Viscous Fluid Flow

by White, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780072402315
• ISBN10: 0072402318
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-05
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

Frank White'sViscous Fluid Flow, Third Editioncontinues to be the market leader in this course area. The text is for a senior graduate level elective in Mechanical Engineering, and has a strong professional and international appeal.Author Frank White is has a strong reputation in the field, his book is accurate, conceptually strong, and contains excellent problem sets. Many of the problems are new to this third edition; a rarity among senior and graduate level textbooks. The references found in the text have been updated and reflect the most current information available. Users will also be interested to find explanations of, and references to ongoing controversies and trends in this course area.Topically speaking, the text contains modern information on technological advances, such as Micro- and Nano-technology, Turbulence Modeling, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and Unsteady Boundary Layers.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
List of Symbols	xvii
Preliminary Concepts	1	(58)
Historical Outline	1	(3)
Some Examples of Viscous-Flow Phenomena	4	(11)
Properties of a Fluid	15	(30)
Boundary Conditions for Viscous-Flow Problems	45	(14)
Summary	54	(1)
Problems	55	(4)
Fundamental Equations of Compressible Viscous Flow	59	(37)
Introduction	59	(1)
Classification of The Fundamental Equations	59	(1)
Conservation of Mass: The Equation of Continuity	60	(2)
Conservation of Momentum: The Navier-Stokes Equations	62	(7)
The Energy Equation (First Law of Thermodynamics)	69	(5)
Boundary Conditions for Viscous Heat-Conducting Flow	74	(1)
Orthogonal Coordinate Systems	75	(2)
Mathematical Character of The Basic Equations	77	(4)
Dimensionless Parameters in Viscous Flow	81	(3)
Vorticity Considerations in Incompressible Viscous Flow	84	(2)
Two-Dimensional Considerations: The Stream Function	86	(2)
Noninertial Coordinate Systems	88	(1)
Control-Volume Formulations	89	(7)
Summary	92	(1)
Problems	92	(4)
Solutions of The Newtonian Viscous-Flow Equations	96	(119)
Introduction and Classification of Solutions	96	(2)
Couette Flows Due to Moving Surfaces	98	(8)
Poiseuille Flow through Ducts	106	(19)
Unsteady Duct Flows	125	(4)
Unsteady Flows with Moving Boundaries	129	(6)
Asymptotic Suction Flows	135	(6)
Wind-Driven Flows: The Ekman Drift	141	(3)
Similarity Solutions	144	(21)
Low Reynolds Number: Linearized Creeping Motion	165	(18)
Computational Fluid Dynamics	183	(32)
Summary	205	(1)
Problems	205	(10)
Laminar Boundary Layers	215	(122)
Introduction	215	(10)
Laminar Boundary-Layer Equations	225	(5)
Similarity Solutions for Steady Two-Dimensional Flow	230	(21)
Free-Shear Flows	251	(6)
Other Analytic Two-Dimensional Solutions	257	(4)
Approximate Integral Methods	261	(10)
Digital-Computer Solutions	271	(7)
Thermal-Boundary-Layer Calculations	278	(9)
Flow in the Inlet of Ducts	287	(3)
Rotationally Symmetric Boundary Layers	290	(10)
Asymptotic Expansions and Triple-Deck Theory	300	(7)
Three-Dimensional Laminar Boundary Layers	307	(11)
Unsteady Boundary Layers: Separation Anxiety	318	(3)
Free-Convection Boundary Layers	321	(16)
Summary	328	(1)
Problems	328	(9)
The Stability of Laminar Flows	337	(61)
Introduction: The Concept of Small-Disturbance Stability	337	(7)
Linearized Stability of Parallel Viscous Flows	344	(13)
Parametric Effects in the Linear Stability Theory	357	(13)
Transition to Turbulence	370	(8)
Engineering Prediction of Transition	378	(20)
Summary	394	(1)
Problems	394	(4)
Incompressible Turbulent Mean Flow	398	(107)
Physical and Mathematical Description of Turbulence	398	(8)
The Reynolds Equations of Turbulent Motion	406	(5)
The Two-Dimensional Turbulent-Boundary-Layer Equations	411	(3)
Velocity Profiles: The Inner, Outer, and Overlap Layers	414	(11)
Turbulent Flow in Pipes and Channels	425	(8)
The Turbulent Boundary Layer on a Flat Plate	433	(7)
Turbulence Modeling	440	(14)
Analysis of Turbulent Boundary Layers with a Pressure Gradient	454	(19)
Free Turbulence: Jets, Wakes, and Mixing Layers	473	(12)
Turbulent Convective Heat Transfer	485	(20)
Summary	498	(1)
Problems	498	(7)
Compressible-Boundary-Layer Flow	505	(66)
Introduction: The Compressible-Boundary-Layer Equations	505	(6)
Similarity Solutions for Compressible Laminar Flow	511	(3)
Solutions for Laminar Flat-Plate and Stagnation-Point Flow	514	(11)
Compressible Laminar Boundary Layers under Arbitrary Conditions	525	(14)
Special Topics in Compressible Laminar Flow	539	(5)
The Compressible-Turbulent-Boundary-Layer Equations	544	(3)
Wall and Wake Laws for Turbulent Compressible Flow	547	(6)
Compressible Turbulent Flow Past a Flat Plate	553	(8)
Compressible-Turbulent-Boundary-Layer Calculation with a Pressure Gradient	561	(10)
Summary	566	(1)
Problems	566	(5)
Appendices	571	(19)
A Transport Properties of Various Newtonian Fluids	571	(10)
B Equations of Motion of Incompressible Newtonian Fluids in Cylindrical and Spherical Polar Coordinates	581	(4)
C A Runge-Kutta Subroutine for N Simultaneous Differential Equations	585	(5)
Bibliography	590
Index	xxx