Stability Criteria for Fluid Flows

Stability Criteria for Fluid Flows
Author: Adelina Georgescu
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2010
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9814289574

1. Mathematical models governing fluid flows stability. 1.1. General mathematical models of thermodynamics. 1.2. Classical mathematical models in thermodynamics of fluids. 1.3. Classical mathematical models in thermodynamics. 1.4. Classical perturbation models. 1.5. Generalized incompressible Navier-Stokes model -- 2. Incompressible Navier-Stokes fluid. 2.1. Back to integral setting; involvement of dynamics and bifurcation. 2.2. Stability in semidynamical systems. 2.3. Perturbations; asymptotic stability; linear stability. 2.4. Linear stability. 2.5. Prodi's linearization principle. 2.6. Estimates for the spectrum of Ã. 2.7. Universal stability criteria -- 3. Elements of calculus of variations. 3.1. Generalities. 3.2. Direct and inverse problems of calculus of variations. 3.3. Symmetrization of some matricial ordinary differential operators. 3.4. Variational principles for problems (3.3.1)-(3.3.7). 3.5. Fourier series solutions for variational problems -- 4. Variants of the energy method for non-stationary equations. 4.1. Variant based on differentiation of parameters. 4.2. Variant based on simplest symmetric part of operators. 4.3. Variants based on energy splitting -- 5. Applications to linear Bénard convections. 5.1. Magnetic Bénard convection in a partially ionized fluid. 5.2. Magnetic Bénard convection for a fully ionized fluid. 5.3. Convection in a micro-polar fluid bounded by rigid walls. 5.4. Convections governed by ode's with variable coefficients -- 6. Variational methods applied to linear stability. 6.1. Magnetic Bénard problem with Hall effect. 6.2. Lyapunov method applied to the anisotropic Bénard problem. 6.3. Stability criteria for a quasi-geostrophic forced zonal flow. 6.4. Variational principle for problem (5.3.1), (5.3.2). 6.5. Taylor-Dean problem -- 7. Applications of the direct method to linear stability. 7.1. Couette flow between two cylinders subject to a magnetic field. 7.2. Soret-Dufour driven convection. 7.3. Magnetic Soret-Dufour driven convection. 7.4. Convection in a porous medium. 7.5. Convection in the presence of a dielectrophoretic force. 7.6. Convection in an anisotropic M.H.D. thermodiffusive mixture. 7.7. Inhibition of the thermal convection by a magnetic field. 7.8. Microconvection in a binary layer subject to a strong Soret effect. 7.9. Convection in the layer between the sea bed and the permafrost.

Stability and Transition in Shear Flows

Stability and Transition in Shear Flows
Author: Peter J. Schmid
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461301858

A detailed look at some of the more modern issues of hydrodynamic stability, including transient growth, eigenvalue spectra, secondary instability. It presents analytical results and numerical simulations, linear and selected nonlinear stability methods. By including classical results as well as recent developments in the field of hydrodynamic stability and transition, the book can be used as a textbook for an introductory, graduate-level course in stability theory or for a special-topics fluids course. It is equally of value as a reference for researchers in the field of hydrodynamic stability theory or with an interest in recent developments in fluid dynamics. Stability theory has seen a rapid development over the past decade, this book includes such new developments as direct numerical simulations of transition to turbulence and linear analysis based on the initial-value problem.

Handbook of Differential Equations: Evolutionary Equations

Handbook of Differential Equations: Evolutionary Equations
Author: C.M. Dafermos
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 579
Release: 2004-08-24
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0080521827

This book contains several introductory texts concerning the main directions in the theory of evolutionary partial differential equations. The main objective is to present clear, rigorous, and in depth surveys on the most important aspects of the present theory. The table of contents includes: W.Arendt: Semigroups and evolution equations: Calculus, regularity and kernel estimates A.Bressan: The front tracking method for systems of conservation laws E.DiBenedetto, J.M.Urbano,V.Vespri: Current issues on singular and degenerate evolution equations; L.Hsiao, S.Jiang: Nonlinear hyperbolic-parabolic coupled systems A.Lunardi: Nonlinear parabolic equations and systems D.Serre:L1-stability of nonlinear waves in scalar conservation laws B.Perthame:Kinetic formulations of parabolic and hyperbolic PDE’s: from theory to numerics

The Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Continuous Media

The Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Continuous Media
Author: Miroslav Silhavy
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2013-11-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662033895

From the reviews: "The book is excellent, and covers a very broad area (usually treated as separate topics) from a unified perspective. [...] It will be very useful for both mathematicians and physicists." EMS Newsletter

Stability Criteria For Fluid Flows

Stability Criteria For Fluid Flows
Author: Lidia Palese
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2009-12-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814466360

This is a comprehensive and self-contained introduction to the mathematical problems of thermal convection. The book delineates the main ideas leading to the authors' variant of the energy method. These can be also applied to other variants of the energy method. The importance of the book lies in its focussing on the best concrete results known in the domain of fluid flows stability and in the systematic treatment of mathematical instruments used in order to reach them.

Asymptotic Stability of Steady Compressible Fluids

Asymptotic Stability of Steady Compressible Fluids
Author: Mariarosaria Padula
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2011-07-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642211364

This volume introduces a systematic approach to mathematical problems involved with thermodynamic fluids. The book is written for theoretical and applied mathematicians with an interest in compressible flow, capillarity theory, and control theory.