Hydrodynamic Stability (Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics) | 
| Authors: P. G. Drazin, W. H. Reid
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1654912
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 539
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0521289807
Dewey Decimal Number: 532.5
EAN: 9780521289801
ASIN: 0521289807
Publication Date: December 30, 1982
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Product Description
Hydrodynamic stability is of fundamental importance in fluid mechanics and is concerned with the problem of transition from laminar to turbulent flow. This book begins with a basic introduction to three major areas of the subject: thermal convection, rotating and curved flows, and parallel shear flows. There follows a comprehensive account of recent advances in the mathematical theory for parallel shear flows. A number of applications of the linear theory are discussed, including the effects of stratification and unsteadiness. The book concludes with a chapter describing some of the fundamental ideas involved in current work on nonlinear hydrodynamic stability. The emphasis throughout is on the ideas involved, the physical mechanisms, the methods used, and the results obtained, and, wherever possible, the theory is related to both experimental and numerical results. A distinctive feature of the book is the large number of problems it contains. These problems, for which hints and references are given, not only provide exercises for students but also provide many additional results in a concise form.
Book Description
Hydrodynamic stability is of fundamental importance in fluid mechanics and is concerned with the problem of transition from laminar to turbulent flow. This book has basic introductions of the three major areas of the subject: thermal convection, rotating and curved flows, and parallel shear flows.
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Stable Review December 19, 2007
This book is exactly what you need to enter the world of Stability of Fluid Flows. It is not sufficient in itself, because the reader should have some previous instruction in the theory of complex functions, transforms, and so on. But, the book delivers what he 'promises'. The treatment is basically complete, the order of the several topics is perfect, and it is written neatly and very didactically. The authors are to be complimented for this masterful work.
The hydrodynamic stability bible July 26, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is an outstanding and accurate treatise on hydrodynamic stability. I've never read any scientific article concerning hydro and fluid dynamic stability without a reference to this book. Thus let's deal with fluid dynamic stability with this precious and absolute masterpiece at hand!
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