Modeling in Fluid Mechanics: Instabilities and Turbulence

1. Mathematical background 

Dynamical systems
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Asymptotic behavior and stability 
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Bifurcations
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Attractors
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Fractals
page 1
Tensor analysis
page 1

Navier-Stokes equations
 
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2. Models for Hydrodynamic Instabilities

Stability concepts
page 1
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
page 1 page 2
Rayleigh-Taylor instability
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Richtmyer-Meshkov instability
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Comparison
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3. Models of Turbulence

Symmetries and conservation laws
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Anomalous scaling exponents
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Strange attractors and turbulence
page 1 page 2
Global attractor for Navier-Stokes equation
page 1 page 2
Hierarchical shell models
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4. Viscous hypersonic flow

Governing equations
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Flow regimes
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Shock wave structure
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Viscous shock layer
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Inviscid shock layer
page 1
Injection gas layer
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Viscous boundary and mixing gas layers
page 1
Viscous boundary layer with strong suction
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Non-uniform flow at inviscid shock layer
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Created by I. Gaissinski and V. Rovenski, September 2017 ©