Coherent structures in complex systems : selected papers of the XVII Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanic | Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics (17th : 2000 : Sitges, Barcelona, Spain), Reguera, D. (David), 1975-, Bonilla, L. L. (Luis López), 1956-, Rubí, J. M. (José-Miguel)

Coherent Structures in Complex Systems: Selected Papers of the XVII Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics Held a Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, 5–9 June 2000
Author: David Reguera, José Miguel Rubí, Luis López Bonilla
Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ISBN: 978-3-540-41705-7
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44698-2

Table of Contents:

• Description and Dynamics of Vortical Structures of Turbulence
• Self-Sustaining Mechanisms of Wall Turbulence
• The Largest Scales in Turbulent Flow: The Structures of the Wall Layer
• Patterning and Transition to Turbulence in Subcritical Systems: The Case of Plane Couette Flow
• Effects of the Upstream Conditions on the Mean Statistics of Turbulent Boundary Layers with Zero Pressure Gradient
• Evolution of the Large-Scale Structures in the ‘Far-Field’ of Turbulent Shear Flows
• Quantum Kinetic Model of Turbulence
• The Transport of Small Particles by a Fluid
• Nonlinear Dynamics of Wrinkled Premixed Flames and Related Statistical Problems
• Experimental Studies of Laminar Flame Instabilities
• Gaseous Detonations
• The Vortical Structure of Flame Spreading over Liquid Fuels
• Applications of Mathematical Modelling to Biological Pattern Formation
• The Artistry of Bacterial Colonies and the Antibiotic Crisis
• Periodicity in Age-Resolved Populations
• Nonequilibrium Nanostructures in Condensed Reactive Systems
• Pattern Formation in Electric Discharges
• Evidence for Eigenfrequencies in Dendritic Growth Dynamics
• Patterns in the Bulk and at the Interface of Liquid Crystals
• Inviscid Two-Dimensional Fluid Dynamics Experiments with Magnetized Electron Columns

Includes bibliographical references and index