Peter D. Ditlevsen

Turbulence and Shell Models

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Connecting dynamical systems theory and the theory of fully developed turbulence for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, researchers and professionals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780521190367
• ISBN-10: 0521190363
• Artikelnr.: 32732373

Autorenporträt

Peter D. Ditlevsen is a Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen. As a theoretical physicist, he researches in the fields of turbulence, statistical physics, dynamical systems and climate dynamics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction to turbulence
2. 2D turbulence and the atmosphere
3. Shell models
4. Scaling and symmetries
5. Chaotic dynamics
6. Helicity
7. Intermittency
8. Equilibrium statistical mechanics
Appendix
References
Index.