Structure And Dynamics Of Nonlinear Waves In Fluids: Proceedings Of The Iutam/isimm Symposium

Structure And Dynamics Of Nonlinear Waves In Fluids: Proceedings Of The Iutam/isimm Symposium
Author: K Kirchgassner
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1995-08-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9814549770

This symposium brought together mechanicians, physicists and applied mathematicians to discuss the interdisciplinary topic of nonlinear wave motion, which displays effects that give rise to a multitude of unanswered questions. Nonlinear waves in fluids in particular display all the prominent nonlinear phenomena such as chaos, turbulence and pattern formation. Amongst the topics emphasized in these proceedings are: travelling fronts, solitary waves and periodic waves (dissipative and conservative); temporal and spatial asymptotics of perturbations of waves; bifurcations, stability and local dynamics of waves; interaction between different waves, and between waves and the mean flow; wave breaking, nonlinear effects on focussing and diffraction; modulation and envelope equations (their derivation and validity); and numerical and experimental results.

IUTAM Symposium on Free Surface Flows

IUTAM Symposium on Free Surface Flows
Author: A.C. King
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9401007969

Free surface flows arise in the natural world, physical and biological sciences and in some areas of modern technology and engineering. Exam ples include the breaking of sea waves on a harbour wall, the transport of sloshing fluids in partly filled containers, and the design of micronozzles for high speed ink-jet printing. Apart from the intrinsic mathematical challenge in describing and solving the governing equations, there are usually important environmental, safety and engineering features which need to be analysed and controlled. A rich variety of techniques has been developed over the past two decades to facilitate this analysis; singular perturbations, dynamical systems, and the development of sophisticated numerical codes. The extreme and sometimes violent nature of some free surface flows taxes these methods to the limit. The work presented at the symposium addressed these limits and can be loosely classified into four areas: (i) Axisymmetric free surface flows. There are a variety of problems in the printing, glass, fertiliser and fine chemical industries in which threads of fluid are made and controlled. Presentations were made in the areas of pinch-off for inviscid and viscous threads of fluid, recoil effects after droplet formation and the control of instability by forced vibration. (ii) Dynamic wetting. The motion of three phase contact lines, which are formed at the junction between two fluids and a solid, plays an important role in fluid mechanics.

Report

Report
Author: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1995
Genre: Mechanics, Applied
ISBN:

Bibliographic Guide to East Asian Studies

Bibliographic Guide to East Asian Studies
Author: New York Public Library Staff
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Total Pages: 684
Release: 1996-07
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780783813202

An aid for reseaching non-western cultures, the Bibliographic Guide to East Asian Studies covers Japan, China, North and South Korea, Honk Kong, and Taiwan, with approximately 3,500 listings from LC MARC tapes and the Oriental Division of The New York Public Library. It includes publications about East Asia; materials published in any of the relevant countries; and publications in the Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages. Listings are transcribed into Anglicised characters. Each entry provides complete bibliographic information, along with the NYPL and/or LC call numbers.