Vortex dynamics/
P.G. Saffman.
- 1st pbk. ed. with corrections.
- Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
- xi, 311 p.: ill.; 23 cm.
- Cambridge monographs on mechanics and applied mathematics. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-308) and index.
Fundamental properties of vorticity -- Singular distributions of vorticity -- Vortex momentum -- Motion with surfaces -- Some applications -- Creation of vorticity -- Dynamics of line vortices in two-dimensional flow -- Vortex sheets in two dimensions -- Dynamics of two-dimensional vortex patches -- Axisymmetric vortex rings -- Dynamics of vortex filaments -- Three-dimensional vortex instability -- Effects of viscosity -- Miscellaneous topi .