Dynamics of Spatio-Temporal Cellular Structures
Henri Bénard Centenary Review
Published on 15. December 2005
Book
Hardback
X, 249 pages
978-0-387-40098-3 (ISBN)
Description
The impact of Benard's discovery on 20th century physics is crucial to any modern research area such as fluid dynamics, nonlinear dynamics, and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, just to name a few. This centenary review shows the broad scope and development including modern applications, edited and written by experts in the field.
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Edition
and and ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
X, 249 p.
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
495 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-387-40098-3 (9780387400983)
DOI
10.1007/b106790
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Innocent Mutabazi | Jose Eduardo Wesfreid | Etienne Guyon
Dynamics of Spatio-Temporal Cellular Structures
Henri Bénard Centenary Review
Book
12/2014
Springer
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Content
The Context of Bénard Scientific Work and Nonlinear Science.- Scientific Biography of Henri Bénard (1874-1939).- Bénard Cellular Structures.- Rayleigh-Bénard Convection: Thirty Years of Experimental, Theoretical, and Modeling Work.- Experiments with Rayleigh-Bénard Convection.- Rayleigh-Bénard Convection as a Model of a Nonlinear System: A Personal View.- Bénard Convection and Geophysical Applications.- Bénard-Marangoni Cellular Structures.- Bénard Layers, Overstability, and Waves.- Hydrothermal Waves in a Disk of Fluid.- Secondary Instabilities in Surface-Tension-Driven Bénard-Marangoni Convection.- Bénard and Wakes.- Wake Instabilities Behind Bluff Bodies.- Spatial Inhomogeneities of Hydrodynamic Instabilities.- Extension of Bénard's Work.- Patterns and Chaotic Dynamics in Faraday Surface Waves.- The Taylor-Couette Flow: The Hydrodynamic Twin of Rayleigh-Bénard Convection.