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Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Classical mechanics > Fluid mechanics

Numerical and Physical Aspects of Aerodynamic Flows II (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984): T. Cebeci Numerical and Physical Aspects of Aerodynamic Flows II (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984)
T. Cebeci
R2,690 Discovery Miles 26 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Second Symposium on Numerical and Physical Aspects of Aerodynamic Flows was held at California State University, Long Beach, from 17 to 20 January 1983. Forty-eight papers were presented, including Keynote Lec tures by A. M. 0. Smith and J. N. Nielsen, in ten technical sessions which were supplemented and complemented by two Open Forum Sessions, involving a further sixteen technical presentations and a Panel Discussion on the "Identification of priorities for the development of calculation methods for aerodynamic bodies. " The Symposium was attended by 120 research workers from nine countries and, as in the First Symposium, provided a basis for research workers to communicate, to assess the present status of the subject and to formulate priorities for the future. In contrast to the First Symposium, the papers and discussion were focused more clearly on the subject of flows involving the interaction between viscous and inviscid regions and the calculation of pressure, velocity and temperature characteristics as a function of geometry, angle of attack and Mach number. Rather more than half the papers were concerned with two-dimensional configurations and the remainder with wings, missiles and ships. This volume presents a selection of the papers concerned with two dimensional flows and a review article specially prepared to provide essen tial background information and link the topics of the individual papers."

Viscometric Flows of Non-Newtonian Fluids - Theory and Experiment (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1966):... Viscometric Flows of Non-Newtonian Fluids - Theory and Experiment (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1966)
Bernard D Coleman, Hershel Markovitz, W. Noll
R1,367 Discovery Miles 13 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

We here attempt to give a complete but concise treatment of the theory of steady viscometric flows of simple (non-Newtonian) fluids and to use that theory to discuss the design and interpretation of ex periments. We are able to present the theory with less mathematical machinery than was used in our original papers, partly because this Tract has more limited aims than those papers, and partly because we employ a method, found by Noll and published here for the first time, for dealing with visco metric flows without the apparatus of rela tive Cauchy-Green tensors and reduced constitutive equations. To make the theory accessible to students not familiar with modern mathematics, we have added to our Tract an appendix explaining some of the mathe matical concepts essential to continuum physics. Pittsburgh, July 1965 BERNARD D. COLEMAN HERSHEL MARKOVITZ WALTER NOLL CONTENTS I. Introduction page 1. Limitations of the Classical Theory of Navier and Stokes. 1 5 2. Incompressible Simple Fluids. . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Plan and Scope of this Monograph . . . . . . . . . 7 II. Theory of Incompressible Simple Fluids 4. Kinematics. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. The Dynamical Equations . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6. The Principle of Material Objectivity . . . . . . 14 7. The Definition of an Incompressible Simple Fluid . 17 8. Static Behavior of Simple Fluids . . . . . . . . 19 III. General Theory of Viscometric Flows 9. The Kinematics of Simple Shearing Flow 21 10. The Viscometric Functions . . . . . . . . . . 22 11. The Dynamics of Simple Shearing Flow; Viscosity 26 12. The Definition of a Viscometric Flow 29 13. Curvilineal Flows. . . . . . . . 30 1. Kinematical Description . . . .

Ram Accelerators - Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Ram Accelerators Held in Sendai, Japan, 16-18 July 1997... Ram Accelerators - Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Ram Accelerators Held in Sendai, Japan, 16-18 July 1997 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998)
Kazuyoshi Takayama, Akihiro Sasoh
R2,670 Discovery Miles 26 700 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Ram accelerators are among the most advanced tools for generating fluid dynamcis data in supersonic reacting systems. They require the combined action of combustion, wave systems and turbulence and are still a serious challenge for physicists and engineers. This book will serve as an introductionary textbook on ram accelerators and gives a thorough overview on research activities, performance modeling and high-pressure detonation dynamics.

