Perspectives in Fluid Dynamics

A Collective Introduction to Current Research

H.K. Moffat, M.G. Worster

632 pages, parution le 17/03/2003

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Résumé

Now available in paperback, this wide-ranging text on modern fluid mechanics research includes sections on modelling the environment, physiology and magnetohydrodynamics. At the same time, the book discusses basic physical phenomena such as turbulence that still present fundamental challenges. Conventional textbooks cannot hope to give graduate students more than an inkling of what topics are currently being researched, or how to make a choice between them. This book aims to rectify matters, at least in part. It consists of eleven chapters that each introduces a different branch of the subject. Though not exhaustive, the coverage is broad: thin-film flows, Saffman-Taylor fingering, flows in arteries and veins, convective and absolute instabilities, turbulence, natural convection, magnetohydrodynamics, solidification, geological fluid mechanics, oceanography and atmospheric dynamics are all introduced and reviewed by established authorities. Thus the book will not only be suitable for graduate-level courses but also for specialists seeking introductions to other areas.

Contents

1. Interfacial fluid dynamics Stephen Davis
2. Viscous fingering as an archetype for growth patterns Yves Couder
3. Blood flow in arteries and veins Tim Pedley
4. Open shear flow instabilities Patrick Huerre
5. Turbulence Javier Jimenez
6. Convection in the environment Paul Linden
7. Reflections on magnetohydrodynamics Keith Moffatt
8. Solidification of fluids Grae Worster
9. Geological fluid mechanics Herbert Huppert
10. The dynamic ocean Chris Garrett
11. On global-scale atmospheric and oceanic circulations Michael McIntyre
Index.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	H.K. Moffat, M.G. Worster
Parution	17/03/2003
Nb. de pages	632
Format	17,5 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1310g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521531696
ISBN13	978-0-521-53169-6