Computational and Experimental Fluid Mechanics with Applications to Physics, Engineering and the Environment

Gathering papers from the 2012 Workshop of the Venezuelan Society of Fluid Mechanics, this book presents results in theoretical and experimental fluid mechanics, and applications in turbines, hydraulic systems, granular, environmental and astrophysical flows.

The book presents a collection of selected papers from the I Workshop of the Venezuelan Society of Fluid Mechanics held on Margarita Island, Venezuela from November 4 to 9, 2012. Written by experts in their respective fields, the contributions are organized into five parts: - Part I Invited Lectures, consisting of full-length technical papers on both computational and experimental fluid mechanics covering a wide range of topics from drops to multiphase and granular flows to astrophysical flows, - Part II Drops, Particles and Waves - Part III Multiphase and Multicomponent Flows - Part IV Atmospheric and Granular Flows - and Part V Turbulent and Astrophysical Flows. The book is intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students as well as for physicists, chemists and engineers teaching and working in the field of fluid mechanics and its applications. The contributions are the result of recent advances in theoretical and experimental research in fluid mechanics, encompassing both fundamentals as well as applications to fluid engineering design, including pipelines, turbines, flow separators, hydraulic systems and biological fluid elements, and to granular, environmental and astrophysical flows.

Recent advances in various areas of fundamental and applied fluid mechanics are collected in papers written in a clear and concise manner and avoiding cumbersome mathematical calculation Most technical papers correspond to pioneering experimental and theoretical research in physics, fluid engineering and astrophysics with fundamental and technological implications The book is suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students as well as for scientists and engineers teaching and pursuing research in the field of fluid mechanics Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

Environmental Fluid Mechanics: Applications to Weather Forecast and Climate Change.- Turbulent Diffusion of Heat at High Rayleigh Numbers.- Numerical Simulation of Sliding Drops on an Inclined Solid Surface.- Fluids in Cosmology.- Fluid Mechanics and Systems Biology for Understanding the Cosmic Distribution of Life: A Review.- The Impact of Computational Fluid Mechanics on Cancer Research.- Growth of Bubbles in Reservoirs and its Consequences on the Foam Formation.- Theoretical Physics of Granular Fluids and Solids.