Transports in fluids can be approached from two complementary perspectives: in the Eulerian view of mixing, the focus is on the concentration field - advection stetches and folds the concentration field and sharpens the gradients, while diffusion smoothes the field. In the Langrangian view, fluid parcels are followed around as they move with the flow, experiencing chaotic or shastic motion.
Both pictures are considered in the present lectures, with passive particles carried freely by the flow and reactive particles, where chemically or biologically induced reactions change the character of the particles.
Transports in fluids can be approached from two complementary perspectives: in the Eulerian view of mixing, the focus is on the concentration field - advection stetches and folds the concentration field and sharpens the gradients, while diffusion smoothes the field. In the Langrangian view, fluid parcels are followed around as they move with the flow, experiencing chaotic or shastic motion.
Both pictures are considered in the present lectures, with passive particles carried freely by the flow and reactive particles, where chemically or biologically induced reactions change the character of the particles.
Transport and Mixing in Geophysical Flows
262Transport and Mixing in Geophysical Flows
262Paperback(Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9783642094484 |
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Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
Publication date: | 11/25/2010 |
Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics , #744 |
Edition description: | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008 |
Pages: | 262 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d) |