Waves in Fluids

by James Lighthill

A comprehensive textbook in which the author describes the science of waves in liquids and gases. Drawing on a subject of enormous extent and variety, he provides his readers with a thorough analysis of the most important and representative types of waves including sound waves, shock waves, waterwaves of all kinds, and the so-called internal waves (inside atmospheres and oceans) due to intensity stratification. Emphasis throughout is on the most generally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521010454
• ISBN13: 9780521010450
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 9.4"