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Capillary Surfaces - Shape - Stability - Dynamics, in Particular Under Weightlessness (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the... Capillary Surfaces - Shape - Stability - Dynamics, in Particular Under Weightlessness (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)
U. Merbold; Dieter W Langbein
R5,168 Discovery Miles 51 680 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Featuring a foreword by the astronaut Ulf Merbold, this book is devoted to interfaces between two fluids, that is, between a liquid and a gas or between two liquids. It is the first review on the subject, providing an up-to-date overview.

Algorithmic Trends in Computational Fluid Dynamics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993): M.Y. Hussaini,... Algorithmic Trends in Computational Fluid Dynamics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)
M.Y. Hussaini, A. Kumar, M. D Salas
R2,692 Discovery Miles 26 920 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume contains the proceedings of the ICASE/LaRC Work- shop on the "Algorithmic Trends for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the 90's" conducted by the Institute for Computer Applica- tions in Science and Engineering (ICASE) and the Fluid Mechanics Division of NASA Langley Research Center during September 15-17, 1991. The purpose of the workshop was to bring together numerical analysts and computational fluid dynamicists i) to assess the state of the art in the areas of numerical analysis particularly relevant to CFD, ii) to identify promising new developments in various areas of numerical analysis that will have impact on CFD, and iii) to establish a long-term perspective focusing on opportunities and needs. This volume consists of five chapters - i) Overviews, ii) Accelera- tion Techniques, iii) Spectral and Higher-Order Methods, iv) Multi- Resolution/ Subcell Resolution Schemes (including adaptive meth- ods), and v) Inherently Multidimensional Schemes. Each chapter covers a session of the Workshop. The chapter on overviews contains the articles by J. L. Steger, H.-O. Kreiss, R. W. MacCormack, O.

General Circulation of the Ocean (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987): Henry Abarbanel, W.R Young General Circulation of the Ocean (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987)
Henry Abarbanel, W.R Young
R2,676 Discovery Miles 26 760 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The ocean has entranced mankind for as long as we have gazed upon it, traversed it, dived into it, and studied it. It remains ever changing and seemingly never changing. Each wave that progresses through the. imme diate surf zone on every coast is strikingly different, yet the waves come again and again, as if never to end. The seasons come with essential reg ularity, and. yet each is individual-whatever did happen to that year of the normal rainfall or tidal behavior? This fascination with the currents of the ocean has always had a most immediate practical aspect: shipping, transportation, commerce, and war have depended upon our knowledge, when we had it, and floundered on our surprising ignorance more often than we wish to reflect. These important practical issues have commanded attention from commercial, academic, and military research scientists and engineers from the earliest era of organized scientific investigation. The matter of direct and insistent investigation was from the outset the behavior of ocean currents with long time scales; namely, those varying on annual or at least seasonal cycles. Planning for all the named enterprises depended, as they still do, of course, on the ability to predict with some certainty this class of phenomena. That ability, as with most physical sci ence, is predicated on a firm basis of observational fact to establish what, amorig the myriad of mathematical possibilities, is chosen by Nature as her expression of fact."

Progress and Supercomputing in Computational Fluid Dynamics - Proceedings of U.S.-Israel Workshop, 1984 (Paperback, Softcover... Progress and Supercomputing in Computational Fluid Dynamics - Proceedings of U.S.-Israel Workshop, 1984 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)
Murman, Abarbanel
R1,441 Discovery Miles 14 410 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The present volume, with the exception of the introductory chapter, consists of papers delivered at the workshop entitled "The Impact of Supercomputers on the Next Decade of Computational Fluid Dynamics," The workshop, which took place in Jerusalem, Israel during the week of December 16, 1984, was initiated by the National Science Foundation of the USA (NSF), by the Ministry of Science and Development, Israel (IMSD), and co-sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Scientific Research of the U.S. Air Force (AFOSR), Tel Aviv University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The introductory chapter attempts to summarize what transpired at the workshop. The genesis of the workshop was an agreement between NSF and Il1S, signed in the spring of 1983, to conduct a series of bi-national work shops and symposia. This workshop represented the first activity spon sored under the agreement. The undersigned were selected by their respective national bodies to act as co-coordinators and organizers of the workshop. The first question that we faced was to decide upon a topic. In the past few years the field of CFD has mushroomed and consequently there have been many meetings, symposia, workshops, congresses, etc."

