A Gallery of Fluid Motion
A Gallery of Fluid Motion
K. S. Breuer, Brown University, Rhode Island
L. G. Leal, University of California, Santa Barbara
P. H. Steen, Cornell University, New York
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The visualization of fluid flow has played a major role in the development of fluid dynamics and its applications, from the evolution of flight to tracking weather, and understanding the flow of blood. The Fluid Dynamics Division of the American Physical Society sponsors an annual competition for outstanding images of fluid flow. This volume includes a selection of winners from 1985 to the present. Each image is accompanied by some explanatory text, making the volume an important acquisition for anyone involved in fluid flow research.
- Unique collection of prize-winning images
- Plenty of colour images throughout the text
- Supplementary text provides explanatory background
Reviews & endorsements
"A Gallery of Fluid Motion and the accompanying web page are useful sources of materials for undergraduate and graduate courses in fluid mechanics...[It] succeeds both in conveying the beauty of fluid flow and as a reference for courses in fluid mechanics." Daniel V. Schroeder, Weber State University, American Journal of Physics
"Every teacher of fluid mechanics should buy a copy of this book for personal pleasure and for the education of his or her students." AIAA Journal
Product details
January 2004Paperback
9780521535007
128 pages
295 × 211 × 10 mm
0.44kg
41 b/w illus. 126 colour illus.
Unavailable - out of print July 2021
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Jets and mixing layers
- 2. Vortices
- 3. Patterns
- 4. Drops and bubbles
- 5. Complex fluids
- 6. Flows with interfaces
- 7. Free surface interaction
- 8. Combustion
- 9. Instability
- 10. Transition and turbulence
- 11. Compressible flows
- Contributors
- Keyword index.
