Engineering: Mechanics of fluids

This volume collects the most important contributions from four minisymposia from ICIAM 2019.

This book focuses on the finite element method influid flows.

This book is an effort to explore the technical aspects associated with bird flight and migration on wings.

This book highlights the principles and technologies of flotation machine mainly used in mineral processing in detail.

A unique and in-depth discussion uncovering the unifying features of collision phenomena in liquids and solids, along with applications.

This volume in the Hydraulic Machinery Book series deals with cavitation and its effects in turbines and pumps.

Volume 2 presents the fundamental principles related to polymer processign operations including the processing of thermoplastic polymers and thermosets.

Homogenization is not about periodicity, or Gamma-convergence, but about understanding which effective equations to use at macroscopic level, knowing which partial differential equations govern mesoscopic levels, without using probabilities (which destroy physical reality); instead, one uses various topologies of weak type, the G-convergence of Sergio Spagnolo, the H-convergence of Francois Murat and the author, and some responsible for the appearance of nonlocal effects, which many theories in continuum mechanics or physics guessed wrongly.

The years 2006 and 2007 mark a dramatic change of peoples view regarding c- mate change and energy consumption.

An Introduction to Compressible Flow, Second Edition covers the material typical of a single-semester course in compressible flow.

Without sacrificing scientific strictness, this introduction to the field guides readers through mathematical modeling, the theoretical treatment of the underlying physical laws and the construction and effective use of numerical procedures to describe the behavior of the dynamics of physical flow.

Microhydrodynamics: Principles and Selected Applications presents analytical and numerical methods for describing motion of small particles suspended in viscous fluids.

This book is an introduction to wind turbine aerodynamics for professionals and students with a diverse range of backgrounds.

The book presents an advanced but accessible overview of some of the most important sub-branches of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD): stability theory, magnetic topology, relaxation theory and magnetic reconnection.

These proceedings document the various papers delivered and partially presented at the International Conference "e;From experimental evidence towards numerical modeling of unsaturated soils,"e; which was held in Weimar (Germany) during 18-19 September 2003.

This new edition includes brand-new developments in the modeling of processes in the column apparatuses.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Virtual Seminar on Applied Mechanics 2021 organized by the Indian Society for Applied Mechanics.

This new edition is designed for a one semester introductory course in thermodynamics, either in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or in an engineering science program.

This book presents topics in a single source format using unified spectral theory of computing.

Provides key updates to a must-have text on hydraulic control systems This fully updated, second edition offers students and professionals a reliable and comprehensive guide to the hows and whys of today's hydraulic control system fundamentals.

This book reports on cutting-edge research and technical achievements in the field of hydraulic drives.

The boundary-element method is a powerful numerical technique for solving partial differential equations encountered in applied mathematics, science, and engineering.

As the sequel to the proceedings of the International Conference of Continuum Mechanics Focusing on Singularities (CoMFoS15), the proceedings of CoMFoS16 present further advances and new topics in mathematical theory and numerical simulations related to various aspects of continuum mechanics.

Wherever machinery operates there will be seals of some kind ensuring that the machine remains lubricated, the fluid being pumped does not leak, or the gas does not enter the atmosphere.

The book provides a concise description of the physical processes and mathematical models for explosions and formation of blast waves from explosions.

Magnetic control of the properties and the flow of liquids is a challenging field for basic research and for applications.

Spacecraft Attitude Control: A Linear Matrix Inequality Approach solves problemsfor spacecraft attitude control systems using convex optimization and, specifi cally,through a linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach.

Defect Correction Methods for Fluid Flows at High Reynold's Numbers presents the mathematical development of defect correction methods (DCM) in application to fluid flow problems in various settings.

This book is designed to help engineers and scientists solve real-world multiphase flow problems.

This book presents mathematical fundaments and results on sloshing in an upright circular cylindrical tank with semi-analytical solutions.

The book is structured thematically, encompassing principles, processes and products, practice and applications.

This updated/augmented second edition retains it class-tested content and pedagogy as a core text for graduate courses in advanced fluid mechanics and applied science.

This volume captures the impact of women's research on the public health and environmental engineering profession.

This book gives an unparalleled, up-to-date, in-depth treatment of all kinds of flow phenomena encountered in centrifugal pumps including the complex interactions of fluid flow with vibrations and wear of materials.

As I glance out my window in the early morning, I can see beads of droplets gracing a spider web.

Describes fluid flow, transport and contamination in rocks and sediments, for graduate students and professionals in hydrology, water resources, geochemistry.

The current book, Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer is based on author's four decades of industrial and academic research in the area of thermofluid sciences including fluid mechanics, aero-thermodynamics, heat transfer and their applications to engineering systems.

This comprehensive textbook highlights features of two phase flows and introduces the readers to flow patterns and flow maps.

Capillary Flows with Forming Interfaces explores numerous theoretical problems that arise in the mathematical description of capillary flows.

This work brings together previously unpublished notes contributed by participants of the IUTAM Symposium on Hamiltonian Dynamics, Vortex Structures, Turbulence (Moscow, 25-30 August 2006).

Dieses Lehr- und Übungsbuch bietet eine prägnante, praxisorientierte, leichtverständliche Darstellung in das Fach Strömungslehre unter sparsamer Verwendung höherer Mathematik und beschränkt sich dabei auf die wesentlichen Grundlagen.

Covers two important aspects of large-scale ocean circulation – wind-driven circulation, and thermohaline-driven circulation caused by changes in water density.

Numerical Models for Submerged Breakwaters: Coastal Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamics discusses the practice of submerged breakwaters, an increasingly popular tool used as a coastal defense system because of their amenity and aesthetics as compared to common emerged beach protection measures.

This ground-breaking reference provides an overview of key concepts in dimensional analysis, and then pushes well beyond traditional applications in fluid mechanics to demonstrate how powerful this tool can be in solving complex problems across many diverse fields.

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