Foreword |
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Preface |
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Video resources |
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1.1 Phase space, phase portrait |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2 Stability of a fixed point |
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2 | (4) |
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6 | (6) |
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1.4 Examples from hydrodynamics |
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12 | (18) |
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1.5 Non-normality of the linearized operator |
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30 | (6) |
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36 | (7) |
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2 Instabilities of fluids at rest |
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43 | (1) |
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2.2 The Jeans gravitational instability |
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44 | (9) |
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2.3 The Rayleigh-Taylor interface instability |
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53 | (11) |
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2.4 The Rayleigh-Plateau capillary instability |
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64 | (4) |
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2.5 The Rayleigh-Benard thermal instability |
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68 | (8) |
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2.6 The Benard-Marangoni thermocapillary instability |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (8) |
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3 Stability of open flows: basic ideas |
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88 | (16) |
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88 | (8) |
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3.2 A criterion for linear stability |
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96 | (2) |
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3.3 Convective and absolute instabilities |
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98 | (4) |
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102 | (2) |
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4 Inviscid instability of parallel flows |
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104 | (35) |
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104 | (3) |
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107 | (9) |
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4.3 Instability of a mixing layer |
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116 | (10) |
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4.4 The Couette-Taylor centrifugal instability |
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126 | (8) |
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134 | (5) |
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5 Viscous instability of parallel flows |
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139 | (32) |
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139 | (6) |
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145 | (9) |
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5.3 Plane Poiseuille flow |
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154 | (8) |
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5.4 Poiseuille flow in a pipe |
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162 | (1) |
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5.5 Boundary layer on a flat surface |
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162 | (7) |
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169 | (2) |
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6 Instabilities at low Reynolds number |
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171 | (30) |
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171 | (3) |
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6.2 Films falling down an inclined plane |
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174 | (19) |
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193 | (6) |
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199 | (2) |
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7 Avalanches, ripples, and dunes |
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201 | (45) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (6) |
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7.3 Sediment transport by a flow |
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208 | (10) |
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7.4 Ripples and dunes: a preliminary dimensional analysis |
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218 | (2) |
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7.5 Subaqueous ripples under a continuous flow |
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220 | (10) |
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7.6 Subaqueous ripples in oscillating flow |
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230 | (8) |
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238 | (6) |
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244 | (2) |
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8 Nonlinear dynamics of systems with few degrees of freedom |
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246 | (28) |
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246 | (3) |
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8.2 Nonlinear oscillators |
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249 | (11) |
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8.3 Systems with few degrees of freedom |
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260 | (4) |
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8.4 Illustration: instability of a sheared interface |
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264 | (4) |
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268 | (6) |
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9 Nonlinear dispersive waves |
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274 | (25) |
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274 | (1) |
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9.2 Instability of gravity waves |
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275 | (4) |
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9.3 Instability due to resonant interactions |
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279 | (8) |
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9.4 Instability to modulations |
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287 | (7) |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (4) |
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10 Nonlinear dynamics of dissipative systems |
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299 | (27) |
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299 | (1) |
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10.2 Weakly nonlinear dynamics |
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300 | (5) |
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10.3 Saturation of the primary instability |
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305 | (1) |
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10.4 The Eckhaus secondary instability |
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305 | (6) |
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10.5 Instability of a traveling wave |
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311 | (6) |
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10.6 Coupling to a field at large scales |
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317 | (6) |
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323 | (3) |
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11 Dynamical systems and bifurcations |
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326 | (43) |
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326 | (1) |
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11.2 Phase space and attractors |
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327 | (7) |
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334 | (4) |
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11.4 Invariant manifolds and normal forms |
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338 | (7) |
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11.5 Structural stability and genericity |
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345 | (6) |
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351 | (14) |
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365 | (4) |
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Appendix A The Saint-Venant equations |
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369 | (6) |
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A.1 Outflow from a slice of fluid |
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369 | (1) |
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370 | (1) |
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A.3 Momentum conservation |
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371 | (1) |
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A.4 Modeling the wall friction |
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372 | (1) |
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A.5 Consistent depth-averaged equations |
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373 | (2) |
References |
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375 | (12) |
Index |
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