Operator approach to linear problems of hydrodynamics. Vol. 1: Self-adjoint problems for an ideal fluid (Q5943419)

The book deals with functional analysis methods applied to the study of small motions and normal oscillations of hydromechanical systems having cavities filled with either ideal or viscous fluid. The three fundamental directions pursued throughout the book are the following: to prove the existence of solutions of various initial-boundary value problems, to investigate the properties of normal oscillations and their frequency spectrum, and to obtain the corresponding asymptotic formulas. The book has two volumes and is divided into four parts. The first volume (reviewed herein) is divided into two parts, deals with the study of hydrodynamical systems containing ideal fluid, and includes description of basic selfadjoint problems. The first part of this volume is designed as an auxiliary text intended to provide the necessary prerequisites from functional analysis. The presentation is focused on various issues related to evolution operator equations in Hilbert spaces, on spectral theory, and on asymptotic methods for solving evolution equations. Chapter 2 is devoted to fundamental spaces and operators of linear hydrodynamics. This chapter reflects the authors' viewpoint that the metrics in various spaces of fluid velocity fields should have a physical meaning. In particular, for ideal fluid the metric is generated by the quadratic form of the kinetic energy, and for viscous fluid by the same form and by the velocity of energy dissipation. All other spaces of velocity fields (solenoidal, potential, satisfying some boundary conditions, etc.) are subspaces of the corresponding Hilbert spaces of velocity fields with finite rate of energy dissipation. Here the authors also consider dual spaces consisting of generalized functions (distributions) and generalized or weak solutions. The second part of this volume studies problems related to the motion of bodies with cavities containing ideal fluid. Chapter 3 examines oscillations of heavy ideal fluid in stationary and non-stationary containers. Problems on oscillations of capillary fluids and problems on hydro-elasticity in containers at rest are studied in chapter 4. Chapter 5 deals with some other operator approaches to hydrodynamics of ideal fluids, and finally chapter 4 studies the oscillations of ideal fluid in arbitrary (wholly or partially) fluid-filled rotating container. Here the authors investigate evolution and spectral problems, with particular emphasis on finding frequencies and modes of surface waves. On balance, this book presents a remarkable synthesis of functional analysis techniques utilized in an important engineering area. It could be useful both for researchers and students interested in operator-theoretical methods for hydrodynamical problems, and for specialists in aviation, tanker and space engineering.