Introduction to Hydrodynamic Stability (Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics)
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (731 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521009650 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 278 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Each chapter concludes with a large body of exercises (120 in all), of varying degrees of difficulty. I found this book to be a very readable introductory textbook, and one which will make an excellent addition to the library of anyone contemplating a graduate level course in hydrodynamic stability." Mathematical Reviews . These will be a boon for the instructor who is charged with finding suitable questions for assessment purposes
"Good topics, but see his other books" according to M. Ward. Drazin was an excellent writer (see Hydrodynamic Stability and Nonlinear Systems), but this book felt very disorganized to me, possibly because he passed away shortly before it's release.The concept is very good: how do we get from instability to full-fleged turbulence, and are we even ready to answer the question? He gives a good explanation of the stability of ODEs, and follows this with a discussion of the standard linear hydrodynamic stability problems (Kelvin-Helmholtz, Rayleigh-Bénard, etc.). It ends with a discussion of the transition to turbulence.But the problem is that he has . Very good book Manu It is a very good book in the subject, there is an awesome amount of content in its small size. A little bit dense, but a classic in the subject of Hydrodynamic Stability.
. Norman Riley is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of East Anglia
This is a graduate-level textbook to introduce these phenomena by modeling them mathematically, and describing numerical simulations and laboratory experiments. They are important in applied mathematics, astrophysics, biology, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, physics, and engineering. Readers are assumed to be fluent in linear algebra, advanced calculus, elementary theory of ordinary differntial equations, complex variable and the elements of fluid mechanics. Instability of flows and their transition to turbulence are widespread phenomena in engineering and the natural environment. Many worked examples and exercises for students illustrate the ideas of the text. The visualization of instabilities is emphasized with many figures. The book is aimed at graduate students, but is very useful for specialists in other fields.