Ebook: Selected Papers of J. M. Burgers

J.M. Burgers (1895--1981) is regarded as one of the leading scientists in the field of fluid mechanics, contributing many important results, a number of which still bear his name. However, the work of this outstanding scientist was mostly published in the Proceedings and Transactions of The Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, of which he was a distinguished member.
Nowadays, this work is almost impossible to obtain through the usual library channels. Therefore, the editors have decided to reissue the most important work of J.M. Burgers, which gives the reader access to the original papers which led to important results, now known as the Burgers Equation, the Burgers Vector and the Burgers Vortex.
Further, the book contains a biography of J.M. Burgers, which provides the reader with both information on his scientific life, as well as a rounded impression of the many activities which J.M. Burgers performed or was involved in outside his science.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-cix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Preliminary Measurements of the Distribution of the Velocity of a Fluid in the Immediate Neighbourhood of a Plane, Smooth Surface....Pages 2-24
Introductory Remarks on Recent Investigations Concerning the Structure of Liquids....Pages 25-56
On the Motion of Small Particles of Elongated Form. Suspended in a Viscous Liquid....Pages 57-77
Mathematical Examples Illustrating Relations Occurring in the Theory of Turbulent Fluid Motion....Pages 78-90
Front Matter....Pages 91-133
The Formation of Vortex Sheets in a Simplified Type of Turbulent Motion....Pages 134-142
On Homogeneous Non-Isotropic Turbulence Connected with a Mean Motion Having a Constant Velocity Gradient. I....Pages 143-180
Rotational Motion of a Sphere Subject to Visco-Elastic Deformation. I....Pages 181-208
Geophysics....Pages 209-280
....Pages 281-334