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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Lappa, Marcello. Rotating thermal flows in natural and industrial processes Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2012 (DLC) 2012008650 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marcello Lappa |
| ISBN: | 9781118342404 1118342402 9781118342411 1118342410 6613957550 9786613957559 128364505X 9781283645058 |
| OCLC Number: | 780415805 |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | Marcello Lappa. |
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Abstract:
Rotating Thermal Flows in Natural and Industrial Processes provides the reader with a systematic description of the different types of thermal convection and flow instabilities in rotating systems, as present in materials, crystal growth, thermal engineering, meteorology, oceanography, geophysics and astrophysics.
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"As such, it should henceforth be considered as a reference work for any student, engineer and researcher in fluid mechanics, interested in either broadening their knowledge or in delving into one of the numerous subjects of interest developed here." ( The International Journal of Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics , 1 April 2013) Read more...
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