You are here

Back to top

Dissipative Structures and Weak Turbulence (Perspectives in Physics) (Hardcover)

Dissipative Structures and Weak Turbulence (Perspectives in Physics) Cover Image
By Paul Manneville (Volume Editor)
Email or call for price

Description


Dissipative Structure and Weak Turbulence provides an understanding of the emergence and evolution of structures in macroscopic systems. This book discusses the emergence of dissipative structures. Organized into 10 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the stability of a fluid layer with potentially unstable density stratification in the field of gravity. This text then explains the theoretical description of the dynamics of a given system at a formal level. Other chapters consider several examples of how such simplified models can be derived, complicating the picture progressively to account for other phenomena. This book discusses as well the theory and experiments on plain Rayleigh-B nard convection by setting first the theoretical frame and deriving the analytical solution of the marginal stability problem. The final chapter deals with building a bridge between chaos as studied in weakly confined systems and more advanced turbulence in the most conventional sense. This book is a valuable resource for physicists.

Product Details
ISBN: 9780124692602
ISBN-10: 0124692605
Publisher: Academic Press
Publication Date: May 28th, 1990
Pages: 448
Language: English
Series: Perspectives in Physics