Reduced-Order Modelling for Flow Control (Paperback, 2011 ed.): Bernd R. Noack, Marek Morzynski, Gilead Tadmor Reduced-Order Modelling for Flow Control (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Bernd R. Noack, Marek Morzynski, Gilead Tadmor
R4,024 Discovery Miles 40 240 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The book focuses on the physical and mathematical foundations of model-based turbulence control: reduced-order modelling and control design in simulations and experiments. Leading experts provide elementary self-consistent descriptions of the main methods and outline the state of the art. Covered areas include optimization techniques, stability analysis, nonlinear reduced-order modelling, model-based control design as well as model-free and neural network approaches. The wake stabilization serves as unifying benchmark control problem.

The Kolmogorov-Obukhov Theory of Turbulence - A Mathematical Theory of Turbulence (Paperback, 2013 ed.): Bjorn Birnir The Kolmogorov-Obukhov Theory of Turbulence - A Mathematical Theory of Turbulence (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Bjorn Birnir
R1,677 Discovery Miles 16 770 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Turbulence is a major problem facing modern societies. It makes airline passengers return to their seats and fasten their seatbelts but it also creates drag on the aircraft that causes it to use more fuel and create more pollution. The same applies to cars, ships and the space shuttle. The mathematical theory of turbulence has been an unsolved problems for 500 years and the development of the statistical theory of the Navier-Stokes equations describes turbulent flow has been an open problem. The Kolmogorov-Obukhov Theory of Turbulence develops a statistical theory of turbulence from the stochastic Navier-Stokes equation and the physical theory, that was proposed by Kolmogorov and Obukhov in 1941. The statistical theory of turbulence shows that the noise in developed turbulence is a general form which can be used to present a mathematical model for the stochastic Navier-Stokes equation. The statistical theory of the stochastic Navier-Stokes equation is developed in a pedagogical manner and shown to imply the Kolmogorov-Obukhov statistical theory. This book looks at a new mathematical theory in turbulence which may lead to many new developments in vorticity and Lagrangian turbulence. But even more importantly it may produce a systematic way of improving direct Navier-Stokes simulations and lead to a major jump in the technology both preventing and utilizing turbulence.

Electrokinetically-Driven Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (Hardcover): Hsueh-Chia Chang, Leslie Y. Yeo Electrokinetically-Driven Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (Hardcover)
Hsueh-Chia Chang, Leslie Y. Yeo
R3,373 Discovery Miles 33 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Electrokinetics is currently the mechanism of choice for fluid actuation and bioparticle manipulation at microscale and nanoscale dimensions. There has recently been widespread interest in the use of AC electric fields, given the many advantages it offers over DC electrokinetics. Nevertheless, a fundamental understanding of the governing mechanisms underlying the complex and nonlinear physicochemical hydrodynamics associated with these systems is required before practical microfluidic and nanofluidic devices can be engineered. This text aims to provide a comprehensive treatise on both classical equilibrium electrokinetic phenomena as well as the more recent non-equilibrium phenomena associated with both DC and AC electrokinetics in the context of their application to the design of microfluidic and nanofluidic technology. In particular, Leslie Yeo and Hsueh-Chia Chang discuss the linear and nonlinear theories underlying electroosmosis, electrophoresis, and dielectrophoresis pertaining to electrolytes as well as dielectric systems. Interfacial electrokinetic phenomena such as electrospraying, electrospinning, and electrowetting are also discussed.

Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977): M Holt Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977)
M Holt
R1,401 Discovery Miles 14 010 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This monograph is based on a graduate course, Mechanical Engipeering 266, which was developed over a number of years at the University of California-Berkeley. Shorter versions of the course were given at the University of Paris VI in 1969, and at the University of Paris XI in 1972. The course was originally presented as the last of a three quarter sequence on Compressible Flow Theory, with emphasis on the treatment of non-linear problems by numerical techniques. This is reflected in the material of the first half of the book, covering several techniques for handling non-linear wave interaction and other problems in Gas Dynamics. The techniques have their origins in the Method of Characteristics (in both two and three dimensions). Besides reviewing the method itself the more recent techniques derived from it, firstly by Godunov and his group, and secondly by Rusanov and his co-workers, are described. Both these approaches are applicable to steady flows calculated as asymptotic states of unsteady flows and treat elliptic prob lems as limiting forms of unsteady hyperbolic problems. They are there fore applicable to low speed as well a to high speed flow problems. The second half of the book covers the treatment of a variety of steady flow problems, including effects of both viscosity and compressibi lity, by the Method of Integral Relations, Telenin's Method, and the Method of Lines."

