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Turbulence in Rotating, Stratified and Electrically Conducting Fluids

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Author: P. A. Davidson, University of Cambridge

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There are two recurring themes in astrophysical and geophysical fluid mechanics: waves and turbulence. This book investigates how turbulence responds to rotation, stratification or magnetic fields, identifying common themes, where they exist, as well as the essential differences which inevitably arise between different classes of flow. The discussion is developed from first principles, making the book suitable for graduate students as well as professional researchers. The author focuses first on the fundamentals and then progresses to such topics as the atmospheric boundary layer, turbulence in the upper atmosphere, turbulence in the core of the earth, zonal winds in the giant planets, turbulence within the interior of the sun, the solar wind, and turbulent flows in accretion discs. The book will appeal to engineers, geophysicists, astrophysicists and applied mathematicians who are interested in naturally occurring turbulent flows.
- Will appeal to researchers across the sciences with an interest in turbulent flows
- Develops the subject from first principles, starting with chapters on the theory of rotating fluids, stratified flows and magnetohydrodynamics
- Suitable for graduate students as well as researchers
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- format: Adobe eBook Reader
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- contains: 220 b/w illus. 65 colour illus. 15 tables
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The interplay of waves and turbulence: a preview
Part I. From Fluid Mechanics to Magnetohydrodynamics:
2. Elementary fluid dynamics
3. Motion in a rotating fluid
4. Motion in a stratified fluid
5. The equations of electrodynamics
6. Motion in a conducting fluid: magnetohydrodynamics
7. Instabilities and transition to turbulence
Part II. Turbulence in the Absence of Body Forces:
8. Elementary properties of turbulence
9. The language of turbulence: kinematics and statistics
10. Hydrodynamic turbulence I. Classical theories
11. Hydrodynamic turbulence II: steps towards rotating, stratified and MHD turbulence
Part III. Turbulence in the Presence of Body Forces:
12. Rapidly rotating turbulence
13. Towards geophysics: shallow-water, rapidly-rotating turbulence
14. Homogeneous stratified turbulence
15. Stratified shear flows and the atmospheric boundary layer
16. MHD turbulence at low magnetic Reynolds number
17. Turbulence in the core of the Earth: the geodynamo
18. MHD turbulence at high magnetic Reynolds number
19. Turbulent astrophysical flows
Epilogue
Index.
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P. A. Davidson, University of Cambridge
P. A. Davidson is Professor of Fluid Mechanics in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge.