Front Cover; Advances in Applied Mechanics, Volume 1; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Recent Advances in the Mechanics of Boundary Layer Flow; I. Introduction; II. Laminar Flow in Boundary Layers; III. Stability of Laminar Boundary Layer Flow; IV. Boundary Layer Suction; V. Turbulent Flow in Boundary Layers; Bibliography of Related Papers; Chapter 2. Modern Trends in Nonlinear Mechanics; I. Topological Methods; II. Analytical Methods; III. Nonlinear Resonance and Associated Phenomena; References; Chapter 3. Survey of Papers on Elasticity Published in Holland 1940-1946

I. Publications of the Laboratory for Applied Mechanics of the Technische Hoogeschool at DelftII. Publications of the Nederlandsche Centrale Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (T.N.O.), the Hague; III. Publications of the National Luchtvaartlaboratorium at Amsterdam; IV. Books; Bibliography; Chapter 4. A Mathematical Model Illustrating the Theory of Turbulence; I. Introduction; II. The Equations Describing the Model System; III. Laminar Solution of the System (1)-(2); IV. Stationary Turbulent Solutions of Equation (2); V. Spectrum of the Stationary Turbulent Solutions

VI. Additional Remarks Concerning the Spectrum of the Stationary SolutionsVII. Nonstationary Solutions of Equation (2); VIII. Application of Equation (2) to an Infinite Domain; IX. Spatial Correlation in the Values of v for an Isolated Domain of Coherence; X. Application of Similarity Considerations; XI. Continuation; XII. Statistical Treatment, Based upon the Energy Balance, of the System Considered in Sections II-VII; XIII. System with Two Components in the Secondary Motion; XIV. Properties of the Turbulent Solutions; XV. Concluding Remarks

Chapter 5. On Numerical Methods in Wave Interaction ProblemsI. The Problem; II. Solution of the Boundary Value Problem for t to and the Principle of the Proposed Numerical Method; V. The Computations; VI. Variable Entropy; VII. J. von Neumann's Mechanical Model of Shock Motion; VIII. The Computations; IX. Procedure for Finding a Continuous Solution by Taking Viscosity into Account; Chapter 6. On Bergman's Integration Method in Two-Dimensional Compressible Fluid Flow

ForewordPart I. General Theory; Part II. Simplified Pressure-Density Relation; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index