Perspectives in Fluid Dynamics by G. K. Batchelor, H. K. Moff... - 9780521531696

Perspectives in Fluid DynamicsA Collective Introduction to Current Research\nAuthor(s): G. K. Batchelor, H. K. Moffatt, M. G. Worster\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521531696, 978-0521531696\nSynopsis\nNow available in paperback, this wide-ranging text on modern fluid mechanics research includes sections on modelling the environment, physiology and magnetohydrodynamics. At the same time, the book discusses basic physical phenomena such as turbulence that still present fundamental challenges. Conventional textbooks cannot hope to give graduate students more than an inkling of what topics are currently being researched, or how to make a choice between them. This book aims to rectify matters, at least in part. It consists of eleven chapters that each introduces a different branch of the subject. Though not exhaustive, the coverage is broad: thin-film flows, Saffman-Taylor fingering, flows in ar.