Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

This book covers the following topics: recent developments in three dimensional and unsteady turbulence boundary-layer computations; flows far from equilibrium via molecular dynamics; physics of convention-solidification interaction; the continental shelf bottom boundary layer; gravity currents in rotating systems; strange attractors in fluids: another view; eddies, waves, circulation, and mixing: statistical geofluid mechanics; regular and mach reflection of shock waves; ship propellers; coherent structures; the critical layer and stability; general circulation of the oceans; characteristic-based schemes for the euler equations; vortex flows in aerodynamics; steady and unsteady boundary-layer separation; and wind wave prediction.