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Research trends in fluid dynamics : report from the United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Title: Research trends in fluid dynamics : report from the United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics / editors, J.L. Lumley [and others].
Publication: Woodbury, New York : American Institute of Physics, [1996], ©1996.

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xix, 328 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Research in fluid dynamics is leading to a new understanding of the motion of fluids and gases in the environment, in industrial processes, in vehicles, and in living organisms. A wealth of new ideas, challenges, and applications permeates the field, resulting in everything from more efficient aircraft engines to more effective pollution control to better understanding of human respiratory processes.
Research Trends in Fluid Dynamics brings these remarkable developments together in one state-of-the-art volume, focusing on the scientific questions determining research directions across the broad spectrum of fluid mechanics. To provide the most useful overview possible, an editorial committee appointed by the U.S. National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics identified research areas that are developing rapidly or are of particular commercial or environmental significance.
The trends and developments are described here by the eminent scientists whose work made them possible. For specialists in areas related to contemporary fluid mechanics, and for graduate students wanting a broad overview of the field, Research Trends in Fluid Dynamics is an essential volume. For the nonspecialist, the Executive Summary which begins the book describes key trends in fluid motion research, measuring their influence on public policy and U.S. economic competitiveness.

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Contents

1994-95 Membership List, USNC/TAM -- Application of Dynamical Systems Theory to Fluid Mechanics / H. Aref -- Turbulent Boundary Layers / P. Bradshaw -- Laminar Boundary Layers and Separation / S. N. Brown -- Computational Aerodynamics / D. A. Caughey -- Particulate Flows and Sedimentation / R. H. Davis -- Issues in Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics and Rheology / M. M. Denn -- Thermal and Mass Diffusion Driven Flows / B. Gebhart -- Rapid Flows of Granular Materials / J. T. Jenkins -- Acoustics / E. J. Kerschen -- Molecular Dynamics of Fluid Flow / J. Koplik -- Stability of Fluid Motion / S. Leibovich -- Compressible and Hypersonic Flows / S. K. Lele -- Environmental Fluid Mechanics / E. J. List -- Turbulence and Turbulence Modeling / J. L. Lumley -- Water Waves and Related Coastal Processes / C. C. Mei -- Direct and Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulence / P. Moin -- Research Directions in MHD for the 1990's / R. Moreau -- Rarefied Gas Dynamics / E. P. Muntz --
Hydrodynamics of Ships and Offshore Platforms / J. N. Newman -- Reacting Flows and Combustion / S. B. Pope -- Multi-Phase Flow, Cavitation, and Bubbles / A. Prosperetti -- Control of Turbulent Flows / W. C. Reynolds -- Fractal Geometry and Multifractal Measures in Fluid Mechanics / K. R. Sreenivasan -- Capillary and Interfacial Phenomena, Wetting and Spreading / P. H. Steen -- Biofluid Dynamics / S. Weinbaum -- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics / J. A. Whitehead -- Vortex Dominated Flows / N. J. Zabusky.

ISBN

1563964597

LCCN

95025488

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