Mixing and Dispersion in Flows Dominated by Rotation and Buoyancy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Clercx, Herman J.H (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Van Heijst, GertJan F. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures, 580
• Subjects: Fluid mechanics.; Fluids.; Atmospheric sciences.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Atmospheric Sciences.

The book presents a state-of-the-art overview of current developments in the field in a way accessible to attendees coming from a variety of fields. Relevant examples are turbulence research, (environmental) fluid mechanics, lake hydrodynamics and atmospheric physics. Topics discussed range from the...

Table of Contents:

• Effects of rotation and stratification: an introduction
• Turbulence and mixing in flows dominated by buoyancy
• Mixing in stratified lakes and reservoirs
• Energy balance in stably-stratified, wall-bounded turbulence
• Some aspects of Lagrangian dynamics of turbulence
• Gravity and turbidity currents: numerical simulations and theoretical models
• Transport phenomena in rotating turbulence.