New Perspectives in Turbulence (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991): Lawrence Sirovich New Perspectives in Turbulence (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
Lawrence Sirovich
R2,677 Discovery Miles 26 770 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This collection of articles has its origin in a meeting which took place June 12-15, 1989, on the grounds of Salve Regina College in Newport, Rhode Island. The meeting was blessed by beautiful, balmy weather and an idyllic setting. The sessions themselves took place in Ochre Court, one of the elegant and stately old summer cottages for which Newport is acclaimed. Lectures were presented in the grand ballroom overlooking the famous Cliff Walk and Block Island Sound. Counter to general belief, the pleasant surroundings did not appear to encourage truancy or in any other way diminish the quality of the meeting. On the contrary, for the four days of the meeting there was a high level of excitement and optimism about the new perspectives in turbulence, a tone that carried over to lively dinner and evening discussions. The participants represented a broad range of backgrounds, extending from pure mathemat ics to experimental engineering. A dialogue began with the first speakers which cut across the boundaries and gave to the meeting a mood of unity which persisted."

Computational Methods for Multiphase Flow (Paperback): Andrea Prosperetti, Gretar Tryggvason Computational Methods for Multiphase Flow (Paperback)
Andrea Prosperetti, Gretar Tryggvason
R2,227 Discovery Miles 22 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Thanks to high-speed computers and advanced algorithms, the important field of modelling multiphase flows is an area of rapid growth. This one-stop account - now in paperback, with corrections from the first printing - is the ideal way to get to grips with this topic, which has significant applications in industry and nature. Each chapter is written by an acknowledged expert and includes extensive references to current research. All of the chapters are essentially independent and so the book can be used for a range of advanced courses and the self-study of specific topics. No other book covers so many topics related to multiphase flow, and it will therefore be warmly welcomed by researchers and graduate students of the subject across engineering, physics, and applied mathematics.

New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics IV - Contributions to the 13th STAB/DGLR Symposium Munich, Germany... New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics IV - Contributions to the 13th STAB/DGLR Symposium Munich, Germany 2002 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004)
Christian Breitsamter, Boris Laschka, Hans-Joachim Heinemann, Reinhard Hilbig
R5,199 Discovery Miles 51 990 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume contains the paper presented at the 13th DGLRlST AB- Symposium held at the Technische Universitat Miinchen, November 12 to 14, 2002. STAB is the German Aerospace Aerodynamics Association, founded towards the end of the 70's, whereas DGLR is the German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics (Deutsche Gesellschaft fUr Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal Oberth e.V.). The mission of STAB is to foster development and acceptance of the dis- cipline "Aerodynamics" in Germany. One of its general guidelines is to concentrate resources and know-how in the involved institutions and to avoid duplication in research work as much as possible. Nowadays, this is more necessary than ever. The experience made in the past makes it easier now, to obtain new knowledge for solving today's and tomorrow's prob- lems. STAB unites German scientists and engineers from universities, research- establishments and industry doing research and project work in numerical and experimental fluid mechanics and aerodynamics for aerospace and other applications. This has always been the basis of numerous common research activities sponsored by different funding agencies.

