Analytical Fluid Dynamics

George Emanuel earned his PhD in aeronautical sciences from Stanford University, California. Subsequently, he was employed at the Aerospace Corp., TRW, and Los Alamos National Laboratory as a research engineer. He spent 19 years as a professor in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of numerous books that include Analytical Fluid Dynamics, Second Edition, Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations by Continuous Groups, and Shock Wave Dynamics (CRC Press). He is also the author of four chapters in three handbooks and the author or coauthor of more than 100 peer-reviewed articles.

• Basic Concepts. Background Discussion. Conservation Equations. Classical Thermodynamics. Kinematics. Advanced Gas Dynamics. Euler Equations. Shock-Wave Dynamics. Vorticity and Its Substantial Derivative. Shock-Wave Triple-Point Morphology. Derivatives When the Upstream Flow Is Nonuniform. General Derivative Formulation. Extended Navier–Stokes Equations, Ultrasonic Absorption, and Shock Structure. Hodograph Transformation and Limit Lines. Substitution Principle. Calorically Imperfect Flows. Sweep. Interaction of an Expansion Wave with a Shock Wave and a Shock-Wave Curvature. Unsteady, One-Dimensional Flow. Supersonic Diffusers. Viscous/Inviscid Fluid Dynamics. Coordinate Systems and Related Topics. Force and Moment Analysis. Exact Solutions for a Viscous Flow. Rayleigh Flow. Couette Flow. Stagnation Point Flow. Laminar Boundary-Layer Theory for Steady Two-Dimensional or Axisymmetric Flow. Incompressible Flow over a Flat Plate. Large Reynolds Number Flow. Incompressible Boundary-Layer Theory. Compressible Boundary-Layer Theory. Supersonic Boundary-Layer Examples. Second-Order Boundary-Layer Theory. Problems. References. Appendices.

"The author has formulated curved shock theory with vector notation. This is a new and useful approach that has led to new results and insights and independent verification of the complex algebraic results of earlier tensor methods, the theory is surrounded by careful and thorough treatment of assumptions and limitations. Problems at the end of the chapter are well-chosen to promote a deeper understanding. This is a must-read for anyone searching for an appreciation of curved shock wave theory."—Sannu Mölder, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"In the modern era where computational techniques dominate, it is refreshing to see a book that returns to the fundamentals in depth and breadth. Emanuel’s book is a solid treatment of basic fluid physics. It provides elegant and yet easy-to-follow mathematical treatments of a wide range of topics that are important in contemporary applications. One of the useful aspects of the work is its clear elucidation of the flow physics that is firmly grounded in the mathematics. Such revelations are difficult if not impossible to come by from numerical analysis. Thus, another value of this book is to provide checks to computational results."—Frank K. Lu, University of Texas at Arlington"Professor Emanuel extends the conventional thermodynamic development to include the nonclassical dynamics of a dense gas—and for the first time explains why expansion shock waves cannot exist. … one of the very few texts that even mentions the ‘nonclassical’ behavior of certain dense gases."—Brian Argrow, Department Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder