Object: to describe the fieds generated by electric charges and currents Mathematical tools A field is a function describing a quantity at all points in space
Chapter 2 Aerodynamics: Some Fundamental Principles and Equations There is so great a difference between a fluid and a collection of solid particles that the laws of pressure and of equilibrium of fluids are very different from the laws of the pressure and equilibrium of solids Jean Le Rond d' Alembert, 1768
erivatives of the hydrocarbons are formed, by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms by other groups referred to as functional groups An alcohol is closely related to a hydrocarbon in that it contains an Oh group in place of a hydrogen atom. Thus, methyl alcohol, CH3 OH, is a derivative of methane, CH4; and ethyl alcohol