A new edition of the almost legendary textbook by Schlichting completely revised by Klaus Gersten is now available. This book presents a comprehensive overview of boundary-layer theory and its application to all areas of fluid mechanics, with emphasis on the flow past bodies (e.g. aircraft aerodynamics). It contains the latest knowledge of the subject based on a thorough review of the literature over the past 15 years. Yet again, it will be an indispensable source of inexhaustible information for students of fluid mechanics and engineers alike.
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From the reviews: "We find here a book where the theory is developed with rigours in parallel with a strong physical intuition. Comparison with experiments and simulations are always proposed and carefully analysed. The book contains at the end a very rich and complete bibliography … I warmly encourage everyone interested in boundary-layer theory to have this book in his bookcase." Physicalia "… I do recommend the book highly, especially for its long historical perspective, including all the diagrams comparing theory and experiment that remind us that engineering is practical …" SIAM Reviews
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this is a classic book. however, the new 8th edition is not translated very well. i have an older english version (6th edition, 1968) that is translated much better. even where the content is the same between the two editions, the "updated" translation is worse that in the original version.
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Classic book.,
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This is the classic book on the subject to be ever written and retains its class by incorporating some of the recent developments in the boundary layer theory.
A great collection for anyone in the field of turbulence, aerodynamics ...
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A Must-have Book for Fluid Mechanics Researchers!,
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This is the best and the most classical fluid mechanics book that i have read. Read it through carefully and you will get much from it. Reading it from time to time can give you many new knowledge every time.
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Theoretical investigations into Huid mechanics in the last century were mainly based on the ideal fluid, i.e. a fluid which is inviscid and incompressible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vanishing wall shear stress, indirect natural convection, binary boundary layers, viscous wall layer, higher order boundary layer theory, wall shear stress vanishes, homogeneous suction, plane free jet, separat ion point, massive blowing, inviscid outer flow, unsteady laminar boundary layers, turbulent outer layer, inviscid core flow, laver character, order boundary layer effects, plane stagnation point flow, steady basic flow, cross flow instabilities, pressure increase region, transversal curvature, laver equations, second order boundary layer theory, parallel flow assumption, massive suction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Navier Stokes, Van Dyke, Van Driest, Lord Rayleigh, Couette Poiseuille, Without Gravitational Effects, Eckert Schneider, Falkner Skan, Kirchhoff Helmholtz, Some Experimental Results, Moderate Wall Heat Transfer, Orr Sonunerfeld, Rotta Clauser, Tolhnien Schlichting New!
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Theoretical investigations into Huid mechanics in the last century were mainly based on the ideal fluid, i.e. a fluid which is inviscid and incompressible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vanishing wall shear stress, indirect natural convection, binary boundary layers, viscous wall layer, higher order boundary layer theory, wall shear stress vanishes, homogeneous suction, plane free jet, separat ion point, massive blowing, inviscid outer flow, unsteady laminar boundary layers, turbulent outer layer, inviscid core flow, laver character, order boundary layer effects, plane stagnation point flow, steady basic flow, cross flow instabilities, pressure increase region, transversal curvature, laver equations, second order boundary layer theory, parallel flow assumption, massive suction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Navier Stokes, Van Dyke, Van Driest, Lord Rayleigh, Couette Poiseuille, Without Gravitational Effects, Eckert Schneider, Falkner Skan, Kirchhoff Helmholtz, Some Experimental Results, Moderate Wall Heat Transfer, Orr Sonunerfeld, Rotta Clauser, Tolhnien Schlichting New!
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