The dawn of fluid dynamics : a discipline between science and technology / Michael Eckert.
Pubblicazione:
Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2006.
Descrizione fisica:
X, 286 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. 1. Diverging trends before twentieth century 2. The beginnings of fluid dynamics in Göttingegn (1904-1914) 3. Aviation and the rise of aerodynamics in the First World War 4. The internationalization of fluid mechanics in the 1920s 5. A working program for research on turbulence 6. Aerodynamics comes of age 7. New applications 8. Prandtl, fluid dynamics and national socialism 9. New centers 10. Fluid dynamics on the eve of the Second World War 11. Epilogue. Appendix. Abbreviations. References. Author index. Name index. Subject index