Dynamics of Ice Sheets and Glaciers (Paperback, 2009 ed.): Ralf Greve, Heinz Blatter Dynamics of Ice Sheets and Glaciers (Paperback, 2009 ed.)
Ralf Greve, Heinz Blatter
R5,147 Discovery Miles 51 470 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Dynamics of Ice Sheets and Glaciers presents an introduction to the dynamics and thermodynamics of flowing ice masses on Earth. Based on an outline of general continuum mechanics, the different initial-boundary-value problems for the flow of ice sheets, ice shelves, ice caps and glaciers are systematically derived. Special emphasis is put on developing hierarchies of approximations for the different systems, and suitable numerical solution techniques are discussed. A separate chapter is devoted to glacial isostasy. The book is appropriate for graduate courses in glaciology, cryospheric sciences, environmental sciences, geophysics and related fields. Standard undergraduate knowledge of mathematics (calculus, linear algebra) and physics (classical mechanics, thermodynamics) provide a sufficient background for successfully studying the text.

Turbulent Shear Flows 3 - Selected Papers from the Third International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, The University of... Turbulent Shear Flows 3 - Selected Papers from the Third International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, The University of California, Davis, September 9-11, 1981 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
L. J. S Bradbury, F Durst, B.E. Launder, F.W. Schmidt, J.H. Whitelaw
R2,676 Discovery Miles 26 760 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In spite of intensive efforts over many decades, the problem of turbulence remains as challenging as ever and the number of papers, books and conferences on this topic con tinues to grow. As experimental techniques and computing power have developed, the breadth of investigations into the structure and development of turbulent flows has in creased to encompass many diverse fields of application in engineering, physics, biolo gy and so on. As a consequence, it is now very difficult for a single research worker to keep in touch with the many developments that are taking place in turbulence. One of the few opportunities for obtaining some overall view of the subject arises from large international symposia on turbulence and, although they have some drawbacks, it is this opportunity that is one of their main merits. The International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows has now been held on three occasions and they seem to be established as a major opportunity for papers on a very diverse range of topics to be presented at a single meeting. This volume is a collec tion of papers from the third symposium that was held at the University of California, Davis from 9-11 September 1981. The papers are divided into four sections entitled Wall Flows, Scalar Transport, Recirculating Flows and Fundamentals. This collection represents about a third of the total number of papers presented.

Instabilities of Flows: With and Without Heat Transfer and Chemical Reaction (Paperback, 2010 ed.): Tapan Sengupta, Thierry... Instabilities of Flows: With and Without Heat Transfer and Chemical Reaction (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
Tapan Sengupta, Thierry Poinsot
R4,024 Discovery Miles 40 240 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The articles in the book treat flow instability and transition starting with classical material dealt with in an innovative and rigorous way, some newer physical mechanisms explained for the first time and finally with the very complex topic of bombustion and two-phase flow instabilities.

