Bifurcation Analysis of Fluid Flows

Cambridge University Press

Bifurcation Analysis of Fluid FlowsAuthor(s): Henk A. Dijkstra, Fred W. Wubs\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108495813, 978-1108495813\nSynopsis\nA better understanding of the mechanisms leading a fluid system to exhibit turbulent behavior is one of the grand challenges of the physical and mathematical sciences. Over the last few decades, numerical bifurcation methods have been extended and applied to a number of flow problems to identifycriticalconditions for fluid instabilities to occur. This book provides a state-of-the-art account of these numerical methods, with much attention to modern linear systems solvers and generalized eigenvalue solvers. These methods also have a broad applicability in industrial, environmental and astrophysical flows. The book is a must-have reference foranyone working in scientific fields where fluid flow instabilities play a role. Exercises at the end of each c.