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Durbin, Paul A.
Fluid dynamics with a computational perspective / Paul A. Durbin, Gorazd Medic.
p. cm.
ISBN 9780521850179
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Fluid dynamics Mathematics. I. Medic, Gorazd, 1970 II. Title.
TA357.D855 2007
620.1 ?0640151 dc22 2007012221

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Dedication

To Cinian, Seth, and Sanja, who were patient and supportive while we wrote, and to Professor Enoch Durbin, for a lifetime of encouragement

Modern fluid dynamics is a combination of traditional methods of theory and analysis and newer methods of computation and numerical simulation. Underlying both are the principles of fluid flow. Fluid...