Block 1 (Mathematical Methods and Fluid Mechanics: Block 1) - Softcover

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9780749223076: Block 1 (Mathematical Methods and Fluid Mechanics: Block 1)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0749223073 ISBN 13: 9780749223076
Verlag: Open University Worldwide, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

This book contains 4 units of study that form the foundation of mathematical methods and fluid mechanics. Unit 1 - Properties of a fluid introduces the continuum model and many of the properties of a fluid, such as density, pressure and viscosity. The basic equation of fluid statics is formulated and used to find the pressure distribution in a liquid and to provide a model for the atmosphere. Unit 2 - Ordinary differential equations starts by showing how changes of variables (involving use of the Chain Rule) can be applied to solve certain non-constant-coefficient differential equations, and leads on to the topics of boundary-value and eigenvalue problems. It concludes with an introduction to the method of power-series for solving initial-value problems. Unit 3 - First-order partial differential equations extends the earlier version of the Chain Rule to cover a change of variables for functions of two variables, and shows how this leads to the method of characteristics for solving first-order partial differential equations. Unit 4 - Vector field theory relates line, surface and volume integrals through two important theorems Gauss theorem and Stokes theorem and formulates the equation of mass continuity for a fluid in motion.

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This book contains 4 units of study that form the foundation of mathematical methods and fluid mechanics. Unit 1 - Properties of a fluid introduces the continuum model and many of the properties of a fluid, such as density, pressure and viscosity. The basic equation of fluid statics is formulated and used to find the pressure distribution in a liquid and to provide a model for the atmosphere. Unit 2 - Ordinary differential equations starts by showing how changes of variables (involving use of the Chain Rule) can be applied to solve certain non-constant-coefficient differential equations, and leads on to the topics of boundary-value and eigenvalue problems. It concludes with an introduction to the method of power-series for solving initial-value problems. Unit 3 - First-order partial differential equations extends the earlier version of the Chain Rule to cover a change of variables for functions of two variables, and shows how this leads to the method of characteristics for solving first-order partial differential equations. Unit 4 - Vector field theory relates line, surface and volume integrals through two important theorems Gauss theorem and Stokes theorem and formulates the equation of mass continuity for a fluid in motion.

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Verlag
Open University Worldwide
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0749223073
ISBN 13 
9780749223076
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
216
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