Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Fluid Dynamics

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Flapping Plate(s)....Pages 3-14
Sky Dancer: A Complex Fluid-Structure Interaction....Pages 15-24
Structure and Translational Diffusion in Liquid Crystalline Phases of a Gay-Berne Mesogen: A Molecular Dynamics Study....Pages 25-38
Agitation in a Liquid Fluidized Bed....Pages 39-51
Formation of Massive Stars by Runaway Accretion....Pages 53-67
Strong Shocks with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics....Pages 69-79
The Role of a Scalar Dark Matter Model in the Large Scale Structure Formation in the Universe....Pages 81-101
The Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico....Pages 103-134
Eastern Pacific Tropical Cyclones and Their Impact Over Western Mexico....Pages 135-148
Challenges of Mexico to Face Climate Change....Pages 149-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Vorticity and Internal Waves in the Campeche Canyon, Gulf of Mexico....Pages 163-169
Linked Toroidal Vortices....Pages 171-177
Remediation Strategy for a Cr(VI) Polluted Aquifer Using Numerical Simulation....Pages 179-191
Gas Cloud Collisions and Stellar Cluster Formation....Pages 193-201
Collapse and Fragmentation of Gaussian Barotropic Protostellar Clouds....Pages 203-211
A Hydrodynamic Model of Galactic Halos....Pages 213-225
The Link Cell Method Using Compute Unified Device Architecture and the Message Passing Interface Standard....Pages 227-235
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Multiphase Phenomena Identification by Spectral Analysis: Electrical Impedance Sensor Signals in a Bubble Column....Pages 239-246
Dynamical Interaction of Bubbles in Two Dimensions....Pages 247-257
Hydrodynamic Force and Rise Velocity of an Interactive Bubble due to a Laminar Wake Effect....Pages 259-266
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Modeling of Three Phase “Bubbly Gas-Intermittent Oil” Flow in Vertical Pipes....Pages 267-275
Mathematical Model for Heavy Oil–Water–Gas Stratified Flow in Horizontal Pipes....Pages 277-286
Experimental Study of the Slug Flow....Pages 287-293
Slug Flow Model Using the Two Fluid Approach....Pages 295-302
Mathematical Model for Pipeline Leak Simulation....Pages 303-311
On the Modeling Strategies for Hydrodynamic Slugging in Conduits of General Shapes and Layouts....Pages 313-318
Influence of Modifications of the Solid-Fluid Interaction by pH on the Dispersion of 232 Th Through a Saturated Porous Media....Pages 319-328
Volume Average Transport Equations for In Situ Combustion....Pages 329-340
Migration and Decay of 226 Ra in a Saturated Porous Media....Pages 341-348
Dispersion and Sorption of Arsenic in a Biofilter with a not Living Biomass ( Eicchornia crassipes ): Comparison of Experimental and Numerical Results....Pages 349-358
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Inverse Heat Transfer Using Particle Swarm Optimization Methods for Heat Source Estimation....Pages 361-369
Microbubble Generation Using Carbon Nanostructures Deposited onto Optical Fibers....Pages 371-378
Natural Convective Heat Transfer in a Box Filled With a Participating Medium....Pages 379-390
Analysis of the Oberbeck-Boussinesq Approximation as a First Step to its Applications to the Czochralski Process....Pages 391-398
Forced Oscillations of a Membrane....Pages 399-408
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Visualization of Vorticity Banding in a Shear Thickening Micellar Solution in Couette Flow....Pages 411-418
New Experiments on the Kaye Effect....Pages 419-427
Traction Forces on Rods in Cylindrical Silos....Pages 429-440
The Collision of a Deformable Particle with a Corner Formed by Two Perpendicular Walls....Pages 441-449
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
Numerical Simulation of Vortex Formation Inside a Cavity with Two Cross Jet Flows....Pages 453-460
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
Numerical Study of Water Flow in a Channel Output with Periodic Forcing....Pages 461-468
Super Free Fall of Liquids in Conical Containers....Pages 469-477
The Saline Oscillator: Visualization Using Shadowgraphs and Particle Image Velocimetry....Pages 479-488
Front Matter....Pages 489-489
Main Facts of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico....Pages 491-496
Bubble Clusters in Associative Polymers....Pages 497-498
Flow of Air Bubbles in a Packed Bed....Pages 499-500
Dipolar Vortex in a Rotating System....Pages 501-502
Hurricanes at Landfall Over the Baja California Peninsula....Pages 503-504
Fiber Optic Micro-Bubble Generator....Pages 505-505
Pressure Behavior and Evolution of the Bubbles Inside the Pipes of an Experimental Installation of Centrifugal Pump During the Occurrence of Cavitation....Pages 507-508
Oil Filaments Produced in a Stirred Tank....Pages 509-510
Thermal Plume and Stratification....Pages 511-513
Visualization of Structures in Non Homogeneous Flows....Pages 515-517