This textbook on rotating fluid dynamics combines a pedagogical development of theoretical ideas with a description and analysis of many of the fascinating examples of rotating flows found in nature.
This textbook on rotating fluid dynamics combines a pedagogical development of theoretical ideas with a description and analysis of many of the fascinating examples of rotating flows found in nature.
Professor Peter Davidson is a Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Cambridge. He has worked as a research engineer in industry in both the UK and USA, and has authored over 100 publications in the fields of magnetohydrodynamics and turbulence.
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PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO FLUID DYNAMICS AND WAVES 1: A Qualitative Introduction to Rotating Fluids 2: A Crash Course on Incompressible Fluid Dynamics 3: Waves and Waves in Fluids PART II THE THEORY OF ROTATING FLUIDS 4: Moving into a Rotating Frame of Reference, the Taylor-Proudman Theorem, and the Formation of Taylor Columns 5: Ekman Boundary Layers 6: Inertial Waves I 7: Inertial Waves II 8: Rossby Waves 9: Rotating, Shallow-Water Flow 10: Precession 11: Instability I 12: Instability II 13: Vortex Breakdown 14: A Glimpse at Rapidly Rotating Turbulence PART III ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF ROTATING FLOWS IN NATURE 15: Tornadoes, Dust Devils, and Tidal Vortices 16: Tropical Cyclones 17: Convective Motion in the Earth's Core and the Geodynamo 18: Zonal (East-West) Winds and Rossby-Wave Turbulence 19: Accretion Discs in Astrophysics Vector Identities and Theorems Navier-Stokes Equation in Cylindrical Polar Coordinates Geophysical Data The Physical Properties of Common Fluids Index
PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO FLUID DYNAMICS AND WAVES 1: A Qualitative Introduction to Rotating Fluids 2: A Crash Course on Incompressible Fluid Dynamics 3: Waves and Waves in Fluids PART II THE THEORY OF ROTATING FLUIDS 4: Moving into a Rotating Frame of Reference, the Taylor-Proudman Theorem, and the Formation of Taylor Columns 5: Ekman Boundary Layers 6: Inertial Waves I 7: Inertial Waves II 8: Rossby Waves 9: Rotating, Shallow-Water Flow 10: Precession 11: Instability I 12: Instability II 13: Vortex Breakdown 14: A Glimpse at Rapidly Rotating Turbulence PART III ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF ROTATING FLOWS IN NATURE 15: Tornadoes, Dust Devils, and Tidal Vortices 16: Tropical Cyclones 17: Convective Motion in the Earth's Core and the Geodynamo 18: Zonal (East-West) Winds and Rossby-Wave Turbulence 19: Accretion Discs in Astrophysics Vector Identities and Theorems Navier-Stokes Equation in Cylindrical Polar Coordinates Geophysical Data The Physical Properties of Common Fluids Index
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