This is a book about cellular flows, which play important roles in nature and technology. Natural examples are ocean circulations, whirlpools, water spouts, and tornadoes. Technological applications include combustion chambers, chemical and biological reactors, and delta-wing aircraft.
This is a book about cellular flows, which play important roles in nature and technology. Natural examples are ocean circulations, whirlpools, water spouts, and tornadoes. Technological applications include combustion chambers, chemical and biological reactors, and delta-wing aircraft.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Vladimir Shtern is currently a consultant at Ghent University, Belgium and of SABIC Americas Inc., Houston. He previously held a faculty position at the University of Houston and visiting faculty positions at the University of Seville, the University of Bristol and the DLR Institute of Fluid Mechanics in Germany. He has also served as a consultant for Shell US, BP-Amoco Exploration, and SABIC Americas companies. Dr Shtern is the author of Counterflows: Paradoxical Fluid Mechanics Phenomena (Cambridge, 2012) and is a regular contributor to the Journal of Fluid Dynamics and Physics of Fluids.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Creeping eddies 3. Two-fluid creeping flows 4. Formation of cells in thermal convection 5. Swirl decay mechanisms 6. Vortex breakdown in a sealed cylinder 7. Cellular whirlpool flow 8. Cellular water-spout flow 9. Cellular flows in vortex devices.