This book contains papers presented at the Third International Conference on Fluid Structure Interaction and the Eighth International Conference on Computational Modelling and Experimental Measurements of Free and Moving Boundary Problems. The first section is concerned with the interaction of fluids with a variety of structures encountered by the flow such as wind, current, biofluids, ocean waves, tall buildings, ocean structures, cables, towers, bridges, risers and biological structures. The second part deals with particular problems where the position of the border or interphase boundaries has to be determined as part of the solution.

Chakrabarti (Office Structure Analysis Inc., US), Hernandez (U. of La Coruña, Spain), and Brebbia (Wessex Institute of Technology, UK) present the 64 edited papers originally presented at the Third International Conference on Fluid Structure Interaction and the Eighth International Conference on Computational Modelling and Experimental Measurements of Free and Moving Boundary Problems. The first section emphasizes new research on the interaction of fluids such as wind, current, biofluids, and ocean waves with structures including tall buildings, ocean structures, cables, towers, bridges, risers, and biological structures. They are organized into sections on advances in interaction problems in computational fluid dynamics; cavitation effects in turbo machines and pumps; computational methods; fluid and biological tissue interaction; fluid pipeline interactions; hydrodynamic forces; mechanics of cables, risers, and moorings; offshore structure and ship dynamics; response of structures including fluid dynamics; and wind effects on bridges and towers. The second section is on problems where the position of the border or interphase boundaries have to be determined as part of the solution. The major topics addressed include free surface flow, computational fluid dynamics, phase change, and advanced computational simulation. The US office of WIT Press is Computational Mechanics.
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Chakrabarti (Office Structure Analysis Inc., US), Hernandez (U. of La Coruña, Spain), and Brebbia (Wessex Institute of Technology, UK) present the 64 edited papers originally presented at the Third International Conference on Fluid Structure Interaction and the Eighth International Conference on Computational Modelling and Experimental Measurements of Free and Moving Boundary Problems. The first section emphasizes new research on the interaction of fluids such as wind, current, biofluids, and ocean waves with structures including tall buildings, ocean structures, cables, towers, bridges, risers, and biological structures. They are organized into sections on advances in interaction problems in computational fluid dynamics; cavitation effects in turbo machines and pumps; computational methods; fluid and biological tissue interaction; fluid pipeline interactions; hydrodynamic forces; mechanics of cables, risers, and moorings; offshore structure and ship dynamics; response of structures including fluid dynamics; and wind effects on bridges and towers. The second section is on problems where the position of the border or interphase boundaries have to be determined as part of the solution. The major topics addressed include free surface flow, computational fluid dynamics, phase change, and advanced computational simulation. The US office of WIT Press is Computational Mechanics. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)