Finite Element Methods in Linear Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985): Ralf... Finite Element Methods in Linear Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)
Ralf Gruber, Jacques Rappaz
R1,381 Discovery Miles 13 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

For more than ten years we have been working with the ideal linear MHD equations used to study the stability of thermonuc1ear plasmas. Even though the equations are simple and the problem is mathematically well formulated, the numerical problems were much harder to solve than anticipated. Already in the one-dimensional cylindrical case, what we called "spectral pollution" appeared. We were able to eliminate it by our "ecological solution." This solution was applied to the two-dimensional axisymmetric toroidal geometry. Even though the spectrum was unpolluted the precision was not good enough. Too many mesh points were necessary to obtain the demanded precision. Our solution was what we called the "finite hybrid elements." These elements are efficient and cheap. They have also proved their power when applied to calculating equilibrium solutions and will certainly penetrate into other domains in physics and engineering. During all these years, many colleagues have contributed to the construc tion, testing and using of our stability code ERATO. We would like to thank them here. Some ofthem gave partial contributions to the book. Among them we mention Dr. Kurt Appert, Marie-Christine Festeau-Barrioz, Roberto Iacono, Marie-Alix Secretan, Sandro Semenzato, Dr. Jan Vac1avik, Laurent Villard and Peter Merkel who kindly agreed to write Chap. 6. Special thanks go to Hans Saurenmann who drew most of the figures, to Dr."

What Makes Airplanes Fly? - History, Science, and Applications of Aerodynamics (Paperback, 2nd ed. 1997. Softcover reprint of... What Makes Airplanes Fly? - History, Science, and Applications of Aerodynamics (Paperback, 2nd ed. 1997. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 1997)
Peter P Wegener
R1,420 Discovery Miles 14 200 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Dealing with aerodynamics in the broadest sense, this book discusses, in addition to aeroplanes, the aerodynamics of cars and birds, and the motion of diverse objects through air and water. The fundamental notions of mechanics and fluid dynamics are clearly explained, while the underlying science is discussed rigorously, but using only elementary mathematics, and then only occasionally. To put the science into its human context, the author describes -- with many illustrations -- the history of human attempts to fly and discusses the social impact of commercial aviation as well as the outlook for future developments. This new edition has been brought up to date throughout; solutions to selected exercises have been added, as have new problems and other study aids.

Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar Flow Control (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992): R.W. Barnwell, M.Y.... Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar Flow Control (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
R.W. Barnwell, M.Y. Hussaini
R2,686 Discovery Miles 26 860 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Research on laminar flow and its transition to turbulent flow has been an important part of fluid dynamics research during the last sixty years. Since transition impacts, in some way, every aspect of aircraft performance, this emphasis is not only understandable but should continue well into the future. The delay of transition through the use of a favorable pressure gradient by proper body shaping (natural laminar flow) or the use of a small amount of suction (laminar flow control) was recognized even in the early 1930s and rapidly became the foundation of much of the laminar flow research in the U.S. and abroad. As one would expect, there have been many approaches, both theoretical and experimental, employed to achieve the substantial progress made to date. Boundary layer stability theories have been formu lated and calibrated by a good deal of wind tunnel and flight experiments. New laminar now airfoils and wings have been designed and many have been employed in aircraft designs. While the early research was, of necessity, concerned with the design of subsonic aircraft interest has steadily moved to higher speeds including those appropriate to planetary entry. Clearly, there have been substantial advances in our understanding of transition physics and in the development and application of transition prediction methodolo gies to the design of aircraft."

Seabed Fluid Flow - The Impact on Geology, Biology and the Marine Environment (Paperback): Alan Judd, Martin Hovland Seabed Fluid Flow - The Impact on Geology, Biology and the Marine Environment (Paperback)
Alan Judd, Martin Hovland
R1,954 Discovery Miles 19 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Seabed fluid flow involves the flow of gases and liquids through the seabed. Such fluids have been found to leak through the seabed into the marine environment in seas and oceans around the world - from the coasts to deep ocean trenches. This geological phenomenon has widespread implications for the sub-seabed, seabed, and marine environments. Seabed fluid flow affects seabed morphology, mineralization, and benthic ecology. Natural fluid emissions also have a significant impact on the composition of the oceans and atmosphere; and gas hydrates and hydrothermal minerals are potential future resources. This book describes seabed fluid flow features and processes, and demonstrates their importance to human activities and natural environments. It is targeted at research scientists and professionals with interests in the marine environment. Colour versions of many of the illustrations, and additional material - most notably feature location maps - can be found at www.cambridge.org/9780521819503.

