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Waves in fluids / James Lighthill.

By: Series: Cambridge mathematical libraryPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001Description: xv, 504 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521010454
  • 9780521010450
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 532/.0593 21
LOC classification:
  • QC157 .L53 2001
Contents:
1. Sound waves -- 2. One-dimensional waves in fluids -- 3. Water waves -- 4. Internal waves.
Review: "A comprehensive textbook in which the author describes the science of waves in liquids and gases. Drawing on a subject of enormous extent and variety, he provides his readers with a thorough analysis of the most important and representative types of waves including sound waves, shock waves, water waves of all kinds, and the so-called internal waves (inside atmospheres and oceans) due to intensity stratification. Emphasis throughout is on the most generally useful fundamental ideas of wave science, including the principles of how waves interact with flows." "This standard work on one of the great subdivisions of the dynamics of fluids, is lucidly written and will be invaluable to engineers, physicists, geophysicists, applied mathematicians or any research worker concerned with wave motions or fluid flows. It is especially suitable as a textbook for courses at the final-year undergraduate or graduate level."--Jacket.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QC157 .L53 2001 1 Available 50583020010959
Total holds: 0

Originally published: Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1978.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 470-486) and indexes.

1. Sound waves -- 2. One-dimensional waves in fluids -- 3. Water waves -- 4. Internal waves.

"A comprehensive textbook in which the author describes the science of waves in liquids and gases. Drawing on a subject of enormous extent and variety, he provides his readers with a thorough analysis of the most important and representative types of waves including sound waves, shock waves, water waves of all kinds, and the so-called internal waves (inside atmospheres and oceans) due to intensity stratification. Emphasis throughout is on the most generally useful fundamental ideas of wave science, including the principles of how waves interact with flows." "This standard work on one of the great subdivisions of the dynamics of fluids, is lucidly written and will be invaluable to engineers, physicists, geophysicists, applied mathematicians or any research worker concerned with wave motions or fluid flows. It is especially suitable as a textbook for courses at the final-year undergraduate or graduate level."--Jacket.

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