Table of content Previous page Table of content From the author Is this for me? Overview of common fluid phenomena Basics Reynolds number and dynamic similarity of fluid flow Understanding vorticity The language of fluid dynamics Lagrangian and Eulerian viewpoints Incompressibility The problem of pressure: the intrigue of hydrodynamics Viscosity in shear flows Viscosity as diffusion The famous Navier-Stokes What we need to know to determine the flow evolution High-Reynolds-number flows Thermal boundary layer Potential flow and the boundary layer Potential flows Case studies Bathtub vortex Kelvin-Helmholtz instability Symmetric potential flow past a cylinder Asymmetric potential flow past a cylinder Separated flows overview Fluid dynamics of car mirrors: a Flow Illustrator lesson Next page