Pattern Formation in Liquid Crystals (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996): Agnes Buka, Lorenz Kramer Pattern Formation in Liquid Crystals (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)
Agnes Buka, Lorenz Kramer
R2,668 Discovery Miles 26 680 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In the last 20 years the study of nonlinear nonequilibrium phenomena in spa tially extended systems, with particular emphasis on pattern-forming phenomena, has been one of the very active areas in physics, exhibiting interesting ramifi cations into other sciences. During this time the study of the "classic" systems, like Rayleigh-Benard convection and Taylor vortex flow in simple fluids, has also been supplemented by the study of more complex systems. Here liquid crystals have played, and are still playing, a major role. One might say that liquid crystals provide just the right amount and right kind of complexity. They are full of non linearities and give rise to new symmetry classes, which are sometimes actually simpler to deal with qualitatively, but they still allow a quantitative description of experiments in many cases. In fact one of the attractions of the field is the close contact between experimentalists and theorists. Hydrodynamic instabilities in liquid crystals had already experienced a period of intense study in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but at that time neither the ex perimental and theoretical tools nor the concepts had been developed sufficiently far to address the questions that have since been found to be of particular interest. The renewed interest is also evidenced by the fact that a new series of workshops has evolved. The first one took place in 1989 in Bayreuth and united participants from almost all groups working in pattern formation in liquid crystals."

IUTAM Symposium on Asymptotic Methods for Turbulent Shear Flows at High Reynolds Numbers - Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium... IUTAM Symposium on Asymptotic Methods for Turbulent Shear Flows at High Reynolds Numbers - Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Bochum, Germany, June 28-30 1995 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)
K. Gersten
R5,162 Discovery Miles 51 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This IUTAM Symposium was the first international conference on asymptotic methods for turbulent shear flows. It was the aim of this Symposium to bring together the experts and research workers to discuss recent work in this field. There was general consensus among the participants of the Symposium, that the asymptotic methods provide powerful tool for turbulence modelling, which ought to be used more intensively in practice in addition to the numerical meth- ods. This was the Scientific Committee: K. Gersten (Germany, Chairman) A. Kluwick (Austria) J. - P. Guiraud (France) F. T. Smith (United Kingdom) V. V. Sychev (Russia) S. Kida (Japan) H. K. Moffat (United Kingdom) J. D. A. Walker (USA) We are very thankful that the Symposium was sponsored by the following organizations: * International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics * Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn * Gesellschaft der Freunde der Ruhr-Universitiit, Bochum * Institut fur Energie-, System-, Material- und Umwelttechnik e. V. , Bochum * Ruhrgas AG, Essen * Dresdner Bank, Bochum * Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht * Vieweg-Verlag, Wiesbaden We thank in particular the Rektor of the Ruhr University, Professor M. Bormann, who was host of the Symposium and made possible that the Symposium could take place on the campus. The following persons, who helped in organizing the Symposium and made sure that everything was working smoothly and efficiently during the Symposium, de- serve our special thanks: Bernard Rocklage, Gerta Marliani, Petra Berkner and Th.

Computational Fluid Dynamics 2002 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ICCFD,... Computational Fluid Dynamics 2002 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ICCFD, Sydney, Australia, 15-19 July 2002 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)
Steve Armfield, P. Morgan, Karkenahalli Srinivas
R2,807 Discovery Miles 28 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

We are pleased to present the Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics held at the University of Sydney, Australia, from July 15 to 19, 2002. The conference was a productive meeting of scientists, mathematicians and engineers involved in the computation of fluid flow. Keynote lectures were presented in the areas of optimisation, algorithms, turbulence and bio-fluid mechanics. Two hundred and fifty abstracts from many countries were received for con sideration. The executive committee, consisting of A. Lerat, M. Napolitano, J.J. Chattot, N. Satofuka and myself, were responsible for the selection of papers. Each of the members had a separate subcommittee to carry out the evaluation. One hundred and seventy papers were selected of which one hundred and fifty two were presented at the conference. All papers that appear in the proceedings have been peer reviewed by a panel of experts (with a minimum of two for every paper) before publication. The conference was attended by 160 delegates with a minimum of late with drawals. The informal and friendly atmosphere provided by the university sur roundings was highly appreciated, and the technical aspects of the conference were stimulating. It is appropriate here to thank Alain Lerat, the retiring secretary of the international scientific committee of the conference. We also wish to welcome J. J. Chattot who is the incoming secretary."

IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Instability and Transition in Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers - Proceedings of the IUTAM... IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Instability and Transition in Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers - Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Manchester, U.K., 17-20 July 1995 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996)
Peter W. Duck, Philip Hall
R5,196 Discovery Miles 51 960 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Most fluid flows of practical importance are fully three-dimensional, so the non-linear instability properties of three-dimensional flows are of particular interest. In some cases the three-dimensionality may have been caused by a finite amplitude disturbance whilst, more usually, the unperturbed state is three-dimensional. Practical applications where transition is thought to be associated with non-linearity in a three- dimensional flow arise, for example, in aerodynamics (swept wings, engine nacelles, etc.), turbines and aortic blood flow. Here inviscid `cross-flow' disturbances as well as Tollmien-Schlichting and Goertler vortices can all occur simultaneously and their mutual non-linear behaviour must be understood if transition is to be predicted. The non-linear interactions are so complex that usually fully numerical or combined asymptotic/numerical methods must be used. Moreover, in view of the complexity of the instability processes, there is also a growing need for detailed and accurate experimental information. Carefully conducted tests allow us to identify those elements of a particular problem which are dominant. This assists in both the formulation of a relevant theoretical problem and the subsequent physical validation of predictions. It should be noted that the demands made upon the skills of the experimentalist are high and that the tests can be extremely sophisticated - often making use of the latest developments in flow diagnostic techniques, automated high speed data gathering, data analysis, fast processing and presentation.

Wave Phenomena - Theoretical, Computational, and Practical Aspects (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989):... Wave Phenomena - Theoretical, Computational, and Practical Aspects (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989)
Lui Lam, Hedley C Morris
R2,651 Discovery Miles 26 510 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

IJ:1 June of 1987 the Center for Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at San Jose State University received a bequest of over half a million dollars from the estate of Mrs. Marie Woodward. In the opening article of this collection of papers Jane Day, the founder of the Center, describes the background that led to this gift. In recognition of the bequest it was decided that a series of Woodward Conferences be established. The First Woodward Conference took place at San Jose State University on June 2-3 1988. The themes of the conference were the Theoretical, Computational and Practical Aspects of Wave Phenomena and these same themes have been used to divide the contributions to this volume. Part I is concerned with papers on theoretical aspects. This section includes papers on pseudo-differential operator techniques, inverse problems and the mathematical foundations of wave propagation in random media. Part II consists of papers that involve significant amounts of computation. Included are papers on the Fast Hartley Transform, computational algorithms for electromagnetic scattering problems, and nonlinear wave interaction problems in fluid mechanics. vi Part III contains papers with a genuine physics flavor. This final section illustrates the widespread importance of wave phenomena in physics. Among the phenomena considered are waves in the atmosphere, viscous fingering in liquid crystals, solitons and wave localization.

High Angle of Attack Aerodynamics - Subsonic, Transonic, and Supersonic Flows (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st... High Angle of Attack Aerodynamics - Subsonic, Transonic, and Supersonic Flows (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Josef Rom
R2,684 Discovery Miles 26 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The aerodynamics of aircraft at high angles of attack is a subject which is being pursued diligently, because the modern agile fighter aircraft and many of the current generation of missiles must perform well at very high incidence, near and beyond stall. However, a comprehensive presentation of the methods and results applicable to the studies of the complex aerodynamics at high angle of attack has not been covered in monographs or textbooks. This book is not the usual textbook in that it goes beyond just presenting the basic theoretical and experimental know-how, since it contains reference material to practical calculation methods and technical and experimental results which can be useful to the practicing aerospace engineers and scientists. It can certainly be used as a text and reference book for graduate courses on subjects related to high angles of attack aerodynamics and for topics related to three-dimensional separation in viscous flow courses. In addition, the book is addressed to the aerodynamicist interested in a comprehensive reference to methods of analysis and computations of high angle of attack flow phenomena and is written for the aerospace scientist and engineer who is familiar with the basic concepts of viscous and inviscid flows and with computational methods used in fluid dynamics.

