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- Turbulence in Rotating, Stratified and Electrically Conducting Fluids
- Turbulence in Rotating, Stratified and Electrically Conducting Fluids
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The interplay of waves and turbulence: a preview
- PART I FROM FLUID MECHANICS TO MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
- 2 Elementary fluid dynamics
- 3 Motion in a rotating fluid
- 4 Motion in a stratified fluid
- 5 The equations of electrodynamics
- 6 Motion in a conducting fluid: magnetohydrodynamics
- 7 Instabilities and transition to turbulence
- PART II Turbulence in the Absence of Body Forces
- PART III TURBULENCE IN THE PRESENCE OF BODY FORCES
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
2 - Elementary fluid dynamics
from PART I - FROM FLUID MECHANICS TO MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2013
- Turbulence in Rotating, Stratified and Electrically Conducting Fluids
- Turbulence in Rotating, Stratified and Electrically Conducting Fluids
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The interplay of waves and turbulence: a preview
- PART I FROM FLUID MECHANICS TO MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
- 2 Elementary fluid dynamics
- 3 Motion in a rotating fluid
- 4 Motion in a stratified fluid
- 5 The equations of electrodynamics
- 6 Motion in a conducting fluid: magnetohydrodynamics
- 7 Instabilities and transition to turbulence
- PART II Turbulence in the Absence of Body Forces
- PART III TURBULENCE IN THE PRESENCE OF BODY FORCES
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013