| View Larger Image | Physical Fluid Dynamics (Oxford Science Publications) | Paperbackby D. J. Tritton (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA | | Edition: | 2nd Edition | | Page Count: | 544 Pages | | Publication Date: | November 03, 1988 | | Sales Rank: | 299,307th |
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Product Description
This book presents the physics of incompressible flow for the benefit of students and others who need to understand fluid motion. In this new edition, much of the material is new or rewritten, but the purpose and style of the first edition are retained. Particular emphasis is given to information obtained by experiment and observation in addition to analysis of the equations of motion. The book's primary concern is to convey a fundamental understanding of the behavior of fluids in motion. Special features include an introductory non-mathematical treatment of three particular flow configurations; extensive consideration of geophysical topics; and detailed coverage of topics that are known primarily through experimental data. Numerous photographs illustrate the phenomena discussed, and a concluding chapter demonstrates the wide applicability of fluid mechanics. New topics in the second edition include double diffusive convection and modern ideas about dynamical chaos. The discussion of instabilities has been restructured and the treatments of separation and of convection in horizontal layers considerably expanded. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 9 reviews)
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Not for begginers by Mechanical engineer (Florianópolis, SC, Brazil)  5 Stars
July 16, 2005
This book is indeed very good, as it presents deeper analysis of many fluids phenomena, departing from basic ideas and fundamental concepts. But in my opinion you must already have a good understanding of fluid mechanics to really enjoy it. I guess it would not be easy for a begginer in the matter, and guess that's why some may call it confusing. In fact, you won't find that current structured treatment of the matter that other books (mainly the textbooks) presents, or the contents of regular under-graduate or graduate courses in engineering, with common engineering applications, and so on. Nevertheless, as a teacher and researcher in the field of fluid mechanics, I really enjoyed reading it, and it really improved my understanding on many topics.
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good read little maths by chicken head cut off (Gainesville/Orsay France)  4 Stars
June 01, 2005
I really enjoyed this book. I found it in a bookstore one day and read it for pleasure slowly. I am a theory student (now) so I wanted to see a lot more math, but aside from that shortcoming (which some might welcome) it was just a fantastic description of fluid motion and derivations of the governing equations on a simple level.
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nice examples by karups (Berkeley, CA) 4 Stars
November 16, 2003
The book has nice examples of experimental evidence to tie together the concepts.
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Not ideal for mathematicians by karups (Berkeley, CA) 4 Stars
November 16, 2003
This book is not ideal for mathematicians. It is written in the style of a physics book, with a large portion of the book devoted to experimental results; the theory is developed in the context of explaining these results, with little mathematical discussion of the resulting equations beyond asymptotic analysis. (This may be expected, given the word "Physical" in the title.)Overall it is a nice book. But the writing is not as clear as it could be. Some relevant properties of the example flows discussed are not stated explicitly, which I would discover by chance while working with the equations. Many of his derivations are also predicated by overly restrictive/unnecessary assumptions, with no mention of the behavior under other assumptions (although the problems require determining this in order to solve them). He leaves too much as an (often unstated) exercise for the reader. This is the reason I did not rate it five stars.
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An ideal textbook for a physics course 5 Stars
June 17, 2002
Because of its physics orientation, rather than math or engineering, I found Tritton ideal as a required textbook for a graduate physics course in fluid dynamics at UCBerkeley. Having gained insight from this book myself, I then shared my enjoyment with my students.
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