Angular momentum in geophysical turbulence : continuum spatial averaging method /
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| Author / Creator: | Nikolaevskiĭ, V. N. (Viktor Nikolaevich) |
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| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2003. |
| Description: | ix, 245 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5064548 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Angular Momentum In A Viscous Fluid
- 1.1. Dynamics of viscous fluids
- 1.2. Angular momentum in hydrodynamics (review)
- 1.3. Angular momentum of a fluid element
- 1.4. Micro and macro-scales
- 2. Space Averaging And Macroequations
- 2.1. Spatial averaging principles
- 2.2. Chain of turbulence balance equations
- 2.3. Angular momentum balance
- 2.4. Evolution of moment of inertia
- 3. Turbulence As Open Thermodynamic System
- 3.1. Energy and entropy balances
- 3.2. Constitutive laws for turbulent fluids
- 3.3. Kinetic analysis of turbulence
- 3.4. Turbulent problem formulation
- 4. Turbulent Wakes In The Atmosphere
- 4.1. Turbulent wake of a body
- 4.2. Asymmetrical dynamics of a suspension
- 4.3. Turbulence of heterogeneous fluids
- 4.4. Turbulent flow with intermittency
- 5. Geophysical Turbulence
- 5.1. Tornado as a localized phenomenon
- 5.2. Ocean currents on the equator
- 5.3. Global ocean circulation
- 5.4. Towards the problem of a magnetic dynamo
- 6. Vortex Symmetry In Statistical Theory
- 6.1. Homogeneity and symmetry concepts
- 6.2. Tensorial moments of a velocity pulsation field
- 6.3. Turbulence with reflection symmetry
- 6.4. Turbulence with angular symmetry
- 7. Vector-Director Concept In Turbulence
- 7.1. Dynamics equations
- 7.2. Energy and constitutive laws
- 7.3. Wind velocity profile at a ground surface
- 7.4. Flows between plates
- 8. Literature
- 9. Index
