Introduction To Hydrodynamic Stability (cambridge Texts In Applied Mathematics)
by P. G. Drazin /
2002 / English / PDF
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Instability of flows and their transition to turbulence are
widespread phenomena in engineering and the natural environment.
They are important in applied mathematics, astrophysics, biology,
geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, physics, and engineering.
This is a graduate-level textbook to introduce these phenomena by
modeling them mathematically, and describing numerical simulations
and laboratory experiments. The visualization of instabilities is
emphasized with many figures. Many worked examples and exercises
for students illustrate the ideas of the text. 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. The book is aimed at graduate
students, but is very useful for specialists in other fields.
Instability of flows and their transition to turbulence are
widespread phenomena in engineering and the natural environment.
They are important in applied mathematics, astrophysics, biology,
geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, physics, and engineering.
This is a graduate-level textbook to introduce these phenomena by
modeling them mathematically, and describing numerical simulations
and laboratory experiments. The visualization of instabilities is
emphasized with many figures. Many worked examples and exercises
for students illustrate the ideas of the text. 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. The book is aimed at graduate
students, but is very useful for specialists in other fields.
