Dynamics of Spatio-Temporal Cellular Structures Henri Bénard Centenary Review /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mutabazi, Innocent (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wesfreid, José Eduardo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Guyon, Etienne (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Σειρά: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 207
• Θέματα: Physics.; Continuum physics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Classical Continuum Physics.

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 a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.