Stability and Transition: Theory and Application

This book/CD-ROM package addresses transitions from laminar to turbulent flows and considers solutions that rely on the linear stability theory and the ways in which it can be implemented accurately by numerical procedures. Although one chapter is devoted to an approach based on the Navier-Stokes equations, the book focuses on transition of wall boundary layers. Early chapters summarize physical knowledge of the transition process, consider stability equations, and describe numerical methods for solving these equations. Later chapters describe computer programs based on the stability-theory approach, and a final chapter examines a computer program within the framework of parabolized stability equations. These programs are provided on the accompanying CD-ROM. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)