Phase Transition Dynamics

• Main Authors: Ma, Tian (Author), Wang, Shouhong (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Partial differential equations.; System theory.; Fluids.; Partial Differential Equations.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Complex Systems.

This book is an introduction to a comprehensive and unified dynamic transition theory for dissipative systems and to applications of the theory to a range of problems in the nonlinear sciences. The main objectives of this book are to introduce a general principle of dynamic transitions for dissipati...

Table of Contents:

• User’s Guide
• General Theory of Phase Transition Dynamics
• Dynamic Transition Theory.- Equilibrium Phase Transition in Statistical Physics
• Fluid Dynamics
• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics and Climate Dynamics
• Dynamical Transitions in Chemistry and Biology.- References .