Microgravity Fluid Mechanics - IUTAM Symposium Bremen 1991 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992): Hans J.... Microgravity Fluid Mechanics - IUTAM Symposium Bremen 1991 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Hans J. Rath
R2,745 Discovery Miles 27 450 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Substantial progress has been made in the field of fluid mechanics under compensated gravity effects (microgravity). The main task of this disciplinehas evolved tremendously. Starting out with the aim of providing assistance in describing flow problems in other microgravity sciences, microgravityfluid mechanics has itself now become acknowledge as a powerful means of research. The IUTAM Symposium on Microgravity Fluid Mechanics has pro- vided the long-awaited forum for scientists from 15 coun- tries to discuss and concretize the "state-of-the-art" in this discipline. The main themes treated are: Interface Phe- nomena, Convective Processes; Marangoni effects, Solidifica- tion, Combustion, Physico-Chemical Processes, Multiphase Phenomena, Residual Acceleration effects, Fluid Handling and Non-Newtonian Flows.

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)."

Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibrium and Stability of Stellarators (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984): F.... Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibrium and Stability of Stellarators (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984)
F. Bauer, O Betancourt, P Garabedian
R1,385 Discovery Miles 13 850 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In this book, we describe in detail a numerical method to study the equilibrium and stability of a plasma confined by a strong magnetic field in toroidal geometry without two-dimensional symmetry. The principal appli cation is to stellarators, which are currently of interest in thermonuclear fusion research. Our mathematical model is based on the partial differential equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics. The main contribution is a computer code named BETA that is listed in the final chapter. This work is the natural continuation of an investigation that was presented in an early volume of the Springer Series in Computational Physics (cf. 3]). It has been supported over a period of years by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC02-76ER03077 with New York University. We would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Franz Herrnegger for the assistance he has given us with the preparation of the manuscript. We are especially indebted to Connie Engle for the high quality of the final typescript. New York F. BAUER October 1983 O. BETANCOURT P. GARABEDIAN Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Synopsis of the Method 3 1. Variational principle 3 2. Coordinate system 6 3. Finite Difference Scheme 8 1. Difference equations ....................... " 8 2. Island structure ............................. 10 3. Accelerated iteration procedure .............. . . .. 12 Nonlinear Stability 15 4. 1. Second minimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 15 . . . . . 2. Test functions and convergence studies . . . . . . . .. . . 17 . 3. Comparison with exact solutions ................. 19 5. The Mercier Criterion 22 1. Local mode analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 22 . . . . . 2. Computational method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 23 . . . ."

Classic Papers in Shock Compression Science (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998): James N. Johnson,... Classic Papers in Shock Compression Science (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998)
James N. Johnson, Roger Ch eret
R5,208 Discovery Miles 52 080 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The field of shock compression science has a long and rich history involving contributions of mathematicians, physicists and engineers over approximately two hundred years. The middle of the nineteenth century was an especially ac tive period with the contributions of Riemann, Rankine and Hugoniot, among others. The middle of the twentieth century saw another increase in activity re lated to shock compression of condensed matter as a result of military applica tions. It was also recognized that shock compression provided a means of sub jecting solids and liquids to extreme states of temperature and pressure difficult to achieve by static means. It has thus become an academic study in its own right. The principal modem contributions to this science were summarized in the landmark paper by Rice, McQueen and Walsh [Solid State Physics, Vol. 6, pp. 1-63, 1958]. As this field has continued to mature, interest has increased in tracing the early papers that have served as the foundations of the field. Cheret [Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1989, Elsevier Sci. Pub. B. V. , pp 11-19, 1990) has contributed to this literature with his review of the life of Hugoniot on the one-hundredth anniversary of the publication of Hugoniot's classic paper on the propagation of discontinuous waves in gases. This contribution prompted additional historical investigation involving the precursors to Hugoniot.

