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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sigalotti, Leonardo Di G. (Editor), Klapp, Jaime (Editor), Sira, Eloy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Environmental sciences.; Geophysics.; Fluid mechanics.; Earth Sciences.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

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,...

Table of Contents:

• 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.