An Album of Fluid Motion
 1982 original cover of An Album of Fluid Motion | |
| Editor | Milton Van Dyke |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Parabolic Press |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paper back) |
| Pages | 175 |
| ISBN | 0-915760-02-9 (hardcover) |
The book An Album of Fluid Motion is a collection of black-and-white photographs of flow visualizations for different types of fluid flows.[1][2] These flows include:
The book was self-published by its editor, Milton Van Dyke, fluid mechanics professor at Stanford University.
Reviews
- Self-published, designed handsomely within the family, this collection needs and will enduringly reward many owners. What technical library can be without it? – Philip Morrison, Scientific American[3]
- All teachers of fluid mechanics should have a copy of this 'album' and should use it first to enlarge their own understanding and then that of their students. – G. K. Batchelor, Journal of Fluid Mechanics[4]
- This compilation, aptly entitled an "album" ... is a remarkable and magnificent achievement. – Charles Thurlow III, Chemical Engineering
- The educator finds beautiful and important illustrations for his lectures in fluid mechanics, and the student should also want to own the book. – N. Rott, Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik
- Everybody with an interest in fluid dynamics, from freshman to expert, will enjoy and benefit from this book; everybody can afford to buy it; everybody should. – Peter Bradshaw, Contemporary Physics
- An Album of Fluid Motion is a lovely book and a rare bargain. It should be part of any physics library and many personal collections. – Jerry P. Golub, American Journal of Physics
- Neophyte or expert, student or practitioner, everyone will be enchanted by this book. I have seen a delighted reaction to it in those unfamiliar with the study of fluid motion, and I have also been approached by scientists with fingers pointed at pictures in the Album to prove a technical point. – Raul Conti, Journal of the Astronautical Sciences
- I cannot imagine a fluid dynamicist without this wonderful book. It should be required reading for all graduate students in the fluid thermal engineering field. – R. A. Granger, Ocean Engineering
References
- ^ "An Album of Fluid Motion". Goodreads. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
- ^ "An Album of Fluid Motion by Van Dyke, Milton: Good Softcover (1982) | Friends of the Multnomah County Library". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
- ^ Morrison, Philip; Van Dyke, Milton (1982). "Review of An Album of Fluid Motion, Van DykeMilton". Scientific American. 247 (4): 40–46. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1182-40. ISSN 0036-8733. JSTOR 24966701.
- ^ Batchelor, G. K. (February 1983). "An Album Fluid Motion. Assembled by MILTON VAN DYKE. Parabolic Press, 1982. 176 pp. 10 paperback". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 127: 562–563. doi:10.1017/S0022112083212888. ISSN 1469-7645.