Optimum Aerodynamic Design & Parallel Navier-Stokes Computations ECARP - European Computational Aerodynamics Research Project... Optimum Aerodynamic Design & Parallel Navier-Stokes Computations ECARP - European Computational Aerodynamics Research Project (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998)
Jacques Periaux; Contributions by Stephane Lanteri, Panagiotis Chaviaropoulos; Edited by Gabriel Bugeda, Kyriakos Giannakoglou, …
R2,725 Discovery Miles 27 250 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book is one of three volumes entitled "ECARP-European Computational Aerodynamics Research Project", which was supported by the European Union in the Aeronautics Area of the Industrial and Materials Technology Programme. This volume contains optimization techniques for a number of inviscid and viscous problems like drag reduction, inverse, multipoint, wing-pylon-nacelle and riblets (Part A); and methodologies for solving the Navier Stokes equations on parallel architectures for compressible viscous flows in two and three dimensions (Part B). The main objective of this book is to disseminate information about cost effective methodologies for practical design problems and parallel CFD to be used by computer scientists and multidisciplinary engineers.

Frontiers in Fluid Mechanics - A Collection of Research Papers Written in Commemoration of the 65th Birthday of Stanley Corrsin... Frontiers in Fluid Mechanics - A Collection of Research Papers Written in Commemoration of the 65th Birthday of Stanley Corrsin (Paperback, 1985 ed.)
Stephen H Davis, John L. Lumley
R1,421 Discovery Miles 14 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Mathematical Modelling of Ocean Circulation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988): G.I. Marchuk, A.S.... Mathematical Modelling of Ocean Circulation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)
G.I. Marchuk, A.S. Sarkisyan
R2,669 Discovery Miles 26 690 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The problems of ocean dynamics present more and more com plex tasks for investigators, based on the continuously sophisti cation of theoretical models, which are applied with the help of universal and efficient algorithms of numerical mathematics. The present level of our knowledge in the field of mathemat ical physics and numerical mathematics allows one to give rather complete theoretical analysis of basic statements of problems as well as numerical algorithms. Our task is to perform such analy sis and also to analyze the results of calculations in order to improve our knowledge of the mechanism of large-scale hy drological processes occurring in the World Ocean. The new level of numerical mathematics has essentially influenced, the formation of new solution methods of ocean dynamics prob lems, among which an important one is the splitting method, which has been already widely practised in various fields of science and engineering. A number of monographs by N. N. Yanenko, A. A. Samarsky, G. . Marchuk (Rozhdestvensky and Yanenko 1968; Samarsky and Andreyev 1976; Marchuk 1970, 1980b) and others are devoted to the description of this methods. But the methods of the splitting theory require extensive creative work for their application to concrete problems, which are peculiar, as a rule, in problem formulation. The success of the application of these methods is related to the deep understanding of the essence of the described processes. In the last decades fundamental works of Arakawa, K."

Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics - 5th International Symposium Lisbon, Portugal, 9-12 July, 1990 (Paperback,... Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics - 5th International Symposium Lisbon, Portugal, 9-12 July, 1990 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
R.J. Adrian, D.F.G. Durao, F Durst, M. Maeda, J. Whitelaw
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This volume consists of papers selected from the proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon from 9 to 12 July, 1990. Relative to previous meetings in the Lisbon series the scope of this symposium was broadened by expanding the topical coverage to include all laser techniques used in fluid mechanics. This change recognized the trend amongst experimental fluid dynamicists to employ laser techniques for the mea surement of many different quantities, including concentration, temperature, particle size, and velocity, and the need for researchers to have a forum in which to communicate their work and share their common interests. The Fifth Symposium contained twenty-three sessions of formal presentations and a lively Open Forum ses sion. In addition, Dr. H. J. Pfeiffer organized a special Workshop on the Use of Computers in Flow Mea surements which contained five sessions on frequency domain processors, correIa tors, special detectors, and biasing."

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