Vorticity and Vortex Dynamics Author: Jie-Zhi Wu Hui-yang Ma M.-D. Zhou | Language: English | ISBN:
3540290273 | Format: EPUB
Vorticity and Vortex Dynamics Description
This book is a comprehensive and intensive monograph for scientists, engineers and applied mathematicians, as well as graduate students in fluid dynamics. It starts with a brief review of fundamentals of fluid dynamics, with an innovative emphasis on the intrinsic orthogonal decomposition of fluid dynamics process. This is followed by vortex dynamics dealing with the motion, interaction, stability, and breakdown of various vortices. Typical vortex structures are analyzed in laminar, translational, and turbulent flows, including stratified and rotational fluids. In another chapter vortical flow management is presented, such as diagnostics and control. Physical understanding of vortical flow phenomena and mechanisms is the first priority throughout the book. To make the book self-contained, some mathematical background is briefly presented in the main text, but major prerequisites are systematically given in appendices.
- Hardcover: 776 pages
- Publisher: Springer; 2006 edition (April 4, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 3540290273
- ISBN-13: 978-3540290278
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
The book gathers many previously scattered result and is written at an level and with the choice of subjects that suit me very well (I do research in astrophysics).
Flow decomposition methods are presented nicely and succinctly. The range of topics is commendable. References are given in appropriate quantity. I would definitely rate the book as 4 or maybe even 5 stars, if not for the editorial aspect.
The reading is substantially less fun than it should be, because of sloppy editorial work Springer has (or maybe hasn't at all?) done on this text.
The text is marred by grammatical and stylistic language problems, sometimes more than one per page. Take p.42 (but that's just a random example): A sentence "The formulas not only show (..) but also, via (2.103), tells how fast the influnce of (..) increases." is followed almost immediately by this beautiful statement, which am I still trying to decipher: "It does not care any boundary condition for \nabla phi and \nabla \cross psi." I almost feel that learning some Chinese might be helpful..
I hope that Springer corrects itself in a second edition of this useful book.
By Pawel Artymowicz
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