Coherent Structures in Complex Systems: Selected Papers of the XVII Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics Held a Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, 5–9 June 2000

Shigeo Kida (auth.), David Reguera, José Miguel Rubí, Luis López Bonilla (eds.)3540417052, 9783540417057

A rich variety of real-life physical problems which are still poorly understood are of a nonlinear nature. Examples include turbulence, granular flows, detonations and flame propagation, fracture dynamics, and a wealth of new biological and chemical phenomena which are being discovered. Particularly interesting among the manifestations of nonlinearity are coherent structures. This book contains reviews and contributions reporting on the state of the art regarding the role of coherent structures and patterns in nonlinear science.

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Table of contents :
Description and Dynamics of Vortical Structures of Turbulence….Pages 3-16
Self-Sustaining Mechanisms of Wall Turbulence….Pages 17-38
The Largest Scales in Turbulent Flow: The Structures of the Wall Layer….Pages 39-57
Patterning and Transition to Turbulence in Subcritical Systems: The Case of Plane Couette Flow….Pages 58-79
Effects of the Upstream Conditions on the Mean Statistics of Turbulent Boundary Layers with Zero Pressure Gradient….Pages 80-91
Evolution of the Large-Scale Structures in the ‘Far-Field’ of Turbulent Shear Flows….Pages 92-102
Quantum Kinetic Model of Turbulence….Pages 103-113
The Transport of Small Particles by a Fluid….Pages 114-124
Nonlinear Dynamics of Wrinkled Premixed Flames and Related Statistical Problems….Pages 127-158
Experimental Studies of Laminar Flame Instabilities….Pages 159-181
Gaseous Detonations….Pages 182-189
The Vortical Structure of Flame Spreading over Liquid Fuels….Pages 190-201
Applications of Mathematical Modelling to Biological Pattern Formation….Pages 205-217
The Artistry of Bacterial Colonies and the Antibiotic Crisis….Pages 218-241
Periodicity in Age-Resolved Populations….Pages 242-251
Nonequilibrium Nanostructures in Condensed Reactive Systems….Pages 252-269
Pattern Formation in Electric Discharges….Pages 270-282
Evidence for Eigenfrequencies in Dendritic Growth Dynamics….Pages 283-297
Patterns in the Bulk and at the Interface of Liquid Crystals….Pages 298-318
Inviscid Two-Dimensional Fluid Dynamics Experiments with Magnetized Electron Columns….Pages 319-327
Interaction of Nearly-Inviscid, Multi-mode Faraday Waves and Mean Flows….Pages 328-337
Stationary and Oscillatory Flow of a Charged Liquid Around a Blade Electrode….Pages 338-348
Science in the Sandbox: Fluctuations, Friction and Instabilities….Pages 351-391
Cluster Instability in Freely Evolving Granular Gases….Pages 392-407
Granular Gases — The Early Stage….Pages 408-419
Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Gravity Induced Granular Flow in Two-Dimensional Silos….Pages 420-435
Dynamics of Fracture….Pages 436-451
Avalanches and Damage Clusters in Fracture Processes….Pages 452-459