Theory and Computation in Hydrodynamic Stability

ISBN-13: 9781108466721 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 562 str.

W. O. Criminale; T. L. Jackson; R. D. Joslin

Opis

Offers modern and numerical techniques for the stability of fluid flow with illustrations, an extensive bibliography, and exercises with solutions.

Spis treści

1. Introduction and problem formulation; 2. Temporal stability of inviscid incompressible flows; 3. Temporal stability of viscous incompressible flows; 4. Spatial stability of incompressible flows; 5. Stability of compressible flows; 6. Centrifugal stability; 7. Geophysical flow; 8. Transient dynamics; 9. Nonlinear stability; 10. Transition and receptivity; 11. Direct numerical simulation; 12. Flow control and optimization; 13. Investigating hydrodynamic instabilities with experiments; Appendix A. Mathematical formulas; Appendix B. Numerical methods; Appendix C. Solutions to exercises; References; Author index; Subject index.