Engineering: Mechanics of fluids

This first volume discusses fluid mechanical concepts and their applications to ideal and viscous processes.

This book focuses on turbulent flows generated and/or influenced by multiscale/fractal structures.

Presenting a novel approach to wave theory, this book applies mathematical modeling to the investigation of sea waves.

This book provides a comprehensive description of numerical methods and validation processes for predicting transitional flows based on the Langtry-Menter local correlation-based transition model, integrated with both one-equation Spalart-Allmaras (S-A) and two-equation Shear Stress Transport (SST) turbulence models.

This book concerns the theoretical foundations of hydro mechanics of Pelton turbines from a viewpoint of engineering.

This monograph presents a synopsis of fluid dynamics based on the personal scientific experience of the author who has contributed immensely to the field.

This book provides a general introduction to the topic of turbulent flows.

This book explores effective environmental impact mitigation for petroleum-based lubricants to reduce their negative persistence during usage and upon end-of-life disposal.

This book addresses the properties of particles in colloidal suspensions.

This book introduces a new generation of superfast algorithmsfor the treatment of the notoriously difficult velocity-pressure couplingproblem in incompressible fluid flow solutions.

This book provides a practical studyof modern heat pipe engineering, discussing how it can be optimized for use on a wider scale.

This Brief addresses the phenomena of heat transfer enhancement.

This volume collects the edited and reviewedcontributions presented in the 6th iTi Conference in Bertinoro, coveringfundamental and applied aspects in turbulence.

This book brings together 12 chapters on a new stream of research examining complex phenomena in nonlinear systems-including engineering, physics, and social science.

This monograph presents a systematic analysis of bubble system mathematics, using the mechanics of two-phase systems in non-equilibrium as the scope of analysis.

This book presents a new approach for the modeling of chemical and interphase mass transfer processes in industrial column apparatuses, using convection-diffusion and average-concentration models.

This book gathers selected contributions presented at the Enzo Levi and XX Annual Meeting of the Fluid Dynamic Division of the Mexican Physical Society in 2014.

This book introduces a new paradigm in system description and modelling.

This volume is devoted to the study of the Navier-Stokes equations, providing a comprehensive reference for a range of applications: from advanced undergraduate students to engineers and professional mathematicians involved in research on fluid mechanics, dynamical systems, and mathematical modeling.

This book addresses flow separationwithin the context of fluid-structure interaction phenomena.

This introduction reviews why combustion and radiation are important, as well as the technical challenges posed by radiation.

Based on newinformation obtained on free microjets, this book explains the latest phenomenain flame evolution in the presence of a transverse acoustic field with roundand plane propane microjet combustion.

In the present volume numerous descriptions of Ram accelerators are presented.

This book provides an analysis of contemporary problems in combustion science, namely flame propagation, detonation and heterophaseous combustion based on the works of the author.

This book, on the general topic of hydroaerodynamics, investigates anumber of exciting applications in this field, addressing specifically issuesthat allow seemingly paradoxical issues to be dealt with.

This book describes wetting fundamentals and reviews the standard protocol for contact angle measurements.

This book presents recent advances, new ideas and novel techniques related to the field of nonlinear dynamics, including localized pattern formation, self-organization and chaos.

Praise for Hemo-Dynamics: "e;This book provides an elegant and intuitive derivation of the fundamental mathematics underlying fluid flow, and then applies these in a straightforward way to pulsatile blood flow in all its complexity.

This Brief describes six basic models of buoyancy-driven convection in a fluid layer: three configurations of internally heated convection and three configurations of Rayleigh-Benard convection.

This comprehensive and carefully edited volume presents a variety of experimental methods used in Shock Waves research.

This Brief addresses the phenomena of instability in flow boiling in microchannels occurring in high heat flux electronic cooling.

This book offers a comprehensive collection of the most advanced numerical techniques for the efficient and effective solution of simulation and optimization problems governed by systems of time-dependent differential equations.

This book focuses on the modeling and analysis of heat and fluid flow in microchannels and micro-systems, compiling a number of analytical and hybrid numerical-analytical solutions for models that account for the relevant micro-scale effects, with the corresponding experimental analysis validation when applicable.

This text provides an introduction to the science that governs the interaction of light and matter (in the gas phase).

This book reconsiders the basic approaches behind the BEM method and in particular assesses and validates the equations forming the general momentum theory.

The book reports on advanced solutions to the problem of simulating wing and nacelle stall, as presented and discussed by internationally recognized researchers at the Closing Symposium of the DFG Research Unit FOR 1066.

This monograph presents results of the analytical and numerical modeling of convective heat and mass transfer in different rotating flows caused by (i) system rotation, (ii) swirl flows due to swirl generators, and (iii) surface curvature in turns and bends.

Aerodynamic design, like many other engineering applications, is increasingly relying on computational power.

This short, practical book offers advice on the safe storage, handling and transportation of liquid natural gas (LNG), liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and other cryogenic fluid mixtures.

This is the proceedings of the ERCOFTAC Workshop on Progress in Wall Turbulence: Understanding and Modelling, that was held in Lille, France from June 18 to 20, 2014.

The book presents the state of the art in high-performance computing and simulation on modern supercomputer architectures.

This Brief addresses the phenomena of heat transfer and pressure drop in flow boiling in micro channels occurring in high heat flux electronic cooling.

This Brief describes systematically results of research studies on a series of convective heat transfer phenomena from rotating disks in air crossflow.

This volume contains papers presented at the International conference "e;The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles III: Trucks, Buses and Trains"e; held in Potsdam, Germany, September 12-17, 2010 by Engineering Conferences International (ECI).

This book develops the theoretical foundations of disperse two-phase flows, which are characterized by the existence of bubbles, droplets or solid particles finely dispersed in a carrier fluid, which can be a liquid or a gas.

This thesis presents experimental and theoretical investigations of the connection between the time asymmetry in the short-time evolution of particle clusters and the intrinsic irreversibility of turbulent flows due to the energy cascade.

This book deals with solving mathematically the unsteady flame propagation equations.

Mathematical analyses and computational predictions of the behavior of complex systems are needed to effectively deal with weather and climate predictions, for example, and the optimal design of technical processes.

This Brief concerns the important problem of critical heat flux in flow boiling in microchannels.

Rotordynamics of automotive turbochargers is dealt with in this book encompassing the widely working field of small turbomachines under real operating conditions at the very high rotor speeds up to 300000 rpm.