Fluctuations and Sensitivity in Nonequilibrium Systems - Proceedings of an International Conference, University of Texas,... Fluctuations and Sensitivity in Nonequilibrium Systems - Proceedings of an International Conference, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 12-16, 1984 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984)
W. Horsthemke, D.K. Kondepudi
R2,662 Discovery Miles 26 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume contains the invited lectures and a selection of the contributed papers and posters of the workshop on "Fluctuations and Sensitivity in Nonequil ibrium Systems", held at the Joe C. Thompson Conference Center, Un i vers ity of Texas at Austin, March 12-16, 1984. The workshop dealt with stochastic phenomena and sensi- tivity in nonequilibrium systems from a macroscopic point of view. Durin9 the last few years it has been realized that the role of fluctuations is far less trivial in systems far from equilibrium than in systems under thermodynamic equilibrium condi- tions. It was found that random fluctuations often are a determining factor for the state adopted by macroscopic systems and cannot be regarded as secondary effects of minor importance. Further, nonequilibrium systems are also very sensitive to small systematic changes in their environment. The main aims of the workshop were: i) to provide scientists with an occasion to acquaint themselves with the state of the art in fluctuation theory and sensitivity analysis; ii) to provide a forum for the presentation of recent advances in theory and experiment; iii) to bring toge- ther theoreticians and experimentalists in order to delineate the major open problems and to formulate strategies to tackle these problems. The organizing committee of the workshop consisted of W. Horsthemke, O. K. Konde- pudi, G. Dewel, G. Nicolis, I. Prigogine and L. Reichl.

Turbulent Shear Flows 7 - Selected Papers from the Seventh International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Stanford... Turbulent Shear Flows 7 - Selected Papers from the Seventh International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Stanford University, USA, August 21-23, 1989 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
Franz Durst, Brian E. Launder, William C. Reynolds, Frank W. Schmidt, James H Whitelaw
R2,693 Discovery Miles 26 930 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Seventh Symposium was held on the campus of Stanford University with*a combination offacilities and weather which made it possible to add open-air poster sessions and coffee breaks to the programme. This was particularly convenient as the call for papers attracted close to three hundred abstracts and a total number of participants well in excess of this number. Some one hundred and thirty papers were presented in carefully phased parallel sessions and thirty six further contributions were made available in the form of posters. In addition, a lively open-forum session allowed additional speakers to make brief presentations. The staff of the Thermo-Sciences Division of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford undertook the local arrangements with evident success and their extensive record of contributions to Turbulent Shear Flows made the venue particularly appropriate. Also, the Centre for Turbulence Studies, based on the faculty of the University and the NASA Ames Research Center, provided a considerable body of expertise with emphasis on direct numerical stimulation.

Portable Parallelization of Industrial Aerodynamic Applications (POPINDA) - Results of a BMBF Project (Paperback, Softcover... Portable Parallelization of Industrial Aerodynamic Applications (POPINDA) - Results of a BMBF Project (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999)
Anton Schuller
R2,637 Discovery Miles 26 370 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book contains the main results of the German project POPINDA. It surveys the state of the art of industrial aerodynamic design simulations on parallel systems. POPINDA is an acronym for Portable Parallelization of Industrial Aerodynamic Applications. This project started in late 1993. The research and development work invested in POPINDA corresponds to about 12 scientists working full-time for the three and a half years of the project. POPINDA was funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF). The central goals of POPINDA were to unify and parallelize the block-structured aerodynamic flow codes of the German aircraft industry and to develop new algorithmic approaches to improve the efficiency and robustness of these programs. The philosophy behind these goals is that challenging and important numerical appli cations such as the prediction of the 3D viscous flow around full aircraft in aerodynamic design can only be carried out successfully if the benefits of modern fast numerical solvers and parallel high performance computers are combined. This combination is a "conditio sine qua non" if more complex applications such as aerodynamic design optimization or fluid structure interaction problems have to be solved. When being solved in a standard industrial aerodynamic design process, such more complex applications even require a substantial further reduction of computing times. Parallel and vector computers on the one side and innovative numerical algorithms such as multigrid on the other have enabled impressive improvements in scientific computing in the last 15 years."

