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

  • Recent advances in various areas of fundamental and applied fluid mechanics are collected in papers written in a clear and concise manner and avoiding cumbersome mathematical calculation
  • Most technical papers correspond to pioneering experimental and theoretical research in physics, fluid engineering and astrophysics with fundamental and technological implications
  • The book is suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students as well as for scientists and engineers teaching and pursuing research in the field of fluid mechanics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)

Part of the book sub series: Environmental Engineering (ENVENG)

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Invited Lectures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Environmental Fluid Mechanics: Applications to Weather Forecast and Climate Change

      • Leonardo Di. G. Sigalotti, Eloy Sira, Jaime Klapp, Leonardo Trujillo
      Pages 3-36
    3. Numerical Simulation of Sliding Drops on an Inclined Solid Surface

      • Marco Maglio, Dominique Legendre
      Pages 47-69
    4. Fluids in Cosmology

      • Jorge L. Cervantes-Cota, Jaime Klapp
      Pages 71-105
    5. The Impact of Computational Fluid Mechanics on Cancer Research

      • Dimas C. Belisario, Leonardo Di. G. Sigalotti
      Pages 121-139
    6. Growth of Bubbles in Reservoirs and its Consequences on the Foam Formation

      • Abel López-Villa, Abraham Medina
      Pages 141-164
    7. Theoretical Physics of Granular Fluids and Solids

      • Leonardo Trujillo, Leonardo Di. G. Sigalotti
      Pages 165-191
    8. Shock Structure and Acoustic Waves in a Supersonic Jet

      • Catalina Stern Forgach, José Manuel Alvarado Reyes
      Pages 193-210
    9. Complex Fluids, Soft Matter and the Jamming Transition Problem

      • Alberto A. Díaz, Leonardo Trujillo
      Pages 211-233
    10. A Multiphase Approach to Model Blood Flow in Micro-tubes

      • T. M. Mubita, L. R. Rojas-Solórzano, J. B. Moreno
      Pages 235-247
    11. Perspective: The Breakup of Liquid Jets and the Formation of Droplets

      • José R. Castrejón-Pita, Ian M. Hutchings
      Pages 249-257
    12. Stellar Mass Accretion Rates from Fragmentation of a Rotating Core

      • Jaime Klapp, Leonardo Di G. Sigalotti, Miguel Zavala
      Pages 271-288
    13. Biocompatible Treatment of Extra Heavy Oil Produced in Venezuela

      • Ledys Y. Sánchez, Efrén D. J. Andrades, Erick A. Pacheco, Hilda C. Grassi, Carlos R. Vera-Lagos, Victor J. Andrades-Grassi
      Pages 289-296
    14. Dynamical Behaviour of As(V) and Se(IV) Adsorption in Biofilters: Analysis of Dimensions, Flux and Removal Percentage

      • Jaime Klapp, Carlos E. Alvarado-Rodríguez, Elizabeth Teresita Romero-Guzmán
      Pages 297-303
  3. Drops, Particles and Waves

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305
    2. The Geometry of Drop-Formed Vortex Rings

      • Franklin Peña-Polo, Armando Blanco, Leonardo Di G. Sigalotti
      Pages 307-314

About this book

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, consisting of full-length technical papers on both computational and experimental fluid mechanics covering a wide range of topics from drops to multiphase and granular flows to astrophysical flows, - Part II Drops, Particles and Waves - Part III Multiphase and Multicomponent Flows - Part IV Atmospheric and Granular Flows - and Part V Turbulent and Astrophysical Flows. The book is intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students as well as for physicists, chemists and engineers teaching and working in the field of fluid mechanics and its applications. The contributions are the result of recent advances in theoretical and experimental research in fluid mechanics, encompassing both fundamentals as well as applications to fluid engineering design, including pipelines, turbines, flow separators, hydraulic systems and biological fluid elements, and to granular, environmental and astrophysical flows.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centro de Física, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, San Antonio de Los Altos, Venezuela

    Leonardo Di G. Sigalotti, Eloy Sira

  • Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares and Cinvestav-Abacus, La Marquesa, Mexico

    Jaime Klapp

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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