressible ﬂow
knowledge within the context of recent problems. Ideal as an upper-division textbook or as
‘… can be strongly recommended to
developments in this latest addition to the graduate students and academic teachers as
a reference for CFD researchers and professionals. well as to the CFD practitioner who has the
Cambridge Monographs in Mechanics series.
Features ambition to look, and perhaps to go, beyond
Features the commercially available software.’
• Upper-division textbook based on long-running
• Major work highlighting recent developments lecture courses
ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ANGEWANDTE MATHEMATIK
in the ﬁeld UND MECHANIK
• Addresses methods for both compressible and
• Well-respected author with years of research incompressible ﬂow Contents: Part I. Physical and Numerical Techniques;
experience Part II. Flow Types and Processes and Strategies for
• Suitable also as a reference text for existing CFD Modelling Them.
• Develops understanding of structure of solutions practitioners
gained from careful implementation of numerical 2002 768pp 263 illustrations
Contents: Part I. Compressible Flow: 1. Finite difference 0 521 79208 8 Hardback £100.00
techniques
methods for linear scalar problems; 2. Nonlinear scalar
Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Free surface ﬂows with problems; 3. Systems of conservation laws; 4. Nonlinear
interest walls; 3. Free surface ﬂows with intersections systems of conservation laws; Part II. Incompressible Flow:
with walls; 4. Time dependent free surface ﬂows; 5. Introduction; 6. The Poisson equation; 7. The prototype
5. Three-dimensional free surface ﬂows. advection equation; 8. The Navier-Stokes equation.
September 2005 300pp October 2005 350 pp 70 illustrations
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Internal Flow Breakup of Liquid Computational Models
Concepts and Applications Sheets and Jets for Turbulent Reacting
E. M. Greitzer S. P. Lin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Clarkson University, New York, USA
Flows
C. S. Tan Rodney O. Fox
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA The theme of this book is an exposition of what we Iowa State University, USA
know about the physics underlying the onset of
and M. B. Graf This book analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of
Mars & Co, USA
instability in liquid sheets and jets. Wave motion
and breakup phenomena subsequent to the onset the various techniques described throughout. The
This book describes the analysis and behavior of of instability are also carefully explained. Physical focus is on formulation of practical models as
internal ﬂows encountered in propulsion systems, concepts are established through rigorous opposed to numerical issues arising from their
ﬂuid machinery (compressors, turbines, and pumps) mathematics, accurate numerical analyses and solution. A theoretical framework based on the
and ducts (diffusers, nozzles and combustion comparison of theory with experiment. one-point, one-time joint probability density function
chambers). The focus is on phenomena that are (PDF) is developed. It is shown that all commonly
‘This text is written in a style making it easy employed models for turbulent reacting ﬂows can be
important in setting the performance of a broad
to understand, and is presented at a reason-
range of ﬂuid devices. formulated in terms of the joint PDF of the chemical
able pace, allowing the readers to ﬁrst focus
Contents: 1. Equations of motion; 2. Some useful basic on the fundamentals before proceeding on
species and enthalpy. Models based on direct
ideas; 3. Vorticity and circulation; 4 . Boundary layers and to more complex systems.’ closures for the chemical source term as well as
free shear layers; 5. Loss sources and loss accounting; THE CHEMICAL ENGINEER transported PDF methods are covered in detail. An
6. Unsteady ﬂow; 7. Flow in rotating passages; 8. Swirling introduction to the theory of turbulent and turbulent
Contents: Notation list; Preface; 1. Introduction; scalar transport is provided for completeness.
ﬂow; 9. Generation of streamwise vorticity and three-
2. Uniform inviscid liquid sheets; 3. Nonuniform inviscid
dimensional ﬂow; 10. Compressible internal ﬂow;
liquid sheets; 4. Viscous liquid sheets; 5. Waves on liquid ‘Fox has become a master of the material
11. Flow with heat addition; 12. Non-uniform ﬂow in described in the book, and has made signiﬁcant
sheets; 6. Phenomena of jet breakup; 7. Inviscid jets;
ﬂuid components. contributions to the subject. The writing is
8. A viscous jet; 9. Roles played by interfacial shear;
2004 736pp 480 illustrations 10. Annular liquid jets; 11. Nonlinear capillary instability clear and authoritative, and contains ample
0 521 34393 3 Hardback £70.00 of liquid jets and sheets; 12. Epilogue. historical and modern references. The book
is attractively presented …’.
