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Dynamics of Spatio-Temporal Cellular Structures

Henri Bénard Centenary Review

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Innocent Mutabazi

    1. Laboratoire de Mécanique, Physique et Géosciences, Université du Havre, Le Havre Cedex, France

  2. José Eduardo Wesfreid

    1. Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de Paris, Paris Cedex 05, France

  3. Etienne Guyon

    1. Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de Paris, Paris Cedex 05, France

  • Unique centenary review on Benard's theory
  • Edited as a monograph
  • Must have for any science library
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (STMP, volume 207)

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The impact of Benard's discovery on 20th century physics is crucial to any modern research area such as fluid dynamics, nonlinear dynamics, and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, just to name a few. This centenary review shows the broad scope and development including modern applications, edited and written by experts in the field.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Context of Bénard Scientific Work and Nonlinear Science

      • Innocent Mutabazi, José Eduardo Wesfreid, Etienne Guyon
      Pages 3-8

    3. Scientific Biography of Henri Bénard (1874–1939)

      • José Eduardo Wesfreid
      Pages 9-37

  4. Bénard-Marangoni Cellular Structures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Bénard Layers, Overstability, and Waves

      • Manuel G. Velarde
      Pages 129-145

    3. Hydrothermal Waves in a Disk of Fluid

      • Nicolas Garnier, Arnaud Chiffaudel, François Daviaud
      Pages 147-161

    4. Secondary Instabilities in Surface-Tension-Driven Bénard-Marangoni Convection

      • Kerstin Eckert, André Thess
      Pages 163-176

  5. Bénard and Wakes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Wake Instabilities Behind Bluff Bodies

      • Michel Provansal
      Pages 179-202

    3. Spatial Inhomogeneities of Hydrodynamic Instabilities

      • Sophie Goujon-Durand, José Eduardo Wesfreid
      Pages 203-210

  6. Extension of Bénard’s Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. Patterns and Chaotic Dynamics in Faraday Surface Waves

      • Jerry P. Gollub
      Pages 213-224

    3. The Taylor-Couette Flow: The Hydrodynamic Twin of Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

      • Arnaud Prigent, Bérengère Dubrulle, Olivier Dauchot, Innocent Mutabazi
      Pages 225-242

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 243-249
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratoire de Mécanique, Physique et Géosciences, Université du Havre, Le Havre Cedex, France

    Innocent Mutabazi

  • Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de Paris, Paris Cedex 05, France

    José Eduardo Wesfreid, Etienne Guyon

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