Tubes, sheets, and singularities in fluid dynamics: proceedings of the NATO ARW, 2-7 September 2001, Zakopane, Poland

401 Pages·2003·12.64 MB·English

by  K. Bajer

Tubes, Sheets and Singularities in Fluid Dynamics
FLUID MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Volume 71
Series Editor: R. MOREAU
MADYLAM
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The purpose of this series is to focus on subjects in which fluid mechanics plays a funda-
mental role.
As well as the more traditional applications of aeronautics, hydraulics, heat and mass
transfer etc., books will be publisheddealing with topics which are currently in a state of
rapid development, such as turbulence, suspensions and multiphase fluids, super and hy-
personic flows and numerical modelling techniques.
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have the ability to transport matter and its properties as well as transmit force, therefore
fluid mechanics is a subject that is particulary open to cross fertilisation with other scien-
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in domains such as chemical, metallurgical, biological and ecological engineering. This
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The median level of presentation is the first year graduate student. Some texts are mono-
graphs defining the current state of a field; others are accessible to final year undergradu-
ates; but essentially the emphasis is on readability and clarity.
For a list of related mechanics titles, see final pages.
Tubes, Sheets and Singularities
in Fluid Dynamics
Proceedings of the NATO ARW
held in Zakopane, Poland, 2–7 September 2001,
Sponsored as an IUTAM Symposium by the International
Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Edited by
K. BAJER
Warsaw University,
Institute of Geophysics, Warsaw, Poland
and
H.K. MOFFATT
University of Cambridge,
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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International Scientific Committee
K. BAJER (co-chairman) Warsaw
M. FARGE Paris
J. JIMENEZ Madrid
S. KIDA Nagoya
R. KRASNY Ann Arbor
H.K. MOFFATT (co-chairman) Cambridge
A. NORDLUND Copenhagen
A.E. PERRY Melbourne
D. PULLIN Pasadena
Local Organising Committee
K. BAJER (chairman)
M. BRANICKI
S. DROBNIAK
A. MROWIEC
M. NUREK-MALINOWSKA
A. PALCZEWSKI
A. STYCZEK
Sponsors
NATO
International Union of Theoretical and
Applied Mechanics (IUTAM)
Office of Naval Research
International Field Office (ONRIFO)
Warsaw University
Institute of Geophysics (IGF UW)

PROFESSOR ANTHONY E. PERRY - 19.2.1937 TO 3.1.2001
Tony Perry published extensively in the field of fluid mechanics and
aerodynamics in both experimental and theoretical areas. He pioneered
many aspects of turbulence studies, three-dimensional flow separation,
flow pattern topology, and vortex shedding processes. Tony was also in-
ternationally renowned for his work in the study of turbulent boundary
layers using hot-wire anemometry. Throughout his career as a member
of the academic staff at the University of Melbourne, he spent extended
periods at places such as Caltech, Stanford, Princeton, NASA Ames,
Harvard, DFVLR Gottingen, and Cambridge. In 1992 he was a Sherman
Fairchild Distinguished Scholar at GALCIT Caltech, Pasadena. In 1996
he held the Clark B. Millikan Chair of Aeronautics for distinguished vis-
itors at Caltech, and in 1999 a Rothschild Visiting Professorship at the
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge Uni-
versity. In 1985 Anthony Perry was elected Fellow of the Australian
Academy of Sciences and in 1998 he was elected Fellow of the American
Physical Society.
Tony was a great engineer and scientist but he will mostly be re-
membered for his lectures at many international conferences around the
world. In his flamboyant style he would entertain his audience with his
simple explanations of the topology of complex three-dimensional flow
patterns. He was an inspiration to all the graduate students at the Uni-
versity of Melbourne. When there were signs that he would not be able
to make it to Zakopane he told Keith Higgins, who had just started his
PhD with me, that he had to select a topic which would be not only of
scientific interest but also “entertaining”. IUTAM was kind enough to
invite us to Zakopane and to invite Keith Higgins to “entertain in the
style of Tony Perry”.
Associate Professor M.S. Chong
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Melbourne.