P A Davidson

The Dynamics of Rotating Fluids

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook on rotating fluid dynamics combines a pedagogical development of theoretical ideas with a description and analysis of many of the fascinating examples of rotating flows found in nature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 862g
• ISBN-13: 9780198886303
• ISBN-10: 0198886306
• Artikelnr.: 69821289

Autorenporträt

Professor Peter Davidson is a Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Cambridge. He has worked as a research engineer in industry in both the UK and USA, and has authored over 100 publications in the fields of magnetohydrodynamics and turbulence.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO FLUID DYNAMICS AND WAVES
1: A Qualitative Introduction to Rotating Fluids
2: A Crash Course on Incompressible Fluid Dynamics
3: Waves and Waves in Fluids
PART II THE THEORY OF ROTATING FLUIDS
4: Moving into a Rotating Frame of Reference, the Taylor-Proudman Theorem, and the Formation of Taylor Columns
5: Ekman Boundary Layers
6: Inertial Waves I
7: Inertial Waves II
8: Rossby Waves
9: Rotating, Shallow-Water Flow
10: Precession
11: Instability I
12: Instability II
13: Vortex Breakdown
14: A Glimpse at Rapidly Rotating Turbulence
PART III ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF ROTATING FLOWS IN NATURE
15: Tornadoes, Dust Devils, and Tidal Vortices
16: Tropical Cyclones
17: Convective Motion in the Earth's Core and the Geodynamo
18: Zonal (East-West) Winds and Rossby-Wave Turbulence
19: Accretion Discs in Astrophysics
Vector Identities and Theorems
Navier-Stokes Equation in Cylindrical Polar Coordinates
Geophysical Data
The Physical Properties of Common Fluids
Index