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Rotating fluids in engineering and science

Title: Rotating fluids in engineering and science / James P. Vanyo.
Author: Vanyo, James P.
Publication: Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, [1993], ©1993.

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x, 429 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-414) and index.

Contents

Pt. I. Fluid Mechanics Review. 1. Rotating Fluid Phenomena. 2. Mass and Momentum Conservation. 3. Potential (Inviscid) Flow. 4. Boundary Layers and Turbulence. 5. Wave Theory -- Pt. II. Rotating Fluid Theory. 6. Rotating Coordinate Systems. 7. Coriolis Phenomena. 8. Rotation, Vorticity, and Circulation. 9. Vorticity as the Variable. 10. Vortex Dynamics. 11. Secondary Flows. 12. Circular Pathline Flows. 13. Rotation and Inertial Waves -- Pt. III. Rotating Fluid Applications. 14. Pipes, Channels, and Rivers. 15. Rotors and Centrifuges. 16. Wings, Lift, and Drag. 17. Turbomachinery. 18. Liquids in Precessing Spacecraft. 19. The Earth, Sun, and Moon. 20. Atmospheric Circulation. 21. Oceanic Circulation. 22. Intense Atmospheric Vortices -- App. A Mathematical Relationships -- App. B Stream Functions and Velocity Potentials -- App. C Equations of Motion -- App. D Fluid Properties -- App. E Geophysical Data.

ISBN

0750692618

LCCN

92046788

OCLC

27226534
ocm27226534

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Columbia University Libraries