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On March 15, 1901, Henri B enard defended his thesis entitled "Les
Tourbillons cellulaires dans une nappe liquide propageant de la
chaleur par convection en 1 r egime permanent" at the University of
Paris, Sorbonne. The results contained in this thesis have been at
the origin of recent intensive research activities on c- lular
structures observed in many physicochemical systems far from
equilibrium: instabilities, spatio-temporal patterns, chaos, and
turbulence. The French Physical Society organized a scienti?c
meeting to commemorate the centenary of B enard's thesis, at the
Ecole Sup erieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de Paris
(ESPCI). This meeting, which gathered approximately one hundred
scientists and graduate students working in nonlinear science, was
honored by the presence of the director of the ESPCI, Professor
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Nobel laureate in physics (1991), who gave
the opening talk. At the conference, lectures were given by
internationally recognized scholars who have contributed to the
development of B enard's work: J.E. Wesfreid, P. Manneville,
Y.Pomeau, M.Velarde, J.Gollub, M.Provansal, G.Nicolis, B.C- taing,
andP.Coullet.Apostersessionandaroundtableonfurtherdevelopments in
nonlinear physics were organized. In the present book, we have
extended the list of contributors in order to cover all the aspects
involved with B enard's work, with a main focus on th- mal
convection, on B enard-Marangoni instability and on B enard-von
Karman instability.
WewouldliketothankDr.HansKoelschfromSpringerforthepublicationof
this monography in the Springer Tracts in Modern Physics series. We
ackno- edge a critical reading by C.D. Mitescu and a very helpful
technical assistance from Olivier Crumeyrolle."
On March 15, 1901, Henri B' enard defended his thesis entitled "Les
Tourbillons cellulaires dans une nappe liquide propageant de la
chaleur par convection en 1 r' egime permanent" at the University
of Paris, Sorbonne. The results contained in this thesis have been
at the origin of recent intensive research activities on c- lular
structures observed in many physicochemical systems far from
equilibrium: instabilities, spatio-temporal patterns, chaos, and
turbulence. The French Physical Society organized a scienti?c
meeting to commemorate the centenary of B' enard's thesis, at the
Ecole Sup' erieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de Paris
(ESPCI). This meeting, which gathered approximately one hundred
scientists and graduate students working in nonlinear science, was
honored by the presence of the director of the ESPCI, Professor
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Nobel laureate in physics (1991), who gave
the opening talk. At the conference, lectures were given by
internationally recognized scholars who have contributed to the
development of B' enard's work: J.E. Wesfreid, P.
Manneville,Y.Pomeau,M.Velarde,J.Gollub,M.Provansal,G.Nicolis,B.C-
taing,andP.Coullet.Apostersessionandaroundtableonfurtherdevelopments
in nonlinear physics were organized. In the present book, we have
extended the list of contributors in order to cover all the aspects
involved with B' enard's work, with a main focus on th- mal
convection, on B' enard-Marangoni instability and on B' enard-von
Karman instability.
WewouldliketothankDr.HansKoelschfromSpringerforthepublicationof
this monography in the Springer Tracts in Modern Physics series. We
ackno- edge a critical reading by C.D. Mitescu and a very helpful
technical assistance from Olivier Crumeyrolle.
This second edition of Physical Hydrodynamics is a deeply enriched
version of a classical textbook on fluid dynamics. It retains the
same pedagogical spirit, based on the authors' experience of
teaching university students in the physical sciences, and
emphasizes an experimental (inductive) approach rather than the
more formal approach found in many textbooks in the field. A new
edition was necessary as contact between the mechanics and physics
approaches and their communities has increased continuously over
the last few decades. Today the field is more widely open to other
experimental sciences: materials, environmental, life, and earth
sciences, as well as the engineering sciences. Representative
examples from these fields have been included where possible, while
retaining a general presentation in each case. This book should be
useful for researchers and engineers in these various fields.
Images have an essential place in fluid mechanics, and the
illustrations in this edition have been completely revisited and
widely improved. An inset of colour photographs is provided to
stimulate the interest of readers. Exercises have also been added
at the end of a number of chapters.
This second edition of Physical Hydrodynamics is a deeply enriched
version of a classical textbook on fluid dynamics. It retains the
same pedagogical spirit, based on the authors' experience of
teaching university students in the physical sciences, and
emphasizes an experimental (inductive) approach rather than the
more formal approach found in many textbooks in the field. A new
edition was necessary as contact between the mechanics and physics
approaches and their communities has increased continuously over
the last few decades. Today the field is more widely open to other
experimental sciences: materials, environmental, life, and earth
sciences, as well as the engineering sciences. Representative
examples from these fields have been included where possible, while
retaining a general presentation in each case. This book should be
useful for researchers and engineers in these various fields.
Images have an essential place in fluid mechanics, and the
illustrations in this edition have been completely revisited and
widely improved. An inset of colour photographs is provided to
stimulate the interest of readers. Exercises have also been added
at the end of a number of chapters.
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