Liquid Hydrogen - Fuel of the Future (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992): Walter Peschka Liquid Hydrogen - Fuel of the Future (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Walter Peschka; Translated by E. a. Wilhelm, U. Wilhelm
R4,030 Discovery Miles 40 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

to the German Edition This book is based on published material, oral presentations and lecture courses, as well as the author's personal research in the specific field of space technology and in the general areas of energy storage and transfer, and cryogenics. The science and technology of liquid hydrogen-once essential prere quisites for the rapid development of space technology-are now also proving to be more and more important for the energy production of the future. Hydrogen as an energy carrier can generally mediate the existing disparity between nuclear energy and regenerative energy, both of which are indispensable for the future. Hydrogen, as a secondary energy carrier, can be produced from these primary energy sources with minimal environmental impact and without the detrimental, long-term pollution effects of current fossil fuel technology. Hydrogen, therefore, represents the ultimate in energy technology. The initial, large-scale application of hydrogen as a secondary energy was as a high-energy rocket propellant. The procedures for its large scale liquefaction, storage and employment were generally developed in the U.S. Currently in Europe similar activities are being conducted only in France. The effort in West Germany involves testing hydrogen-oxygen and hydrogen-fluorine rocket engines, studying also the physical and technical characteristics of slush hydrogen-mixture of the solid and liquid phase-and is concentrating currently on R&D applications of liquid hydrogen as an alternate fuel. Similar activities are also being conducted in Japan and Canada."

Finite-Difference Techniques for Vectorized Fluid Dynamics Calculations (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.... Finite-Difference Techniques for Vectorized Fluid Dynamics Calculations (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981)
D. L. Book; Contributions by J. P. Boris, M. J Fritts, R V Madala, B. E McDonald, …
R1,389 Discovery Miles 13 890 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book describes several finite-difference techniques developed recently for the numerical solution of fluid equations. Both convective (hyperbolic) equations and elliptic equations (of Poisson's type) are discussed. The em phasis is on methods developed and in use at the Naval Research Laboratory, although brief descriptions of competitive and kindred techniques are included as background material. This book is intended for specialists in computational fluid dynamics and related subjects. It includes examples, applications and source listings of program modules in Fortran embodying the methods. Contents Introduction 1 (D. L. Book) 2 Computational Techniques for Solution of Convective Equations 5 (D. L. Book and J. P. Boris) 2. 1 Importance of Convective Equations 5 2. 2 Requirements for Convective Equation Algorithms 7 2. 3 Quasiparticle Methods 10 2. 4 Characteristic Methods 13 2. 5 Finite-Difference Methods 15 2. 6 Finite-Element Methods 20 2. 7 Spectral Methods 23 3 Flux-Corrected Transport 29 (D. L. Book, J. P. Boris, and S. T. Zalesak) 3. 1 Improvements in Eulerian Finite-Difference Algorithms 29 3. 2 ETBFCT: A Fully Vectorized FCT Module 33 3. 3 Multidimensional FCT 41 4 Efficient Time Integration Schemes for Atmosphere and Ocean Models 56 (R. V. Madala) 4. 1 Introduction 56 4. 2 Time Integration Schemes for Barotropic Models 58 4. 3 Time Integration Schemes for Baroclinic Models 63 4. 4 Extension to Ocean Models 70 David L. Book, Jay P. Boris, and Martin J. Fritts are from the Laboratory for Computational Physics, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C."

New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics - Contributions to the 10th AG STAB/DGLR Symposium Braunschweig,... New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics - Contributions to the 10th AG STAB/DGLR Symposium Braunschweig, Germany 1996 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997)
Horst Koerner, Reinhard Hilbig
R2,691 Discovery Miles 26 910 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume contains the contributions to the 10th DGLR I AG ST AB-Symposium held at the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) -Braunschweig Research Centre - November, 11 to 13, 1996. AG STAB is the German Aerospace AerodynapIics Association, founded at the end of the 70', while DGLR is the German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Luft- und Raumfahrt, LilienthaI Oberth Gesellschaft). In the AG STAB German scientists and engineers from universities, research-establishments and industries are involved, who are doing research and project work in numerical and experimental fluidmechanics and aerodynamics for aerospace and other applications. About 20 years ago it became obvious for this community that a joint effort of members of universities, the DLR and industry was necessary to counter-act declining budgets in the field. It was decided to approach high-level persons in industry, ministries and the parliament for help to shift the trend with its negative effects for research and industry. From the begin it was clear that an effort should be built around a central theme. ''Flow with Separation" became the topic of the AG STAB (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Stromung mit Ablosung), which developed fast into a lively association, with, however, a larger scope than just flow with separation."

