Hydrodynamic instabilities

"The instability of fluids is a key topic in classical fluid mechanics because it has huge repercussions for applied disciplines such as chemical engineering, hydraulics, aeronautics and meteorology. This modern introduction is written for any student, researcher or practitioner working in the area,...

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Autor principal: Charru, Fran�cois
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Otros Autores: Forcrand-Millard, Patricia de
Formato: Electrónico eBook
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Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colección:Cambridge texts in applied mathematics ; 37.
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  • Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Instabilities of fluids at rest; 3. Stability of open flows: basic ideas; 4. Inviscid instability of parallel flows; 5. Viscous instability of parallel flows; 6. Instabilities at low Reynolds number; 7. Avalanches, ripples, and dunes; 8. Nonlinear dynamics of systems with few degrees of freedom; 9. Nonlinear dispersive waves; 10. Nonlinear dynamics of dissipative systems; 11. Dynamical systems and bifurcations; Appendix. The Saint-Venant equations; Bibliography; Index.