Hydrodynamic Instabilities and Turbulence
Hydrodynamic Instabilities and Turbulence
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USDTurbulent mixing induced by hydrodynamic instabilities is found in many high- and low- energy-density regimes, ranging from supernovae to inertial confinement fusion to scramjet engines. While these applications have long been recognized, unprecedented advances in both computational and experimental tools have provided novel, critical insights to the field. Incorporating the most recent theoretical, computational, and experimental results, this title provides a comprehensive yet accessible description of turbulent mixing driven by Rayleigh–Taylor, Richtmyer–Meshkov, and Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities. An overview of core concepts and equations is provided, followed by detailed descriptions of complex and turbulent flows. The influences of stabilizing mechanisms, rotations, magnetic fields, and time-dependent accelerations on the evolution of hydrodynamic instabilities are explained. This book is ideal for advanced undergraduates as well as graduates beginning research in this exciting field, while also functioning as an authoritative reference volume for researchers in the wide range of disciplines for which it has applications.
- An accessible guide to an area that has applications in a wide range of fields including physics, astrophysics, engineering, mathematics, meteorology, and oceanography
- Offers insights into cutting edge research and applications, filling the critical gap in this field that has emerged since the last comprehensive title on the subject was published more than sixty years ago
- Examples are provided throughout to illustrate the pivotal role these instabilities play in such diverse contexts as inertial confinement fusion, reacting and explosive flows, solar prominences, ionospheric flows, and supernovae
- An additional list of uncited references is available as a resource on the publisher's website
Product details
December 2024Hardback
9781108489645
612 pages
263 × 214 × 36 mm
1.506kg
16 colour illus.
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Fundamentals:
- 1. A first glimpse of RT, RM & KH instabilities
- 2. The linear stage for a single mode
- 3. The nonlinear stage for a single mode
- 4. Multimode instabilities: linear and nonlinear regimes
- 5. Global features from the lens of integrated mixing measurements
- 6. Internal dynamics from the lens of statistical mixing measurements
- 7. Elementary aspects of turbulent flows
- 8. Transition to turbulence
- Part II. Hydrodynamics of Complex Flows:
- 9. Influence of initial conditions
- 10. Flow properties
- 11. Rotation and time-dependent acceleration
- 12. Direction, strength, and shape of incident shock waves
- 13. Reshock and multi-shocks
- 14. Combined instabilities
- 15. Geometrical configurations
- 16. Convergent/divergent geometry
- 17. Magnetohydrodynamic fluid instabilities
- Part III. From the Microscopic to Cosmic Scales:
- 18. High energy density physics
- 19. Inertial confinement fusion implosion
- 20. Laboratory applications
- 21. Astrophysical and space applications
- 22. Mix models
- 23. Numerical simulations of mixing
- 24. Does 2D turbulence resemble 3D turbulence?
- References
- Index.
