Rotating thermal flows in natural and industrial processes /

• Main Author: Lappa, Marcello
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2012.
• Subjects: Heat > Transmission.; Rotating masses of fluid.; SCIENCE > Mechanics > Dynamics > Thermodynamics.; Electronic books.

"In this context, it is expressly shown how the aforementioned isomorphism between small and large scale phenomena becomes beneficial to the definition and ensuing development of an integrated comprehensive framework allowing the reader to understand and assimilate the underlying quintessential...

Table of Contents:

• Equations, General Concepts and Nondimensional Numbers
• Rayleigh-B̌nard Convection with Rotation
• Spherical Shells, Rossby Waves and Centrifugally Driven Thermal Convection
• The Baroclinic Problem
• The Quasi-Geostrophic Theory
• Planetary Patterns
• Surface-Tension-Driven Flows in Rotating Fluids
• Crystal Growth from the Melt and Rotating Machinery
• Rotating Magnetic Fields
• Angular Vibrations and Rocking Motions.