Mixing and dispersion in flows dominated by rotation and buoyancy

Author(s)

    • Clercx, Herman J.H.
    • Van Heijst, GertJan F.

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Mixing and dispersion in flows dominated by rotation and buoyancy

Herman J.H. Clercx, GertJan F. Van Heijst, editors

(CISM courses and lectures, 580)

Springer, c2018

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"Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2017"--T.p. verso

"Lectures given during the course "Mixing and Dispersion in Flows Dominated by Rotation and Buoyancy" that was held at the CISM in Udine (Italy), July 6-10, 2015"--Pref

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

The book presents a state-of-the-art overview of current developments in the field in a way accessible to attendees coming from a variety of fields. Relevant examples are turbulence research, (environmental) fluid mechanics, lake hydrodynamics and atmospheric physics. Topics discussed range from the fundamentals of rotating and stratified flows, mixing and transport in stratified or rotating turbulence, transport in the atmospheric boundary layer, the dynamics of gravity and turbidity currents eventually with effects of background rotation or stratification, mixing in (stratified) lakes, and the Lagrangian approach in the analysis of transport processes in geophysical and environmental flows. The topics are discussed from fundamental, experimental and numerical points of view. Some contributions cover fundamental aspects including a number of the basic dynamical properties of rotating and or stratified (turbulent) flows, the mathematical description of these flows, some applications in the natural environment, and the Lagrangian statistical analysis of turbulent transport processes and turbulent transport of material particles (including, for example, inertial and finite-size effects). Four papers are dedicated to specific topics such as transport in (stratified) lakes, transport and mixing in the atmospheric boundary layer, mixing in stratified fluids and dynamics of turbidity currents. The book is addressed to doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, but also to academic and industrial researchers and practicing engineers, with a background in mechanical engineering, applied physics, civil engineering, applied mathematics, meteorology, physical oceanography or physical limnology.

Table of Contents

Effects of rotation and stratification: an introduction.- Turbulence and mixing in flows dominated by buoyancy.- Mixing in stratified lakes and reservoirs.- Energy balance in stably-stratified, wall-bounded turbulence.- Some aspects of Lagrangian dynamics of turbulence.- Gravity and turbidity currents: numerical simulations and theoretical models.- Transport phenomena in rotating turbulence.

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Details

  • NCID
    BC17869811
  • ISBN
    • 9783319883380
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 218 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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