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Life in moving fluids : the physical biology of flow /
Both a landmark text and reference book, Steven Vogel's Life in Moving Fluids has also played a catalytic role in research involving the applications of fluid mechanics to biology. In this revised edition, Vogel continues to combine humor and clear explanations as he addresses biologists and ge...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
c1994.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed., rev. and expanded / |
| Series: | Princeton paperbacks.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Remarks at the start
- What Is a fluid and how much so
- Neither hiding nor crossing streamlines
- Pressure and momentum
- Drag, scale, and the Reynolds number
- The drag of simple shapes and sessile systems
- Shape and drag : motile animals
- Velocity gradients
- Making and using vortices
- Lift, airfoils, gliding, and soaring
- The thrust of flying and swimming
- Flows within pipes and other structures
- Internal flows in organisms
- Flow at very low Reynolds numbers
- Unsteady flows
- Flow at fluid-fluid Interfaces
- Do it yourself.