Convection in Fluids - A Rational Analysis and Asymptotic Modelling (Paperback, 2009 ed.): Radyadour Kh. Zeytounian Convection in Fluids - A Rational Analysis and Asymptotic Modelling (Paperback, 2009 ed.)
Radyadour Kh. Zeytounian
R4,043 Discovery Miles 40 430 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This monograph, entirely devoted to Convection in Fluids, presents a unified rational approach of various convective phenomena in fluids (mainly considered as a thermally perfect gas or an expansible liquid), where the main driving mechanism is the buoyancy force (Archimedean thrust) or temperature-dependent surface tension in homogeneities (Marangoni effect). Also, the general mathematical formulation (for instance, in the Benard problem - heated from below) and the effect of free surface deformation are taken into account. In the case of atmospheric thermal convection, the Coriolis force and stratification effects are also considered.

This volume gives a rational and analytical analysis of the above mentioned physical effects on the basis of the full unsteady Navier-Stokes and Fourier (NS-F) equations - for a Newtonian compressible viscous and heat-conducting fluid - coupled with the associated initials (at initial time), boundary (lower-at the solid plane) and free surface (upper-in contact with ambiant air) conditions. This, obviously, is not an easy but a necessary task if we have in mind a rational modelling process, and work within a numerically coherent simulation on a high speed computer."

Topics in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics - Cetraro, Italy 2010, Editors: Hugo Beirao da Veiga, Franco Flandoli (Paperback, 2013... Topics in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics - Cetraro, Italy 2010, Editors: Hugo Beirao da Veiga, Franco Flandoli (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Peter Constantin, Arnaud Debussche, Giovanni P. Galdi, Michael Ruzicka, Gregory Seregin; Adapted by …
R2,227 Discovery Miles 22 270 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume brings together five contributions to mathematical fluid mechanics, a classical but still very active research field which overlaps with physics and engineering. The contributions cover not only the classical Navier-Stokes equations for an incompressible Newtonian fluid, but also generalized Newtonian fluids, fluids interacting with particles and with solids, and stochastic models. The questions addressed in the lectures range from the basic problems of existence of weak and more regular solutions, the local regularity theory and analysis of potential singularities, qualitative and quantitative results about the behavior in special cases, asymptotic behavior, statistical properties and ergodicity.

Fluid Dynamics / Stroemungsmechanik (English, French, German, Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1960): C.A... Fluid Dynamics / Stroemungsmechanik (English, French, German, Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1960)
C.A Truesdell
R2,823 Discovery Miles 28 230 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Sect 2. 317 tinuity surfaces 1. This suggests that a wake pressure Pw be associated with each flow past a bluff body, and that a wake parameter (2. 4) which plays the same role as the cavitation parameter (2. 1), be defined for the flow. This idea has been made the basis of a modified wake theory (ef. Sect. 11) which proves to be in good qu- titative agreement with pressure and drag measurements. It should be emphasized, however, that un h like the cavitation number, the wake parameter is a quantity which is not known a priori, and must be empirically determined in each case. (3) Jet flows. The problem of jet efflux from an orifice is one of the oldest in hydrodynamics and the first to be treated by Fig. 3a. the HELMHOLTZ free streamline theory. Of particular importance for engineering applications is the discharge coefficient Cd' which is defined in terms of the discharge Q per unit time, the pressure P, and the cross-sectional area A of the orifice, by the formula, (2. 5) where e is the fluid density. Two methods of measuring Cd have been most fre quently adopted. In the first the liquid issues from an orifice in a large vessel under the influence of gravity _, -____________ ., (Fig. 3 a), while in the second it 1 L is forced out of a nozzle or pipe under high pressure (Fig. 3 b)."

