Hydrodynamic instabilities / Francois Charru ; translated by Patricia de Forcrand-Millard.

• Superior document: Cambridge texts in applied mathematics ; 37
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Charru, Francois.
• TeilnehmendeR: Forcrand-Millard, Patricia de.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English; French
• Series: Cambridge texts in applied mathematics ; 37.
• Physical Description: xviii, 391 p. :; ill.
• Notes: Originally published in French as Instabilites hydrodynamiques by EDP Sciences in 2007.

"The instability of fluids is a key topic in classical fluid mechanics because it has huge repercussions for applied disciplines such as chemical engineering, hydraulics, aeronautics and meteorology. This modern introduction is written for any student, researcher or practitioner working in the area, for whom an understanding of hydrodynamic instabilities is essential. Based on a decade's experience of teaching postgraduate students in fluid dynamics, this book brings the subject to life by emphasizing the physical mechanisms involved. The theory of dynamics provides the basic structure of the exposition and, wherever possible, Charru discusses the phenomena in terms of characteristic scales and dimensional analysis. Asymptotic methods also play an important role. The book includes numerous experimental studies, with references to videos and multimedia material, as well as over 150 exercises which introduce the reader to new problems"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Instabilities of fluids at rest; 3. Stability of open flows: basic ideas; 4. Inviscid instability of parallel flows; 5. Viscous instability of parallel flows; 6. Instabilities at low Reynolds number; 7. Avalanches, ripples, and dunes; 8. Nonlinear dynamics of systems with few degrees of freedom; 9. Nonlinear dispersive waves; 10. Nonlinear dynamics of dissipative systems; 11. Dynamical systems and bifurcations; Appendix. The Saint-Venant equations; Bibliography; Index.