Environmental Stratified Flows

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Armenio, Vincenzo (Editor), Sarkar, Sutanu (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2005.
• Series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures ; 479
• Subjects: Physics.; Fluids.; Computational intelligence.; Fluid mechanics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Computational Intelligence.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

Stratified flows, common in environmental and geophysical applications, are char­ acterized by the variation of fluid density in the vertical direction that can result in qualitative and quantitative modifications of the flow patterns by buoyancy . Unstable stratification (dense water/air above ligh...

Table of Contents:

• Mathematical modeling of Stratified flows
• Internal gravity waves in geophysical fluids
• Prototypical examples of stratified shear flow
• The atmospheric boundary layer.