Fluid Mechanics

Formerly Nova University, USA Formerly University of Pennsylvania, USA. While in college, David R. Dowling held summer positions at Hughes Aircraft Co. and the Los Angeles Air Force Station. He completed his doctorate in 1988 at Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology and moved north to Seattle to accomodate his wife's career in medicine. While there, he worked for a year in the laser technology group at Boeing Aerospace, and then for almost three years as a post-doc at the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington. In 1992, he accepted a faculty position at the University of Michigan. Prof. Dowling is currently conducting research in acoustics and fluid mechanics. He is a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the American Physical Society. He is a US citizen. Positions at the University of Michigan : Professor, Sept 2005 to Present Associate Professor, Sept 1999 thru August 2005Assistant Professor, Sept 1992 thru August 1999Visiting Assistant Professor, July 1992 thru August 1992

• 1. Introduction2.Cartesian Tensors3. Kinematics4.Conservation Laws5. Vorticity Dynamics6. Computational Fluid Dynamics7. Ideal Flow8. Gravity Waves9. Laminar Flow10. Boundary Layers and Related Topics11. Instability12. Turbulence13. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics14. Aerodynamics15. Compressible Flow16. Introduction to Biofluid Mechanics (online only)A. Conversion Factors, Constants, Fluid PropertiesB. Mathematical Tools and ResourcesC. Founders of Modern Fluid DynamicsD. Visual ResourcesIndex

"Fluid mechanics,...is introduced and comprehensively covered in this widely adopted text. Revised and updated...this book…is suitable for both a first or second course in fluid mechanics at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level." --Zentralblatt MATH