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This book concerns the problem of evolution of a round oil spot surrounded by water when oil is extracted from a well inside the spot. It turns out that the boundary of the spot remains an algebraic curve of degree four in the course of evolution. This text discusses this topic and other recent work in the theory of fluid flows with a moving boundary.
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Why the Boundary of a Round Drop Becomes a Curve of Order Four
Thursday, November 5th, 2009Classical Mechanics: An introductory course
Saturday, October 17th, 2009Description:
A complete set of lecture notes for an lower-division classical mechanics course. Topics covered include one-dimensional motion, three-dimensional motion, Newton’s laws of motion, energy and momentum conservation, circular and rotational motion, statics, planetary motion, oscillations, and wave motion
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Computational Turbulent Incompressible Flow
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009In this book we address mathematical modeling of turbulent fluid flow, and its many mysteries that have haunted scientist over the centuries; such as the dAlembert mystery of drag in an inviscid flow, the Sommerfeld mystery of transition to turbulence in shear flow, and the Loschmidt mystery of violation of the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
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Cavitation and Bubble Dynamics
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Description:
This book provides a coherent and unified treatment of the fundamental physical processes involved in bubble dynamics and the phenomenon of cavitation. Of interest to a wide range of mechanical engineers, the study of cavitation and bubbly flows is applicable to topics ranging from valve damage in hydroelectric equipment, ship propellers, and internal combustion engines to the performance of turbines and pumps of all sizes. Well-written and up-to-date, the book will prove indispensable to engineers and students needing a reference detailing the problems of cavitation and bubbly flow.
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Bioinspiration and Robotics: Walking and Climbing Robots
Saturday, September 26th, 2009Description:
Nature has always been a source of inspiration and ideas for the robotics community. New solutions and technologies are required and hence this book is coming out to address and deal with the main challenges facing walking and climbing robots, and contributes with innovative solutions, designs, technologies and techniques. This book reports on the state of the art research and development findings and results. The content of the book has been structured into 5 technical research sections with total of 30 chapters written by well recognized researchers worldwide
The Wind and Beyond
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Airplane travel is surely one of the most significant technological achievements of the last century. How ideas about aerodynamics first developed and how the science and technology evolved to forge the airplane into the revolutionary machine that it became is the epic story told in this projected six-volume series. Download or read it online here:
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Basics of Space Flight
Saturday, September 19th, 2009Basics of Space Flight is a tutorial designed primarily to help operations people identify the range of concepts associated with deep space missions, and grasp the relationships among them. It also enjoys popularity with college and high-school students, as well as faculty, and people everywhere who are interested in interplanetary space flight.
Dynamic System Modeling and Control
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Description:
This book introduces the basic concepts of system modeling with differential equations. The draft version includes updates made during the fall of 2004, including many corrections and clarifications.
Control in an Information Rich World
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Description:
This report spells out some of the prospects for control in the current and future technological environment; describes the role the field will play in military, commercial, and scientific applications over the next decade; and recommends actions required to enable new breakthroughs in engineering and technology through the application of control research
Dynamics of Machines
Sunday, September 13th, 2009Description:
The purpose of this text is to provide the students with the theoretical background and engineering applications of the two dimensional mechanics of the rigid body. It is divided into three chapters: Dynamic of particles; Plane dynamics of a rigid body; Dynamic Analysis of Plane Mechanisms.