Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic stability

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Autore principale: Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan, 1910-1995
Natura: Livre papier
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: New York : Dover Publications 1981.
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Nota: Cette édition, publiée par Dover en 1981, est la reproduction intégrale de la 3ème impression (1970) de l'édition originale, parue en 1961 chez Clarendon Press
Autres localisations: Voir dans le Sudoc
Sommario:
  • I. Basic concepts
  • II. The thermal instability of a layer of fluid heated from below 1. The Bénard problem
  • III. The thermal instability of a layer of fluid heated from below 2. The effect of rotation
  • IV. The thermal instability of a layer of fluid heated from below 3. The effect of a magnetic field
  • V. The thermal instability of a layer of fluid heated from below 4. The effect of rotation and magnetic field
  • VI. The onset of thermal instability in fluid spheres and spherical shells
  • VII. The stability of couette flow
  • VIII. The stability of more general flows between coaxial cylinders
  • IX. The stability of couette flow in hydromagnetics
  • X. The stability of superposed fluids: the Rayleigh-Taylor instability
  • XI. The stability of superposed fluids: the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
  • XII. The stability of jets and cylinders
  • XIII. Gravitational equilibrium and gravitational instability
  • XIV. A general variational principle