Dissipative Structures in Transport Processes and Combustion - Interdisciplinary Seminar, Bielefeld, July 17-21, 1989... Dissipative Structures in Transport Processes and Combustion - Interdisciplinary Seminar, Bielefeld, July 17-21, 1989 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
Dirk Meinkoehn
R1,406 Discovery Miles 14 060 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Any description of the workings of nature by means of measurements and ob servations is beset with the problem of how to cope with an immense amount of information. In physics, it is an established approach to derive basic equations which then serve as cornerstones of what is called a theory of the phenomena. This derivation is based on certain characteristics of the phenomena, the refine ment of which results from a reduction of the amount of empirical information, with the reduction leading to an enhancement of the very characteristics that are sought for in the otherwise seemingly amorphous wealth of data. If physics is mainly concerned with the derivation of equations, lately there has emerged a conceptually different approach, which in a way is equivalent to a reversal of the line of attack: here, the basic equations serve as the point of departure and the aim is to demonstrate that the equations are capable of de to represent the essence of the scribing certain characteristics which are thought phenomenon under investigation. By definition, this variant approach must tran scend the realm of pure physics and could possibly be termed "applied mathe matics" in a broader sense. The phenomena it strives to characterize arise from a range of influences such that a combination of theoretical concepts from physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, etc. , is called for.

Hydrothermal and Supercritical Water Processes, Volume 5 (Hardcover): Gerd Brunner Hydrothermal and Supercritical Water Processes, Volume 5 (Hardcover)
Gerd Brunner
R4,299 R3,999 Discovery Miles 39 990 Save R300 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Hydrothermal and Supercritical Water Processes" presents an overview on the properties and applications of water at elevated temperatures and pressures. It combines fundamentals with production process aspects. Water is an extraordinary substance. At elevated temperatures (and pressures)its properties change dramatically due to the modifications of the molecular structure of bulk water that varies from a stable three-dimensional network, formed by hydrogen bonds at low and moderate temperatures, to an assembly of separated polar water molecules at high and supercritical temperatures. With varying pressure and temperature, water is turned from a solvent for ionic species to a solvent for polar and non-polar substances. This variability and an enhanced reactivity of water have led to many practical applications and to even more research activities, related to such areas as energy transfer, extraction of functional molecules, unique chemical reactions, biomass conversion and fuel materials processing, destruction of dangerous compounds and recycling of useful ones, growth of monolithic crystals, and preparation of metallic nanoparticles.

This book provides an introduction into the wide range of activities that are possible in aqueous mixtures. It is organized to facilitate understanding of the main features, outlines the main applications, and gives access to further information
Summarizes fundamental properties of water for engineering applicationsCompares process and reactor designs Evaluates processes from thermodynamic, economic, and social impact viewpoints"

Nonlinear Phenomena in Physics - Proceedings of the 1984 Latin American School of Physics, Santiago, Chile, July 16-August 3,... Nonlinear Phenomena in Physics - Proceedings of the 1984 Latin American School of Physics, Santiago, Chile, July 16-August 3, 1984 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)
Francisco Claro
R2,712 Discovery Miles 27 120 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

It was almost four hundred years ago that Galileo wrote in Il Saggiatore that the "Book of Nature is written in mathema ti ca 1 characters." Thi s sentence, i nspi red at the dawn of physics has proved with the passage of time to contain a deep truth and also a warning: in order to understand Nature, first we must learn to read mathema tical characters. Indeed, writing physical law in such characters has proved not as hard as unraveling the content of the resulting equations. In particular, the lack of knowledge in the field of nonlinear mathematics has been a severe limita tion in the past. Thus the solution to equations such as the Navier-Stokes equation in fluid dynamics has remained elusive. The recent advent of fast computers and some important analytical and numerical results in the study of bifurcations and nonlinear waves have encouraged work both in theory and experiment involving non linear phenomena. An explosive growth in the specialized literature penetrating most research areas in physics in the last few years has ensued. This book contains the most recent advances in nonlinear physics in various fields including astrophysics, gravitation, particle physics, quantum optics, fluid dynamics and the mathematics underlying the phenomena of chaos and nonlinear waves. It presents a selection from the lectures delivered at the XXI '_atin American School of Physics held in Santiago, Chile in July-August 1984 (EtAF'84)."

