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In October 1918, Jan Burgers, 23 years old, started as professor of ‘aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, and their applications’ at the Technical University in Delft. This can be regarded as the birth of fluid mechanics in the Netherlands, not only as an academic discipline but also as the start of the serious study of flow phenomena in engineering environments. During the period of Burgers’ tenure in Delft (till 1955) three Dutch institutes were founded which to this day remain important centres of re...

Designed for higher level courses in viscous fluid flow, this text presents a comprehensive treatment of the subject. This revision retains the approach and organization for which the first edition has been highly regarded, while bringing the material completely up-to-date. It contains new information on the latest technological advances and includes many more applications, thoroughly updated problems and exercises.

Concern about vibration is a major subject today since it has a major effect on the performance of hydraulic machinery. In the last ten years, the progress on theory, modeling and mathematical analysis, as well as monitoring of hydraulic machinery vibration has been tremendous. With hydraulic turbine capacities getting increasingly larger and pump speeds ever higher, there have been many research achievements in these areas published in symposiums, journals and books. "Vibration and Oscillation...

This text for the first course in fluid mechanics maintains the rigour and level of earlier editions. The third edition concentrates primarily on improving the pedagogical aspects of the book. This edition was developed while the author taught a junior fluids course enrolling a large number of students of somewhat diverse backgrounds, making for an effective opportunity for improving the book, particularly from a pedagogical standpoint.

One of the most challenging topics in applied mathematics over the past decades has been the developent of the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations. Many of the problems in mechanics, geometry, probability, etc lead to such equations when formulated in mathematical terms. However, despite a long history of contributions, there exists no central core theory, and the most important advances have come from the study of particular equations and classes of equations arising in specific...

This volume presents the results of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis that can be used for conceptual studies of product design, detail product development, process troubleshooting. It demonstrates the benefit of CFD modeling as a cost saving, timely, safe and easy to scale-up methodology.

Based on the author's research and practical projects, he presents a broad view of the needs and problems of the shipping industry in this area. The book covers several models and control types, developing an integrated nonlinear state-space model of the marine propulsion system.

Das Buch bietet eine Einführung in die Schnee-, Eis- und Lawinenmechanik. Die physikalischen Grundlagen zum Verständnis des mechanischen Verhaltens von Schnee und Eis sowie ein- und mehrdimensionale Modelle zur Beschreibung ihres Verhaltens werden dargestellt. Anhand dieser Modelle lassen sich typische Aufgaben der alpinen Bautechnik bearbeiten. Ziel ist es, ein Verständnis der mechanischen Modellierung zu vermitteln, das Anwender vor der Black-Box-Anwendung aktueller Simulationssoftware bewahrt...

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. The individual papers explore recent advances in experimental and theoretical fluid dynamics and are suitable for use in both teaching and research. The fluid dynamics applications covered include multiphase flows, convection, diffusion, heat transfer, rheology, granular materials, viscous flows, porous media flows, geophysics and astrop...

This volume is a research expository article on the applied mathematics of turbulent dynamical systems through the paradigm of modern applied mathematics. It involves the blending of rigorous mathematical theory, qualitative and quantitative modeling, and novel numerical procedures driven by the goal of understanding physical phenomena which are of central importance to the field. The contents cover general framework, concrete examples, and instructive qualitative models. Accessible open problem...

This book describes several tractable theories for fluid flow in porous media. The important mathematical quations about structural stability and spatial decay are address. Thermal convection and stability of other flows in porous media are covered. A chapter is devoted to the problem of stability of flow in a fluid overlying a porous layer. Nonlinear wave motion in porous media is analysed. In particular, waves in an elastic body with voids are investigated while acoustic waves in porous media...

"Molecular Gels: Materials with Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks" is a comprehensive treatise on gelators, especially low molecular-mass gelators and the properties of their gels. The structures and modes of formation of the self-assembled fibrillar networks (SAFINs) that immobilize the liquid components of the gels are discussed experimentally and theoretically. The spectroscopic, rheological, and structural features of the different classes of low molecular-mass gelators are also presented. M...

This book explores the ways in which melt flow behaviour can be exploited by the plastics engineer and technician for increased efficiency of processing operation, control of end product properties and selection and development of polymers for specific purposes. (reissued with minor corrections 1994)

Das erfolgreiche, didaktisch ausgereifte Lehrbuch lasst die uber zwanzigjahrige Erfahrung des Autors in der Lehre erkennen. Es zeichnet sich durch eine pragnant kurze, mathematisch verstandliche und anwendbare Einfuhrung in die Grundlagen aus. In der 6. Auflage wurden erneut fachliche Erganzungen vorgenommen, so in der Gasdynamik die Behandlung des Verdichtungsstosses, bei den verlustbehafteten Stroemungen. Es wurde der allgemeine Energiesatz aufgenommen. Auch diese Auflage enthalt wieder UEbung...

This book presents the science of tensors in a didactic way. The various types and ranks of tensors and the physical basis is presented. Cartesian Tensors are needed for the description of directional phenomena in many branches of physics and for the characterization the anisotropy of material properties. The first sections of the book provide an introduction to the vector and tensor algebra and analysis, with applications to physics, at undergraduate level. Second rank tensors, in particular th...

"Advances in Soft Matter Mechanics" is a compilation and selection of recent works in soft matter mechanics by a group of active researchers in the field. The main objectives of this book are first to disseminate the latest developments in soft matter mechanics in the field of applied and computational mechanics, and second to introduce soft matter mechanics as a sub-discipline of soft matter physics. As an important branch of soft matter physics, soft matter mechanics has developed rapidly in r...