Studies of Vortex Dominated Flows: Proceedings of the Symposium on Vortex Dominated Flows Held July 9-11, 1985, at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampt

by M. Yousuff Hussaini

From the astrophysical scale of a swirling spiral galaxy, through the geophysical scale of a hurricane, down to the subatomic scale of elementary particles, vortical motion and vortex dynamics have played a profound role in our understanding of the physical world. Kuchemann referred to vortex dynamics as "the sinews and muscles of fluid motion. " In order to update our understanding of vortex dominated flows, NASA Langley Research Center and the Institute...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387964304
• ISBN13: 9780387964300
• Release Date: December 1986
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"