Stability and Oscillations of Elastic Systems

Abstract

rather t.han the general elise, so that.ill the chapter on inst.ability of two-phase fl ow 1i0 reference is made, for example, to the (a ward-winning) 1963 paper of Ost.mch and Koestel.For a long t.ime it has been 11 fact that our unders(.anding of the physics involved in vapor formation a nd tra nsport is insufficien t even \.0 p el'mit satisfactory determination of empirical relation-~hips ba.•ed, say, on dim ensional analysis.The recent advances in the cloud physics of bubbles in boi ling have not been suf"ficient to cha nge t.his fact.lH ean\\'hile, advances in technologicnl re-({llirements (the cooling of nuclea.rreactors and l'Ocket motors ) have inc;reased t.hc need fur careful review and further investigation.This book should be vcry u~eful to designers a nd to investigators who w:Jnt a compact.survey of t.he subjeet a nd an extensive inll'OdllCl ion to i t~ lit enltlll'e.