Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Neutral fluids
- 2 Boltzmann equation
- 3 March towards hydrodynamics
- 4 Properties of ideal fluids
- 5 Viscous flows
- 6 Gas dynamics
- 7 Linear theory of waves and instabilities
- 8 Turbulence
- 9 Rotation and hydrodynamics
- Part 2 Plasmas
- Epilogue
- Appendix A Useful vector relations
- Appendix B Integrals in kinetic theory
- Appendix C Formulae and equations in cylindrical and spherical coordinates
- Appendix D Values of various quantities
- Appendix E Basic parameters pertaining to plasmas
- Suggestions for further reading
- References
- Index
3 - March towards hydrodynamics
from Part I - Neutral fluids
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Neutral fluids
- 2 Boltzmann equation
- 3 March towards hydrodynamics
- 4 Properties of ideal fluids
- 5 Viscous flows
- 6 Gas dynamics
- 7 Linear theory of waves and instabilities
- 8 Turbulence
- 9 Rotation and hydrodynamics
- Part 2 Plasmas
- Epilogue
- Appendix A Useful vector relations
- Appendix B Integrals in kinetic theory
- Appendix C Formulae and equations in cylindrical and spherical coordinates
- Appendix D Values of various quantities
- Appendix E Basic parameters pertaining to plasmas
- Suggestions for further reading
- References
- Index
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- The Physics of Fluids and PlasmasAn Introduction for Astrophysicists, pp. 31 - 52Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998