Fractals

Concepts and Applications in Geosciences
Herausgeber: Ghanbarian, Behzad; Hunt, Allen G

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides theoretical concepts and applications of fractals and multifractals to a broad range of audiences from various scientific communities, such as petroleum, chemical, civil and environmental engineering, atmospheric research, and hydrology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 163mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 746g
• ISBN-13: 9781498748711
• ISBN-10: 1498748716
• Artikelnr.: 48213967

Autorenporträt

Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian received his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences. Dr. Ghanbarian is employed in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Allen G. Hunt received his Ph.D. in Physics, Condensed Matter. Dr. Hunt is employed in the Department of Physics and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Wright State University.

Inhaltsangabe

An Introduction to Multifractals and Scale Symmetry Groups. Fractal
Capillary Pressure Curve Models. Two- and three- phase fractal models of
porous media: A multiscale approach. The Mathematics of Complexity in the
study of soil and granular-porous media. The Fractals of Percolation Theory
in the Geosciences. Nonlocal Models for Transport in Fractal Media.
Multifractals and Geostatistics. Why the warming can't be natural: the
nonlinear geophysics of climate closure. Fractals and Multifractals in
Geophysical Time Series. Multi-fractal Random Walk and its Application in
Petro-physical Quantities. Combining Fractals and Multifractals to Model
Geoscience Records. Use of Constructal Theory in Modeling in the
Geosciences.