Title: Surveys in mechanics; a collection of surveys of the present position of research in some branches of mechanics, written in commemoration of the 70th birthday of Geoffrey Ingram Taylor.
Authors: Batchelor, G. K.; Davies, R. M. 1903-; Davies, R. M. 1903-1958,
Publisher: University Press,
Year: 1956
Subjects: Taylor, Geoffrey Ingram,; Taylor, Geoffrey Ingram,; Mechanics.
Contents: G. I. Taylor: a biographical note, by R. V. Southwell.--The mechanics of quasi-static plastic deformation in metals, by R. Hill.--Dislocations in crystalline solids, by N. F. Mott.--Stress waves in solids, by R. M. Davies.-- Rotating fluids, by H. B. Squire.--The mechanics of drops and bubbles, by W. R. Lane and H. L. Green.--Wave generation by wind, by F. Ursell.--Vicosity effects in sound waves of finite amplitude, by M. J. Lighthill.--Turbulent diffusion, by G. K. Batchelor and A. A. Townsend.--Atmospheric turbulence, by T. H. Ellison.--The merchants of sailing ships and yachts, by K. S. M. Davidson.