Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to concepts
- 2 The fluid equations
- 3 Gravitation
- 4 The energy equation
- 5 Hydrostatic equilibrium
- 6 Propagation of sound waves
- 7 Supersonic flows
- 8 Blast waves
- 9 Bernoulli's equation
- 10 Fluid instabilities
- 11 Viscous flows
- 12 Accretion discs in astrophysics
- 13 Plasmas
- Appendix Equations in curvilinear coordinates
- Exercises
- Books for background and further reading
- Index
5 - Hydrostatic equilibrium
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to concepts
- 2 The fluid equations
- 3 Gravitation
- 4 The energy equation
- 5 Hydrostatic equilibrium
- 6 Propagation of sound waves
- 7 Supersonic flows
- 8 Blast waves
- 9 Bernoulli's equation
- 10 Fluid instabilities
- 11 Viscous flows
- 12 Accretion discs in astrophysics
- 13 Plasmas
- Appendix Equations in curvilinear coordinates
- Exercises
- Books for background and further reading
- Index
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- Principles of Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics , pp. 46 - 62Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007