2003 286pp 15 illustrations JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
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Computational Fluid 2003 438pp 104 illustrations
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Dynamics
T. J. Chung
University of Alabama, Huntsville, USA An Introduction to
Computational ﬂuid dynamics (CFD) techniques are
used to solve complex ﬂuid ﬂow problems. This
Turbulent Flow
book ranges from elementary concepts to state-of- Jean Mathieu and Julian Scott
the-art CFD. It begins with CFD preliminaries. Then Both from Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
chapters cover ﬁnite difference, ﬁnite element, and A solid grounding in the subject of turbulence,
ﬁnite volume methods; structured and unstructured developing both physical insight and the mathe-
grids; adaptive methods; and parallel processing. matical framework needed to express the theory.
Finally, practical applications to problems including
‘The character of a book is determined at
turbulence, reacting ﬂows, acoustics, radiative heat
least partly by the care with which the
transfer, and multiphase ﬂows are discussed. material is presented, and this one amply
Contents: Part I. Preliminaries; Part II. Finite Difference demonstrates the care that the authors have
Methods; Part III. Finite Element Methods; Part IV. invested … the authors have succeeded in
Automatic Grid Generation, Adaptive Methods and the task they set out to do, and I
Computing Techniques; Part V. Applications. recommend the book to all students of
turbulence, no matter what their persuasion.’
2002 1036pp 349 line diagrams 28 tables
PHYSICS TODAY
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2000 384pp 81 illustrations
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FORTHCOMING
Perspectives in Fluid Turbulent Flows
Stephen B. Pope
Dynamics Cornell University, New York, USA
A Collective Introduction to Comprehensive and designed for teaching it is Numerical Methods of
Current Research
Edited by G. K. Batchelor
based on a course taught by the author at Cornell
University for a number of years. Part I provides a
Engineering with
H. K. Moffatt
and M. G. Worster
general introduction to turbulent ﬂows, how they MATLAB
behave, how they can be described quantitatively, Jaan Kiusalaas
All from the University of Cambridge, UK and the fundamental physical processes involved. Pennsylvania State University, USA
This wide-ranging text on modern ﬂuid mechanics Part II is concerned with different approaches for
research includes sections on modelling the modelling or simulating turbulent ﬂows. A text for engineering students and a reference for
environment, physiology and magnetohydrodynamics. practicing engineers. The numerous examples and
‘… the text can be classiﬁed as one of the applications were chosen for their relevance to real
At the same time, the book discusses basic physical pearls in the ﬁeld.’
phenomena such as turbulence that still present world problems, and where numerical solutions are
APPLIED MECHANICAL REVIEW
fundamental challenges. most efficient. MATLAB® mﬁles accompany each
2000 806pp 279 illustrations 384 exercises method and are available on the book web site.
‘The book belongs on the shelf of any 0 521 59886 9 Paperback £38.00
Features
serious student of ﬂuid mechanics and many
researchers whose work touches on the • Only available MATLAB® based engineering
subject of ﬂuid mechanics in a substantial numerical methods text
way.’ An Introduction to • Each method is accompanied by computer code
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
Fluid Dynamics written in MATLAB® which is also available on
Contents: Preface; 1. Interfacial ﬂuid dynamics; G. K. Batchelor the book web site
2. Viscous ﬁngering as an archetype for growth patterns; University of Cambridge, UK Contents: 1. Introduction to MATLAB®; 2. Systems of
3. Blood ﬂow in arteries and veins; 4. Open shear ﬂow linear algebraic equations; 3. Interpolation and curve
instabilities; 5. Turbulence; 6. Convection in the First published in 1967, Professor Batchelor’s
ﬁtting; 4. Roots of equations; 5. Numerical differentiation;
environment; 7. Reﬂections on magnetohydrodynamics; classic text on ﬂuid dynamics is still one of the
6. Numerical integration; 7. Initial value problems;
8. Solidiﬁcation of ﬂuids; 9. Geological ﬂuid mechanics; foremost texts in the subject. The careful 8. Two-point boundary value problems; 9. Symmetric
10. The dynamic ocean; 11. On global-scale atmospheric presentation of the underlying theories of ﬂuids is Matrix Eigenvalue problems; 10. Introduction to
and oceanic circulations; Index. still timely and applicable. optimization; Appendices.
2002 644pp 227 illustrations ‘This book gives an excellent introduction to Sept 2005 608 pp 145 illustrations 346 exercises
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important photographs of ﬂuid ﬂows are Also available in a Python version.
included in order to help the students who 0 521 85287 0
do not have an opportunity of observing FORTHCOMING
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 Hydrodynamics of
especially stimulating and useful for students
of applied mathematics and engineering.’ High-Speed Marine
ZENTRALBLATT MATH
Vehicles
2000 635pp 172 illustrations Odd M. Faltinsen
0 521 66396 2 Paperback £25.99 Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim,
Norway
Discusses how ocean waves and the water ﬂow
affect high-speed vessels and how this depends on
the vessel type and forward speed. All aspects of
marine hydrodynamics are covered with an emphasis
on rational and simpliﬁed methods.
September 2005 600pp 175 illustrations
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