Perspectives in fluid dynamics : a collective introduction to current research

Author(s)

• Batchelor, George Keith
• Moffatt, Henry Keith
• Worster, M. G.

Bibliographic Information

Perspectives in fluid dynamics : a collective introduction to current research

edited by G.K. Batchelor, H.K. Moffatt, M.G. Worster

Cambridge University Press, 2000

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• 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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Details

• NCID: BA49546170
• ISBN:
  • 0521780616
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 631 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Fluid dynamics