杰弗里·英格拉姆·泰勒爵士（1886—1975）是流体动力学和波动理论的物理学家、数学家和专家。他被认为是20世纪最伟大的物理科学家之一。1958年至1971年共出版了四卷《杰弗里?英格拉姆?泰勒科学论文集》，共收集了近200篇杰弗里·英格拉姆·泰勒爵士的论文。本书为第四卷，共三章，主要收集了流体力学方面的论文，具体包括金属塑性扩展过程中产生的热量、铝晶体的塑性延伸和断裂、关于“纳维埃效应”的说明等内容。本书适合高等院校数学和力学领域的研究者和研究人员及兴趣爱好者参考阅读。

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1.INTERFERENCE FRINGES WITH FEEBLE LIGHT.
2.MOTION OF SOLIDS IN FLUIDS WHEN THE FLOW IS NOT IRROTATIONAL.
3.EXPERIMENTS WITH ROTATING FLUIDS.
4.THE MOTION OF A SPHERE IN A ROTATING LIQUID.
5.STABILITY OF A VISCOUS LIQUID CONTAINED BETWEEN TWO ROTATING CYLINDERS.
6.THE MOTION OF ELLIPSOIDAL PARTICLES IN A VISCOUS FLUID.
7.ON THE DECAY OF VORTICES IN A VISCOUS FLUID.
8.EXPERIMENTS ON THE MOTION OF SOLID BODIES IN ROTATING FLUIDS.
9.THE BURSTING OF SOAP-BUBBLES IN A UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELD (WITH C.T.R.WILSON).
10.THE VISCOSITY OF A FLUID CONTAINING SMALL DROPS OF ANOTHER FLUID.
11.THE FORMATION OF EMULSIONS IN DEFINABLE FIELDS OF FLOW.
12.THE HOLDING POWER OF ANCHORS.
13.MEASUREMENTS WITH A HALF-PITOT TUBE.
14.NOTE ON R.A.BAGNOLD'S EMPIRICAL FORMULA FOR THE CRITICAL WATER MOTION CORRESPONDING WITH THE FIRST DISTURBANCE OF GRAINS ON A FLAT SURFACE.
15.THE PATH OF A LIGHT FLUID WHEN RELEASED IN A HEAVIER FLUID WHICH IS ROTATING.
16.ANALYSIS OF THE SWIMMING OF MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS.
17.THE ACTION OF WAVING CYLINDRICAL TAILS IN PROPELLING MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS.
18.ANALYSIS OF THE SWIMMING OF LONG AND NARROW ANIMALS.
19.FORMATION OF A VORTEX RING BY GIVING AN IMPULSE TO A CIRCULAR DISC AND THEN DISSOLVING IT AWAY.
20.AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF STANDING WAVES.
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