Introduction to Physical Gas Dynamics [Hardcover]

W. G. Vincenti (Author), Charles H. Kruger (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0882753096 | ISBN-13: 978-0882753096 | Publication Date: June 1975

This book is the outgrowth of a series of courses developed and introduced to instruct students in the general features of high-temperature and nonequilibrium gas flows. The aim is to bring students to the point where they can understand more advanced treatises in the relevant sciences, as well as the pertinent research literature in gas dynamics.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 556 pages
• Publisher: Krieger Pub Co (June 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882753096
• ISBN-13: 978-0882753096
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #44 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Physics > Dynamics > Thermodynamics

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for scientists interested in high T, high M flow, June 26, 1999

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This review is from: Introduction to Physical Gas Dynamics (Hardcover)

This book is a classic which covers everything from deriving Maxwell's distribution from first principles to modeling gases in thermal, chemical, and vibrational nonequilibrium. Covers many topic not covered in courses, and can be read cover to cover, unlike many texts. Buy it before it goes out of print again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Text/Terrible Binding, March 14, 2011

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This review is from: Introduction to Physical Gas Dynamics (Hardcover)

This is an invaluable resource if your study/work is anywhere in the fields of high temperature or high speed gas dynamics. It is a graduate level text that assumes a grasp of classical thermodynamics. Gives a solid foundation in the areas of statistical thermodynamics and kinetic theory for use in equilibrium and non-equilibrium flow analysis. John D. Anderson references this book in several of his own (if you know who John Anderson is, you know that in itself is a compliment). A large part of the kinetic theory in Anderson's Hypersonic and High-Temperature Gas Dynamics, Second Edition (Aiaa Education Series) is based on this work by Vincenti and Kreuger.

My review would be 5 stars if it weren't for the binding. The binding for this edition is cheap and stiff, and is already falling apart from light use. I plan to use this book for a long time, so I am actually looking into the possibility of having it rebound. I sincerely wish I could have gotten hold of an older edition that was well cared for. My boss used this as a textbook when he was getting his master's degree, and has held on to his copy... still in great shape. It stays open to the page you open it to when you set it down, and is still totally intact even after years of heavy use. I've had mine for about 2 months, and the spine is already tearing because I have to manhandle it to make it stay open.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars useful for kinetic theory & statistical mechanics., February 13, 2008

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This review is from: Introduction to Physical Gas Dynamics (Hardcover)

Using it for a course right now. A little technical, but does have a lot of explanations. Highly recommended reference book/textbook.