Lattice Gas Hydrodynamics (Cambridge Nonlinear Science Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (605 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521019710 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"an excellent introduction to the physics of lattice gas automata and the hydrodynamic flows that take place in them." Journal of Statistical Physics
First, it shows how an automaton universe with simple microscopic dynamics--the lattice gas--can exhibit macroscopic behavior in accordance with the phenomenological laws of classical physics. Second, it demonstrates that lattice gases have spontaneous microscopic fluctuations that capture the essentials of actual fluctuations in real fluids.. If the collisions occur according to some simple logical rules, and if the lattice has the proper symmetry, then the automaton shows global behavior very similar to that of real fluids. This book carries two important messages. We imagine point-like particles residing on a regular lattice, where they move from node to node and undergo collisions when their trajectories meet. Lattice gas hydrodynamics describes the approach to fluid dynamics using a micro-world constructed as an automaton universe, where the microscopic dynamics is based not on a description of interacting particles, but on the laws of symmetry and invariance of macroscopic physics
Jean Pierre Boon has made important contributions to many areas of nonlinear dynamics and statistical mechanics. These subjects have been described in both Lattice Gas Hydrodynamics and Molecular Hydrodynamics (with Sidney Yip), both of which are definitive contributions to their respective fields. With his far-sighted appreciation of the complex nature of the physics of fluids and the theoretical and experimental techniques for their study, Jean Pierre Boon