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Applied Hydrodynamics
Developments over the past few decades in zhe science of fluid mechanic have provided scientists and engineers with the means of predicting the behaviour of fluids with a precision far greater than was considered possible at the turn of the century. In particular, the principles and method% of classical hydrodynamics, once neglected :is unpractical, have been shown to be usefully applicable, within defined limits, to many practical flow problems. The study of this branch of applied mathematics provides not only a broad fundamental basis for the scientist's and the engineer's knowledge of fluid methinks, but also the means of attacking problems of flay., in two, and in many instances, three dimensions. This book is intended for use in universities as an introduction to Hydrodynamics for students of Applied Mathematics, and as a. course in Fluid Dynamics for senior and post-graduate students in Civil, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering. In its approach to the subject, the book has a bias towards practical application and, iu this respect, it differs from those established hydrodynamic works which are essentially mathematical treatises. For the student who finds difficulty in mastering mathematical abstractions, particular attention has been paid to the provision of detailed physical explanations of such concepts as stream function, potential function and conformal transformation, as a prelude to the more formal mathematical treatment of these topics.
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