Waves in Fluids

Acomprehensivetextbookinwhichtheauthordescribesthescienceofwavesinliquidsandgases.Drawingonasubjectofenormousextentandvariety,heprovideshisreaderswithathoroughanalysisofthemostimportantandrepresentativetypesofwavesincludingsoundwaves,shockwaves,waterwavesofallkinds,andtheso-calledinternalwaves(insideatmospheresandoceans)duetointensitystratification.Emphasisthroughoutisonthemostgenerallyusefulfundamentalideasofwavescience,includingtheprinciplesofhowwavesinteractwithflows.Thisstandardworkononeofthegreatsubdivisionsofthedynamicsoffluidsislucidlywrittenandwillbeinvaluabletoengineers,physicists,geophysicists,appliedmathematiciansoranyresearchworkerconcernedwithwavemotionsorfluidfllows.Itisespeciallysuitableasatextbookforcoursesatthefinalyearundergraduateorgraduatelevel.