内容简介
本书的内容是作者在波恩大学为硕士生开设的体力学课程的基础上撰写的。读者需要掌握基本的热力学和向量微积分的知识才可以无障碍地阅读本书。本书偏向于天体物理学和地球物理学的应用，如可能在恒星或海洋中发现的波浪类型。书中许多原理都是通过日常经验中的例子来说明的，例如，水龙头流出的水在洗手盆表面扩散时所形成的水力冲击与天体物理冲击现象有关。书中还相对简短地提及了诸如边界层、管道流动和空气动力学等主题，介绍了磁流体力学，该部分是对流体力学对导电流体的扩展。本书适合物理及相关专业师生使用，也适合物理爱好者参考阅读。
目录
PrefaceAuthor biography1 Introduction 1.1 The fluid approximation 1.2 The hydrodynamic equationr/> Exercir/>2 Some basic conceptr/> 2.1 Visualisation 2.2 Sound waver/> 2.3 Compreility 2.3.1 The incomprele equations of motion 2.4 Rotation of fluid elementr/> 2.4.1 Cireulation 2.4.2 Vorticity 2.4.3 Potential flo w 2.5 Gravitationally stratified fluid 2.5.1 Hydrostatic equilibrium 2.5.2 The Boussinesq and anelastic approximationr/> 2.5.3 The hydrostatic approximation Exerciser/> Referencer/>3 Steady flow of an ideal fluid 3.I Bernoulli's equation 3.1.1 Applications of Bernoulli's equation 3.2 Subsonic and supersonic flow 3.3 Flow through a nozzle 3.4 Stellar winds and accretion Exerciser/> Referencer/>4 Viscosity 4.1 The viscous stress tensor 4.2 Viscous heating 4.3 Examples of viscous flow 4.4 Similarity and dimensionless parameterr/> 4.5 Regimes of viscous flow: example of flow past a solid body 4.6 Boundary layerr/> 4.7 Heat diffusion Exerciser/> Reference5 Waves and inilitier/> 5.1 Surface gravity waver/> 5.1.1 The shallow-water equationr/> 5.2 One fluid on top of another fluid 5.3 Shear inility between two fluidr/> 5.4 Internal gravity waver/> 5.5 Convection 5.6 Baroclinic inility 5.7 Turbulence 5.8 The Jeans inility Exerciser/> Referencer/>6 Shockr/> 6.1 Viscous versus pressure gradient force 6.2 The jump conditionr/> 6.3 Contextr/> 6.4 Hydraulic jumpr/> Exerciser/>7 Vorticity and rotating fluidr/> 7.1 Vorticer/> 7.2 The vorticity equation 7.3 The momentum equation in a rotating frame of reference 7.4 The centrifugal force and the von Zeipel paradox 7.5 The vorticity equation in a rotating frame 7.6 Inertial waver/> 7.7 The Taylor-Proudman theorem 7.8 The geostrophic approximation 7.9 Roy waver/> Exerciser/> Referencer/>8 Magohydrodynamics: equations and basic conceptr/> 8.1 The MHD equationr/> 8.2 The MHD approximation 8.3 The magic and other fieldr/> 8.4 A brief note concerning unitr/> 8.5 Field lines, flux conservation and flux freezing 8.6 Magic diffusivity 8.7 Magic pressure, tension and energy density 8.8 Waver/> 8.9 Different regimes in MHD 8.10 Magic helicity 8.11 MHD equilibria Exerciser/> Referencer/>9 MHD: astrophysical contextr/> 9.1 The solar corona 9.1.1 Force-free and potential fieldr/> 9.1.2 Energy minima 9.1.3 Reconnection 9.2 Jets: launching, collimation and inilitier/> 9.2.1 Launching 9.2.2 Collimation 9.2.3 Inility 9.3 Angular momentum transport in discr/> 9.3.1 MRI: physical mechanir/> and ility condition 9.3.2 The dispersion relation 9.3.3 MRI:remarkr/> Exerciser/> Referencer/>Appendix A: Useful information编辑手记