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Lagrangian Fluid Dynamics

By Andrew Bennett

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0521853109, 9780521853101
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1201370 bytes)
Pages
309\309
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

The emergence of observing systems such as acoustically-tracked floats in the deep ocean, and surface drifters navigating by satellite has seen renewed interest in Lagrangian fluid dynamics. Starting from the foundations of elementary kinematics and assuming some familiarity of Eulerian fluid dynamics, this book reviews the classical and new exact solutions of the Lagrangian framework, and then addresses the general solvability of the resulting general equations of motion. A unified account of turbulent diffusion and dispersion is offered, with applications among others to plankton patchiness in the ocean.

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