Hydrodynamic Instabilities

The instability of fluid flows is a key topic in classical fluid mechanics. New research fields, for example,  instability control, non-Newton (or two-phase) fluids, granulated solids, appear owing to the effective cooperation between mechanics and other branches of physics such as theory of phase transitions, optics and nonlinear chemistry, astrophysics and biophysics. In addition, old fundamental problems also get revived, for example, transition to turbulence. Charry's monograph contains systematic account on various research methods for instability in hydrodynamics and will be of great value for specialists in many disciplines: for mechanical engineers studying stability theory, for specialists in nonlinear dynamics who will find here a connected and accessible account on their techniques, for multidiscipline physicists constantly using the methods of the stability theory when describing various phenomena.