Fluid Dynamics

theprodigals0n

I was hoping to learn a bit about Fluid Dynamics over the summer (from a Mathematical point of view) but have very little knowledge of them, and Physics in general. Is there a good introductory academic book that I could read to get me started, or would I need to have a fairly deep understanding of Theoretical Physics even to begin learning about the subject? Thanks.

Professor_Fink

theprodigals0n wrote: »

I was hoping to learn a bit about Fluid Dynamics over the summer (from a Mathematical point of view) but have very little knowledge of them, and Physics in general. Is there a good introductory academic book that I could read to get me started, or would I need to have a fairly deep understanding of Theoretical Physics even to begin learning about the subject? Thanks.

Elementary Fluid Dynamics by Acheson is quite good. Obviously it is a bit harder than standard mechanics, but if you can handle Maxwell's equations then you should be able to handle fluid dynamics.

fillmore jive

You wouldn't necessarily need a good knowledge of TP, but alot of theoretical fluid mechanics is just an application of vector calculus. Get something like Schaum's Vector Calculus: it's fairly straightforward book and has a few examples from fluid mechanics.

Professor_Fink

fillmore jive wrote: »

You wouldn't necessarily need a good knowledge of TP, but alot of theoretical fluid mechanics is just an application of vector calculus. Get something like Schaum's Vector Calculus: it's fairly straightforward book and has a few examples from fluid mechanics.

Yes, I hear they even let engineers do a basic form of fluid dynamics ;-)

cianl1

Professor_Fink wrote: »

Yes, I hear they even let engineers do a basic form of fluid dynamics ;-)

Ah those engineers.:rolleyes:

The jokes of the scientific community.