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- Provides a concise introduction to the complex topics of vortex flows
- Offers problems are at the end of each chapter and Appendix, some for helping understanding the basic theories, and some involving specific applications
- Requires only low prerequisite background knowledge in mathematics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is a comprehensive and intensive book for graduate students in fluid dynamics as well as scientists, engineers and applied mathematicians. Offering a systematic introduction to the physical theory of vortical flows at graduate level, it considers the theory of vortical flows as a branch of fluid dynamics focusing on shearing process in fluid motion, measured by vorticity.
It studies vortical flows according to their natural evolution stages,from being generated to dissipated. As preparation, the first three chapters of the book provide background knowledge for entering vortical flows.
The rest of the book deals with vortices and vortical flows, following their natural evolution stages. Of various vortices the primary form is layer-like vortices or shear layers, and secondary but stronger form is axial vortices mainly formed by the rolling up of shear layers.
 Problems are given at the end of each chapter and Appendix, some for helping understanding the basic theories, and some involving specific applications; but the emphasis of both is always on physical thinking.
Authors and Affiliations
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State Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
Jie-Zhi Wu
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Department of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Hui-Yang Ma
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Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona Dept. Aerospace &, Tucson, USA
Ming-De Zhou
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Vortical Flows
Authors: Jie-Zhi Wu, Hui-Yang Ma, Ming-De Zhou
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47061-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-47060-2Published: 07 July 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51849-6Published: 18 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-47061-9Published: 23 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 446
Number of Illustrations: 202 b/w illustrations
Topics: Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Computational Intelligence