Vortex Methods - Proceedings of the U.C.L.A. Workshop, held in Los Angeles, May 20-22, 1987

Long time existence and singularity formation for vortex sheets.- Computation of vortex sheet roll-up.- Vortex ring interaction by the vortex method.- Vortex stretching and the small-scale structure of turbulence.- Instability, vortex shedding, and numerical convergence.- On the validity of vortex methods for non smooth flows.- Computation of oscillatory solutions to hyperbolic differential equations using particle methods.- On measuring the accuracy of the vortex method: Using a random method to model stable and untable flow.- Very large vortex calculations in two dimensions.- The rapid evaluation of potential fields in three dimensions.

List of contents

Long time existence and singularity formation for vortex sheets.- Computation of vortex sheet roll-up.- Vortex ring interaction by the vortex method.- Vortex stretching and the small-scale structure of turbulence.- Instability, vortex shedding, and numerical convergence.- On the validity of vortex methods for non smooth flows.- Computation of oscillatory solutions to hyperbolic differential equations using particle methods.- On measuring the accuracy of the vortex method: Using a random method to model stable and untable flow.- Very large vortex calculations in two dimensions.- The rapid evaluation of potential fields in three dimensions.

Product details

• Assisted by: Christopher R. Anderson (Editor), Claude Greengard (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.2009
• EAN: 9783540505266
• ISBN: 978-3-540-50526-6
• No. of pages: 148
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 237 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 268 g
• Illustrations: CLVI, 148 p.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics; Lecture Notes in Mathematics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Analysis