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.

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Main Author: Batchelor, G. K. (George Keith) (ed.)
Other Authors: Davies, R. M. (Rhisiart Morgan), 1903- (joint ed.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : University Press, 1956.
Series:Cambridge monographs on mechanics and applied mathematics
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Table of 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
  • Viscosity 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 mechanics of sailing ships and yachts, by K.S.M. Davidson.