Nonlinear Instability of Nonparallel Flows - IUTAM Symposium Potsdam, NY, USA July 26 - 31, 1993 (Paperback, Softcover reprint... Nonlinear Instability of Nonparallel Flows - IUTAM Symposium Potsdam, NY, USA July 26 - 31, 1993 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)
S.P. Lin, W.R.C Phillips, D. T Valentine
R2,704 Discovery Miles 27 040 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Instability of Nonparallel Flows was held at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5725, USA from 26 to 31 July 1993. It consisted of 9 general speeches, 35 lectures and 15 poster-seminar presentations. The papers were grouped in fairly focused sessions on boundary layers, shear flows, vortices, wakes, nonlinear waves and jets. The symposium was fol lowed by a workshop in which the subject matter discussed was sum marized and some further work for future investigation was recom mended. The highlights of the workshop will be reported elsewhere. In this book many of the papers that describe the ideas presented at the symposium are collected to provide a reference for researchers in charting the future course of their studies in the area of nonlinear instability of nonparallel flows. The papers in this book are grouped under the following headings: * Boundary layers and shear flows * Compressibility and thermal effects * Vortices and wakes * Nonlinear waves and jets In the lead paper ofthis book M. E. Goldstein describes an asymp totic theory of nonlinear interaction between two spatially growing oblique waves on nonparallel boundary and free-shear layers. The wave interaction originates from the nonlinear critical layer and is responsive to weakly nonparallel effects. The theory results in a sys tem of integral differential equations which appear to be relevant near the upper branch of the neutral curve.

Shock Waves @ Marseille III - Shock Waves in Condensed Matter and Heterogeneous Media (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the... Shock Waves @ Marseille III - Shock Waves in Condensed Matter and Heterogeneous Media (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995)
Raymond Brun, Lucien Z. Dumitrescu
R2,724 Discovery Miles 27 240 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Recently, there have been significant advances in the fields of high-enthalpy hypersonic flows, high-temperature gas physics, and chemistry shock propagation in various media, industrial and medical applications of shock waves, and shock-tube technology. This series contains all the papers and lectures of the 19th International Symposium on Shock Waves held in Marseille in 1993. They are published in four topical volumes, each containing papers on related topics, and preceded by an overview wrtitten by a leading international expert. The volumes may be purchased independently.

Aerothermodynamics in Combustors - IUTAM Symposium Taipei, Taiwan, 1991 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.... Aerothermodynamics in Combustors - IUTAM Symposium Taipei, Taiwan, 1991 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Richard S.L. Lee, James H Whitelaw, T. S Wung
R2,672 Discovery Miles 26 720 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A Symposium on Aerothermodynamics of Combustors was held at the Institute of Applied Mechanics of the National Taiwan University from 3 to 5 June 1991 and was attended by 130 delegates from eight countries. The topics of the forty formal presentations included measurements and calculations of isothermal simulations and of combusting flows with one and two phases, and with consideration of configurations ranging from simple diffusion to gas-turbine flows. The discussions inside and outside of the Symposium Hall were lively and an open forum session demonstrated the range of opinions currently and strongly held. The International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics initiated the Symposium under the chairmanship of Professor R S L Lee and with the Scientific Committee listed below. It benefited from sponsorship, again as listed below, and from contributors who presented interesting and up-to-date descriptions of their research. Invited lectures were delivered by Professors R Bilger and F Weinberg and set the scene in terms of quality of material and presentation.

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