Addressing classical material as well as new perspectives, Instabilities of Flows and Transition to Turbulencepresents a concise, up-to-date treatment of theory

This book is a complete revision of the part of Monin & Yaglom's famous two-volume work "Statistical Fluid Mechanics: Mechanics of Turbulence" that deals with t

A detailed look at some of the more modern issues of hydrodynamic stability, including transient growth, eigenvalue spectra, secondary instability. It presents

The articles in the book treat flow instability and transition starting with classical material dealt with in an innovative and rigorous way, some newer physica