Surveys in mechanics
Subtitle: 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.
By: Edited by G.K. Batchelor and R.M. Davies.
Contributors: Davies, R. M. 1903- joint ed.
Series: Cambridge monographs on mechanics and applied mathematics
Publisher: University Press
Published: 1956
Place of publication: Cambridge [Eng.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
Subjects: Taylor, Geoffrey Ingram, Sir, 1886-; Mechanics.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: G.I. Taylor: a biographical note, by R.V. Southwell.; title: The mechanics of quasi-static plastic deformation in metals, by R. Hill.; title: Dislocations in crystalline solids, by N.F. Mott.; title: Stress waves in solids, by R.M. Davies.; title: Rotating fluids, by H.B. Squire.; title: The mechanics of drops and bubbles, by W.R. Lane and H.L. Green.; title: Wave generation by wind, by F. Ursell.; title: Viscosity effects in sound waves of finite amplitude, by M.J. Lighthill.; title: Turbulent diffusion, by G.K. Batchelor and A.A. Townsend.; title: Atmospheric turbulence, by T.H. Ellison.; title: The mechanics of sailing ships and yachts, by K.S.M. Davidson.