TY - CHAP AU - Leopold Vrankar AU - Franc Runovc AU - Goran Turk ED - Steven A. Jones Y1 - 2012-03-14 PY - 2012 T1 - Radial Basis Functions Methods for Solving Radionuclide Migration, Phase Change and Wood Charring Problems N2 - Whereas the field of Fluid Mechanics can be described as complicated, mathematically challenging, and esoteric, it is also imminently practical. It is central to a wide variety of issues that are important not only technologically, but also sociologically. This book highlights a cross-section of methods in Fluid Mechanics, each of which illustrates novel ideas of the researchers and relates to one or more issues of high interest during the early 21st century. The challenges include multiphase flows, compressibility, nonlinear dynamics, flow instability, changing solid-fluid boundaries, and fluids with solid-like properties. The applications relate problems such as weather and climate prediction, air quality, fuel efficiency, wind or wave energy harvesting, landslides, erosion, noise abatement, and health care. BT - Advanced Methods for Practical Applications in Fluid Mechanics SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/28079 DO - 10.5772/28079 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -