Coherent Vortex Structures in Fluids and Plasmas

• Main Authors: Tur, Anatoli (Author), Yanovsky, Vladimir (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Series in Synergetics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory.

This monograph introduces readers to the hydrodynamics of vortex formation, and reviews the last decade of active research in the field, offering a unique focus on research topics at the crossroads of traditional fluids and plasmas. Vortices are responsible for the process of macroscopic transport o...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Dynamics of point vortex singularities
• Influence of potential waves on point vortices motion
• Non trivial stationary vortex configurations
• Generation of large scale vortices
• Vortices in plasma hydrodynamics
• References
• Index.