Tsunamis and Hurricanes A Mathematical Approach /

• Main Author: Cap, Ferdinand (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2006.
• Subjects: Physics.; Meteorology.; Geophysics.; Oceanography.; Mathematics.; Continuum physics.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Mathematics, general.

Table of Contents:

• From the contents: Introduction to wave physics: Types of waves; Linear wave equations; Solutions of linear wave equations; Nonlinear wave equations; Physics of nonlinear wave equations
• Basic flow equations: Units and properties of substances; Conservation of mass; The equation of motion; Conservation of energy; Thermodynamics; Vorticity theorems; Potential flow in incompressible fluids; Potential flow in compressible fluids; The DARBOUX solution of plane waves in non-dissipative gases; The equivalence theorem
• Water waves: The variety of water waves; Gravity water waves; Capillarity waves; Solitons; Dissipationless tsunamis; Wave equation for dissipative tsunamis; The tsunami wave equations
• Hurricanes: Terminology and basics; The excitation of vorticity in cyclones; Mathematical modelling of cyclones; Multifluid cyclone modelling
• References
• Index.