By: Albert Gyr (Editor), Petros D. Koumoutsakos (Editor), U. Burr (Editor)

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This book promotes the interdisciplinary work between science and art; in the present volume specifically the interaction of fluid dynamics and video art. It suggests how both disciplines can profit from each other without loss of professionality in either field. Both disciplines are described in their own language. The contributions in fluid mechanics are from internationally well-known scientists, and the topics range from fractal laminar flows in the lung to astrophysical processes. Turbulence, vortex dynamics, bio-fluid dynamics as well as issues in magnetohydromechanics and topological fluid dynamics compete with more than a dozen artworks by known Dutch and Swiss video artists. The catalogue of the exhibition incorporated in the book illustrates how artistic creativity can profit from scientific results, and how scientists can learn from artists how to present their thoughts and ideas.

Introduction
Scientific computing visualization - a new venue in the arts	p. 1
Color Plate Serie I	p. 11
Vortex flows and the perception of movement in still images	p. 29
Pairing and acoustics of azimuthally perturbed vortex rings	p. 29
Air entrainment by a wavy plate entering a poople of stagnant liquid	p. 35
Numerical simulation and manipulation of the Vortex dynamics In a confined flow	p. 41
Double-diffusive Christmas tree	p. 51
Power of beauty: Streamwise vortices	p. 59
Interaction between the "two cultures": Art and Science	p. 65
Vortex packets and the structure of wall turbulence - Extended abstract	p. 77
The hidden structure in a round jet	p. 79
The interaction between longitudinal vortices in a channel flow visualized through seeding and hydrogen bubble techniques	p. 85
Choice of representation modes and color scales for visualization in computational fluid dynamics	p. 91
Color Plate Serie II	p. 101
Extracting singularities in turbulent flow with real and complex wavelets	p. 111
Vortism a basic art	p. 117
Gallery of physical phenomena	p. 127
The role of color in the optical visualization of flows with variable fluid density	p. 139
Direct Navier-Stokes simulations of unsteady vortex breakdown in a swirling jet	p. 143
The transition within the subcritical regime of flow over a circular cylinder	p. 149
Microfluidic system for biological agent detection	p. 159
Artificial shark skin on its way to technical application	p. 169
Medusoid vortex rings	p. 177
Computational anatomy of human lung based on the fluid dynamics	p. 179
Paradoxes of fish-like propulsion	p. 185
Two-phase flow processes in porous media producing geometric patterns	p. 191
Flow patterns in ballet and fluid dynamics	p. 201
Postcomputational visualization of baroclinic wave drift	p. 211
Art, history, self-organization and coherent structures in fluid mechanics	p. 217
An experimental and numerical investigation of the free vibration of an elastic cylinder in a cross-flow	p. 227
Elongational behaviour of dilute polymer solutions	p. 233
Vision of numerical relativity 1999	p. 239
Color Plate Serie III	p. 247
The ordering effect of a horizontal magnetic field on liquid metal natural convective flow and its influence on heat transfer	p. 257
Knots and braids on the sun	p. 263
Reconnections of elliptical vortex rings	p. 269
Vorticity induced by electrostatic forces	p. 275
Simulation of flow over two unequal square cylinders	p. 279
List of addresses of the participants	p. 285
Color Plate Serie IV	p. 291
Catalogue of the art exhibition	p. 301
Color Plate Serie V	p. 315
Color Plate Serie VI	p. 333
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ISBN: 9780792363583
ISBN-10: 0792363582
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 352
Published: January 2000
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.5
Weight (kg): 0.76