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• Cover
• Mechanics of Real Fluids
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• A fluid mechanics memoir
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 Preliminary background
  • 1.2 Real and ideal fluids
  • 1.3 Specification of the motion
  • 1.4 Outline of the book
• Chapter 2: The equations of fluid motion
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The equations of motion
  • 2.3 The mechanical energy equation
  • 2.4 The Boussinesq approximation
  • 2.5 The Bernoulli equation
  • 2.6 The Reynolds stresses
  • 2.7 Derivations of equations of motion
  • 2.8 The existence of irrotational motion
  • 2.9 Two-dimensional flow
  • 2.10 Complex potential
  • 2.11 Flow along a stream tube
  • 2.12 Vortex kinematics
  • 2.13 Vortex dynamics
  • 2.14 Navier-Stokes equations of motion
  • 2.15 Exercises
• Chapter 3: Mechanics of viscous fluids
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Motion of a liquid in two-dimensions
  • 3.3 Motion in an axially symmetric 3D-body
  • 3.4 Distinction between ideal and real fluids
  • 3.5 Drag forces in a real fluid
  • 3.6 Secondary flows
  • 3.7 Some exact solutions of Navier-Stokes equations
  • 3.8 Reynolds theory of lubrication
  • 3.9 Steady flow due to a rotating circular disc
  • 3.10 Some solutions of Navier-Stokes equations for unsteady flows
  • 3.11 Very slow motion
  • 3.12 Exercises
• Chapter 4: Laminar boundary layers
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Derivation of the boundary layer equations for flow along a flat plate
  • 4.3 Boundary conditions for steady flow
  • 4.4 Boundary layer equations for flow along a curved surface
  • 4.5 Boundary-layer thicknesses, skin friction, and energy dissipation
  • 4.6 Momentum and energy equations
  • 4.7 The von Mises transformation for steady flow
  • 4.8 Analytical solutions of boundary layer equations
  • 4.9 Pohlhausen's method
  • 4.10 Flow in laminar wakes and jets
  • 4.11 Exercises
• Chapter 5: Similarity analysis in fluid flow
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Concept and definition of heat and mass diffusion
  • 5.3 General statement of the problem
  • 5.4 Similarity analysis of the basic equations
  • 5.5 Natural convection flow along a vertical plate
  • 5.6 Mathematical formulation
  • 5.7 Method of numerical solution
  • 5.8 Numerical results
  • 5.9 Exercises
• Chapter 6: Turbulence
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 The mechanism of transition to turbulence
  • 6.3 The essential characteristics of turbulence
  • 6.4 Reynolds equations for turbulent motion
  • 6.5 Turbulent flow between parallel planes
  • 6.6 Mixing-length theories of turbulence
  • 6.7 Turbulent boundary layers
  • 6.8 Correlation theory of homogeneous turbulence
  • 6.9 Spectral theory of homogeneous turbulence
  • 6.10 Probability distribution of u(x)
  • 6.11 Calculation of the pressure covariance in isotropic turbulence
  • 6.12 Exercises
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