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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      November 2009
      April 1998
      ISBN:
      9780511524608
      9780521017633
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511524608
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      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.08kg, 700 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Physics and Astronomy, Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience and Mesoscopic Physics, Nonlinear Science and Fluid Dynamics
      Series:
      Collection Alea-Saclay: Monographs and Texts in Statistical Physics
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    Subjects:
    Physics and Astronomy, Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience and Mesoscopic Physics, Nonlinear Science and Fluid Dynamics
    Series:
    Collection Alea-Saclay: Monographs and Texts in Statistical Physics
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    This book presents five sets of pedagogical lectures by internationally respected researchers on nonlinear instabilities and the transition to turbulence in hydrodynamics. The book begins with a general introduction to hydrodynamics covering fluid properties, flow measurement, dimensional analysis and turbulence. Chapter two reviews the special characteristics of instabilities in open flows. Chapter three presents mathematical tools for multiscale analysis and asymptotic matching applied to the dynamics of fronts and localized nonlinear states. Chapter four gives a detailed review of pattern forming instabilities. The final chapter provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the instability of flames, shocks and detonations. Together, these lectures provide a thought-provoking overview of current research in this important area.

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    ‘ … important reading for students embarking on a research career in hydrodynamics … In summary, I very much enjoyed reading this book, and learned much from it … I expect that it will find a wide readership among theoretical hydrodynamicists, and will still be useful well into the next century.’

    M. R. E. Proctor Source: European Journal of Mechanics

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