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: Batchelor, G. K.; Davies, R. M. 1903-
Series: Cambridge monographs on mechanics and applied mathematics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1956
Place of publication: Cambridge
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.-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.-Viscosity effects in sound waves of finite amplitude, by M. J. Lighthill.-Turbulent diffusion,  by G. K. Batchelor and A. A. Townsend.-Atmossperic turbulence by T. H. Ellison.-The mechanics of sailing ships and yachts, by K. S. M. Davidson.