Comprehensive applied mathematical modeling in the natural and engineering sciences : theoretical predictions compared with data /: theoretical predictions compared with data. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By David J. Wollkind, Bonni J. Dichone.
• Authors: Wollkind, David J; Dichone, Bonni J
• Contents: Introduction -- Part I -- Canonical Projectile Problem: Finding the Escape Velocity of the Earth -- Of Mites and Models -- Canonical Soap Film Problem -- Heat Conduction in a Finite Bar with a Linear Source -- Heat Conduction in a Semi-Infinite Bar -- Initiation of Cellular Slime Mold Aggregation Viewed as an Instability -- Chemical Turning Patterns and Diffusive Instabilities -- Part II -- Governing Equations of Fluid Mechanics -- Boundary Conditions for Fluid Mechanics -- Subsonic Sound Waves Viewed as a Linear Perturbation in an Inviscid Fluid -- Potential Flow Past a Circular Cylinder of a Homogeneous Inviscid Fluid -- Viscous Fluid Flows -- Blasius Flow Past a Flat Plate -- Part III -- Rayleigh-Bernard Natural Convection Problem -- Heat Conduction in a Finite Bar with a Nonlinear Source -- Nonlinear Optical Ring-Cavity Model Driven by a Gas Laser -- Vegetative Flat Dryland Rhombic Pattern Formation Driven by Root Suction -- Part IV -- Calculus Variations Revisited plus the Gamma and Bessel Functions -- Alternate Methods of Solution for Heat and Wave Equation Problems -- Finite Mathematical Models -- Concluding Capstone Problems.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 607 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 003.3; Mathematics; Mathematical physics; Mathematical models; Biomathematics; Biomathematics; Mathematical models; Mathematical physics; Mathematics; Mathematics; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics; Mathematical and Computational Biology; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences; Mathematics -- Applied; Maths for scientists; Mathematical modelling; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319735184; 3319735187
• Related ISBNs: 9783319735177; 3319735179
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.