Stability and Wave Motion in Porous Media

• Main Author: Straughan, Brian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Applied Mathematical Sciences, 165
• Subjects: Materials science.; Partial differential equations.; Continuum physics.; Mechanics.; Fluid mechanics.; Materials Science.; Materials Science, general.; Partial Differential Equations.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

This book describes several tractable theories for fluid flow in porous media while the important mathematical questions about structural stability and spatial decay are addressed. Thermal convection and stability of other flows in porous media are covered and a chapter is devoted to the problem of...

Table of Contents:

• Structural Stability
• Spatial Decay
• Convection in Porous Media
• Stability of Other Porous Flows
• Fluid - Porous Interface Problems
• Elastic Materials with Voids
• Poroacoustic Waves
• Numerical Solution of Eigenvalue Problems.