Principles of Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
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- Authors:
- Cathie Clarke, University of Cambridge
- Bob Carswell, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: July 2014
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107666917
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Fluid dynamical forces drive most of the fundamental processes in the Universe and so play a crucial role in our understanding of astrophysics. This comprehensive textbook, first published in 2007, introduces the necessary fluid dynamics to understand a wide range of astronomical phenomena, from stellar structures to supernovae blast waves, to accretion discs. The authors' approach is to introduce and derive the fundamental equations, supplemented by text that conveys a more intuitive understanding of the subject, and to emphasise the observable phenomena that rely on fluid dynamical processes. The textbook has been developed for use by final-year undergraduate and starting graduate students of astrophysics, and contains over fifty exercises. It is based on the authors' many years of teaching their astrophysical fluid dynamics course at the University of Cambridge.
Read more- Addresses all aspects of fluid dynamics relevant to advanced undergraduate and starting graduate astrophysics course, at an appropriate level
- Based on the authors' extensive experience gained when teaching this course at the University of Cambridge
- Ties theory with astrophysical observations to convey a more intuitive understanding of the subject
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- Date Published: July 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107666917
- length: 238 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.39kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to concepts
2. The fluid equations
3. Gravitation
4. The energy equation
5. Hydrostatic equilibrium
6. Propagation of sound waves
7. Supersonic flows
8. Blast waves
9. Bernoulli's equation
10. Fluid instabilities
11. Viscous flows
12. Accretion disks in astrophysics
13. Plasmas
Appendix 1. Equations in curvilinear coordinates
Appendix 2. Exercises
Bibliography
Index.-
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