Selected Papers of J. M. Burgers

J.M. Burgers (1895--1981) is regarded as one of the leading scientists in the field of fluid mechanics, contributing many important results, a number of which still bear his name. However, the work of this outstanding scientist was mostly published in the Proceedings and Transactions of The Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, of which he was a distinguished member.
Nowadays, this work is almost impossible to obtain through the usual library channels. Therefore, the editors have decided to reissue the most important work of J.M. Burgers, which gives the reader access to the original papers which led to important results, now known as the Burgers Equation, the Burgers Vector and the Burgers Vortex.
Further, the book contains a biography of J.M. Burgers, which provides the reader with both information on his scientific life, as well as a rounded impression of the many activities which J.M. Burgers performed or was involved in outside his science.

Selected Papers.- ” On the resistance experienced by a fluid in turbulent motion”.- ” Preliminary measurements of the distribution of the velocity of a fluid in the immediate neighbourhood of a plane, smooth surface”.- ”On Oseen’s theory for the approximate determination of the flow of a fluid with very small friction along a body”.- ”On the application of Oseen’s hydrodynamical equations to the problem of the slipstream from an ideal propeller”.- ”On the application of statistical mechanics to the theory of turbulent fluid motion. I, II, III”.- ”On the application of Oseen’s theory to the determination of the friction experienced by an infinitely thin flat plate”.- ”On the application of statistical mechanics to the theory of turbulent fluid motion. IV, V, VI, VII”.- ”Introductory remarks on recent investigations concerning the structure of liquids”.- ”On the motion of small particles of elongated form, suspended in a viscous liquid”.- ”Mathematical examples illustrating relations occurring in the theory of turbulent fluid motion”.- ”Some considerations on the fields of stress connected with dislocations in a regular crystal lattice. I, II”.- ”Application of a model system to illustrate some points of the statistical theory of free turbulence”.- ”On the application of viscosity data to the determination of the shape of protein molecules in solution”.- ”Some considerations on the development of boundary layers in the case of flows having a rotational component”.- ”On the distinction between irregular and systematic motion in diffusion problems”.- ”On the influence of the concentration of a suspension upon the sedimentation velocity (in particular for a suspension of spherical particles)”.- ”On thetransmission of sound waves through a shock wave”.- ”Some problems of the motion of interstellar gas clouds. I, II”.- ”Aerodynamical problems suggested by a case of motion of interstellar gas clouds/Aerodynamical problems connected with the motion of a cloud of gas emitted by Nova Persei. I, II, III”.- ”Cases of motion in a gas with non colliding molecules”.- ”On the influence of gravity upon the expansion of a gas. I, II”.- ”Damped oscillations of a spherical mass of an elastic fluid”.- ”Note on the damping of the rotational oscillation of a spherical mass of an elastic fluid in consequence of slipping along the boundary”.- ”The formation of vortex sheets in a simplified type of turbulent motion”.- ”On homogeneous non-isotropic turbulence connected with a mean motion having a constant velocity gradient. I, II”.- ”Rotational motion of a sphere subject to visco-elastic deformation. I, II, III”.- ”On the problem of the postglacial uplift of Fennoscandia. I, II”.