Nonlinear Evolution of Spatio-Temporal Structures in Dissipative Continuous Systems: 225 (NATO Science Series B) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306436035 ISBN 13: 9780306436031

Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1990

Synopsis

This volume contains papers contributed to the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Nonlinear Evolution of Spatio-Temporal Structures in Dissipative Continuous Systems" held in Streitberg, Fed. Rep. Germany, Sept. 24 through 30, 1989. The purpose of the rather long title has been to focus attention on a particularly fruitful direction of research within the broad field covered by terms like Nonlinear Dynamics or Non-Equilibrium Systems. After physicists have been occupied for several decades mainly with the microscopic structure of matter, recent years have witnessed a resurgence of interest in macroscopic patterns and dynamics. Research on these latter phenomena has not been dormant, of course, since fluid dynamicists interested in the origin of turbulence, meteorologists studying weather patterns and numerous other scientists have continued to advance the understanding of the structures relevant to their disciplines. The recent progress in the dynamics of nonl inear systems wi th few degrees of freedom and the discovery of universal laws such as the Feigenbaum scaling of period-doubling cascades has given rise to new hopes for the understanding of common principles underlying the spontaneous formation of structures in extended continuous systems.

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Scientists from diverse fields ranging from chemical engineering to astrophysics contribute to these proceedings on the mechanisms of structure formation and the mathematical tools for their description in various continuous media. Topics include nonlinear dynamics in simple fluids and binary fluid convection, theoretical descriptions of localized

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306436035
• ISBN 13: 9780306436031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 569
• Editor: Busse F.H., Kramer L.