Table of Contents

General Introduction
Curriculum Vitae
Scientific Papers of Sir James Lighthill
VOLUME I
Section A: Early Development of Supersonic Hydrodynamics
Introduction
1: Two-Dimensional Supersonic Aerofoil Theory (ARC)
2: The Conditions Behind the Trailing Edge of the Supersonic Aerofoil
3: The Supersonic Theory of Wings Finite Span
4: A Note on Supersonic Biplanes
5: Supersonic Flow Past Bodies of Revolution
6: Supersonic Flow Past Slender Pointed Bodies of Revolution and Yaw
7: Supersonic Flow Past Slender Bodies of Revolution the Slope of Whose Meridain Section is Discontinous
8: The Flow Behind a Stationary Shock
9: The Wave Drag at Zero Lift of Slender Delta Wings and Similar Configurations
Section B: More General High-Speed Aerodynamics
Introduction
10: The Hodograph Transformation in Trans-Sonic Flow, parts I-IV
11: The Position of the Shock Wave in Certain Aerodynmaic Problems
12: Methods for Predicting Phenomena in the High-Speed Flow of Gases
13: A Technique for Rendering Approximate Solutions to Physical Problems Uniformly Valid
14: The Shock Strength in Supersonic "Conical Fields"
15: The Diffraction of Blast, I and II
16: The Energy Distribution Behind Decaying Shocks I. Plane Waves
17: Higher Approximations
18: Oscillating Airfoils at High Mach Numbers
19: Mathematical Methods in Compressible Flow Theory
Section C: Gas Dynamics Interacting with Gas Physics
Introduction
20: Viscosity Effects in Sound Waves of Finite Amplitude
21: Dynamics of a Dissociating Gas, parts I, II
22: Studies on Magnetohydrodynamic Waves and Other Anisotropic Wave Motions
23: Note on Waves Through Gases at Pressures Small Compared with the Magnetic Pressure, with Application to Upper Atmosphere Aerodynamics
24: Fluid Dynamics as a Branch of Physics
25: Predictions on the Velocity Field Coming from Acoustic Noise and Generalized Turbulence in a Layer Overlaying a Convectively Unstable Atmospheric Region
VOLUME II
Section D: Two-Dimensional Potential Theory
Introduction
26: A New Method of Two-Dimensional Aerodynamic Design
27: A Theoretical Discussion of WIngs with leading-Edge Suction
28: A Mathematical Method of Cascade Design
29: Notes on the Deflection of Jets by Insertion of Curved Surfaces, and on the Design of Bends in Wind Tunnels
30: A Note on Cusped Cavities
31: A New Approach to Thin Aerofoil Theory
Section E: Aerodynamics with Vorticity in the Undisturbed Flow
Introduction
32: The Image System of a Vortex Elements in a Rigid Sphere
33: Drift
34: Contributions to the Theory of Pilto-tube Displacement Effect
35: The Fundamental Solution for Small Steady Three-Dimensional Disturbances to a Two-Dimensional Parallel Shear Flow
Section F: Contributions to Boundary-Layer Theory
36: Contributions to the Theory of Heat Transfer Through a Laminar Boundary Layer
37: Reflection at a Laminar Boundary of a Weak Steady Disturbance to Supersonic Stream, Neglecting Viscosity and Heat Conduction
38: On Boundary Layers and Upstream Influence, I and II
39: Theoretical Considerations on Free Convection in Tubes
40: The Responses of Laminar Skin Friction and Heat Transfer to Fluctuations in the Stream Velocity
41: The Axisymmetric Boundary Layer on a Long Thin Cylinder
42: On Displacement Thickness
43: Introduction: Real and Ideal Fluids; and Introduction; Boundary Layer Theory
44: Initial Development of Diffusion in Poiseuille Flow
Section G: Chaotic Motions
Introduction
45: Turbulence
46: The Recently Recognized Failure of Predictability in Newtonian Dynamics
VOLUME III
Introduction
47: On Sound Generated Aerodynamically, I and II
48: On the Energy Scattered from the Interaction of Turbulence with Sound or Shock Waves
49: The Effect on Compressibility on Turbulence
50: Sound Generated Aerodynamically
51: Jet Noise
52: The Fourth Annual Fairey Lecture: The Propagation of Sound
53: Acoustic Streaming
54: A General Introduction to Aeroacoustics and Atmospheric Sound
55: Some Aspects of the Aeroacoustics of High-Speed Jets
Section J: Water Waves and Wavelike Current Patterns
Introduction
56: on Cnoidal Waves and Bores
57: On Kinematic Waves, I and II
58: River Waves
59: Physical Interpretation of the Mathematical Theory of Wave Generation by Wind
60: Dynamics of Ratating Fluids: A Survey
61: Dynamic Response of the Indian Ocean to Onset of the Southwest Monsoon
62: Two-Dimensional Analyses Related to Wave-Enery Extraction by Submerged Resonant Ducts
63: Fundamentals Concerning Wave Loading on Offshore Structures
Section K: Wave Theories of Wide Applicability
Introduction
64: Group Velocity
65: Contributions to the Theory of Waves in Non-linear Dispersive Systems
66: On Waves Generated in Dispersive Systems by Travelling Forcing Effects, with Applications to the Dynamics of Rotating FLuids
67: Some Special Cases Treated by the Whitham Theory
68: The Theory of Trailing Taylor Columns
69: Emendations to a Proof in the General Three-Dimensional Theory of Oscillating Sources of Waves
VOLUME IV
Section L: External Biofluddynamics
Introduction
70: On the Squirming Motion of Nearly Spherical Deformable Bodies Through Liquids at Very Small Reynolds Numbers
71: Note on the Swimming of Slender Fish
72: Hydromechanics of Aquatic Animal Propulsion
73: Aquatic Animal Propulsion of High Hydromechanical Efficiency
74: Large-Amplitude Elongated-Body Theory of Fish Locomotion
75: Aquatic Animal Locomotion
76: On the Weis-Fogh Mechanism of Lift Generation
77: Aerodynamic Aspects of Animal Flight
78: Flagellar Hydrodynamics
79: Introduction to the Scaling of Aerial Locomotion
80: Mathematical Theories of Fish Swimming
81: A Simple Fluid-Flow Model of Ground Effect on Hovering
82: Biofluiddynamics of Balistiform and Gymnotiform Locomotion, Parts 1-4
83: Hydrodynamic Far Fields
84: Biofluiddynamics: A Survey
85: Estimate of Pressure Differences Across the Head of a Swimming Clupied Fish
Section M: Internal Biofluiddynamics
Introduction
86: Physiologal Fluid Dynamics: A Survey
87: Energy Flow in the Cochlea
88: Advantages from Describing Cochlea Mechanics in Terms of Energy Flow
89: Biomechanics of Hearing Sensitivity
90: Acoustic Streaming in the Ear Itself

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