Intense Atmospheric Vortices
Author : L. Bengtsson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642818668
Rotating Flow
Author : Peter Childs
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 14,36 MB
Release : 2010-10-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0123820995
Book Description
Rotating flow is critically important across a wide range of scientific, engineering and product applications, providing design and modeling capability for diverse products such as jet engines, pumps and vacuum cleaners, as well as geophysical flows.Developed over the course of 20 years' research into rotating fluids and associated heat transfer at the University of Sussex Thermo-Fluid Mechanics Research Centre (TFMRC), Rotating Flow is an indispensable reference and resource for all those working within the gas turbine and rotating machinery industries.Traditional fluid and flow dynamics titles offer the essential background but generally include very sparse coverage of rotating flows—which is where this book comes in. Beginning with an accessible introduction to rotating flow, recognized expert Peter Childs takes you through fundamental equations, vorticity and vortices, rotating disc flow, flow around rotating cylinders and flow in rotating cavities, with an introduction to atmospheric and oceanic circulations included to help deepen understanding.Whilst competing resources are weighed down with complex mathematics, this book focuses on the essential equations and provides full workings to take readers step-by-step through the theory so they can concentrate on the practical applications. - A detailed yet accessible introduction to rotating flows, illustrating the differences between flows where rotation is significant and highlighting the non-intuitive nature of rotating flow fields - Written by world-leading authority on rotating flow, Peter Childs, making this a unique and authoritative work - Covers the essential theory behind engineering applications such as rotating discs, cylinders, and cavities, with natural phenomena such as atmospheric and oceanic flows used to explain underlying principles - Provides a rigorous, fully worked mathematical account of rotating flows whilst also including numerous practical examples in daily life to highlight the relevance and prevalence of different flow types - Concise summaries of the results of important research and lists of references included to direct readers to significant further resources
Vorticity and Vortex Dynamics
Author : Jie-Zhi Wu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 42,37 MB
Release : 2007-04-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3540290281
Book Description
This book is a comprehensive and intensive monograph for scientists, engineers and applied mathematicians, as well as graduate students in fluid dynamics. It starts with a brief review of fundamentals of fluid dynamics, with an innovative emphasis on the intrinsic orthogonal decomposition of fluid dynamic process, by which one naturally identifies the content and scope of vorticity and vortex dynamics. This is followed by a detailed presentation of vorticity dynamics as the basis of later development. In vortex dynamics part the book deals with the formation, motion, interaction, stability, and breakdown of various vortices. Typical vortex structures are analyzed in laminar, transitional, and turbulent flows, including stratified and rotational fluids. Physical understanding of vertical flow phenomena and mechanisms is the first priority throughout the book. To make the book self-contained, some mathematical background is briefly presented in the main text, but major prerequisites are systematically given in appendices. Material usually not seen in books on vortex dynamics is included, such as geophysical vortex dynamics, aerodynamic vortical flow diagnostics and management.
Recent Hurricane Research
Author : Anthony Lupo
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 21,92 MB
Release : 2011-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9533072385
Book Description
This book represents recent research on tropical cyclones and their impact, and a wide range of topics are covered. An updated global climatology is presented, including the global occurrence of tropical cyclones and the terrestrial factors that may contribute to the variability and long-term trends in their occurrence. Research also examines long term trends in tropical cyclone occurrences and intensity as related to solar activity, while other research discusses the impact climate change may have on these storms. The dynamics and structure of tropical cyclones are studied, with traditional diagnostics employed to examine these as well as more modern approaches in examining their thermodynamics. The book aptly demonstrates how new research into short-range forecasting of tropical cyclone tracks and intensities using satellite information has led to significant improvements. In looking at societal and ecological risks, and damage assessment, authors investigate the use of technology for anticipating, and later evaluating, the amount of damage that is done to human society, watersheds, and forests by land-falling storms. The economic and ecological vulnerability of coastal regions are also studied and are supported by case studies which examine the potential hazards related to the evacuation of populated areas, including medical facilities. These studies provide decision makers with a potential basis for developing improved evacuation techniques.
Dynamics of Vortex Structures in a Stratified Rotating Fluid
Author : Mikhail A. Sokolovskiy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 20,16 MB
Release : 2013-08-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319007890
Book Description
This book presents an extensive analysis of the dynamics of discrete and distributed baroclinic vortices in a multi-layer fluid that characterizes the main features of the large and mesoscales dynamics of the atmosphere and the ocean. It widely covers the case of hetonic situations as well as the case of intrathermocline vortices that are familiar in oceanographic and of recognized importance for heat and mass transfers. Extensive typology of such baroclinic eddies is made and analysed with the help of theoretical development and numerical computations. As a whole it gives an overview and synthesis of all the many situations that can be encountered based on the long history of the theory of vortex motion and on many new situations. It gives a renewed insight on the extraordinary richness of vortex dynamics and open the way for new theoretical, observational and experimental advances. This volume is of interest to experts in physical oceanography, meteorology, hydrodynamics, dynamic systems, involved in theoretical, experimental and applied research and lecturers, post-graduate students, and students in these fields.
Rotating Fluids in Engineering and Science
Author : James P. Vanyo
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 32,69 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780486417042
Book Description
Lucid, well-written presentation for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students reviews basic fluid mechanics, introduces concepts, theories, and equations specific to rotating fluids, and presents numerous practical applications. "Highly recommended." ? Choice.
The Federal Plan for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
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Publisher :
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 35,91 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Meteorology
ISBN :
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Monthly Weather Review
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1110 pages
File Size : 47,51 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN :
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Izvestiya
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Atmospheric physics
ISBN :
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Understanding Severe and Unusual Weather
Author : Joe R. Eagleman
Publisher : Kindle Direct Publishing
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 10,16 MB
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN :
Book Description
An understanding of severe and unusual weather should be a fundamental part of everyone's storehouse of knowledge. We live in a world that is at least occasionally dominated by severe and unusual weather. Many types of severe weather are sufficiently rare that a common defense mechanism of many people is to assume that they will never be directly affected. However, there is hardly a place in the whole world that does not have some peculiar aspect of weather that requires some degree of understanding and preparedness in order to avoid loss of property and, perhaps, even life itself. Fortunately, no particular location has all the different kinds of unusual and severe weather; thus, coastal areas are exposed to the tremendous power of the hurricane that bring high winds and frequently produce flood conditions, while within the interior United States, where hurricanes are not a threat, such severe types of weather as tornadoes, hailstorms, and blizzards are sufficiently frequent that an understanding of these storms is essential when traveling or living in this part of the United States. Although lightning is a greater hazard in some parts of the world than others, there are very few locations, including Alaska and the Desert Southwest, where occasional severe thunderstorms do not develop numerous lightning strokes. A proper understanding is important for flash flooding, derechos, mountainadoes, haboobs and other unusual weather. People have different responses to everyday weather from resistant to feeling dominated by it. You can find your level of response from a self test that is provided.
