Rotating thermal flows in natural and industrial processes / Marcello Lappa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lappa, Marcello.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heat--Transmission.

Heat.

Rotating masses of fluid.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In this context, it is expressly shown how the aforementioned isomorphism between small and large scale phenomena becomes beneficial to the definition and ensuing development of an integrated comprehensive framework allowing the reader to understand and assimilate the underlying quintessential mechanisms without requiring, however, familiarity with specific literature on the subject"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Rotating Thermal Flows; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Equations, General Concepts and Nondimensional Numbers; 1.1 The Navier-Stokes and Energy Equations; 1.1.1 The Continuity Equation; 1.1.2 The Momentum Equation; 1.1.3 The Total Energy Equation; 1.1.4 The Budget of Internal Energy; 1.1.5 Closure Models; 1.2 Some Considerations about the Dynamics of Vorticity; 1.2.1 Vorticity and Circulation; 1.2.2 Vorticity in Two Dimensions; 1.2.3 Vorticity Over a Spherical Surface; 1.2.4 The Curl of the Momentum Equation; 1.3 Incompressible Formulation; 1.4 Buoyancy Convection

1.4.1 The Boussinesq Model 1.4.2 The Grashof and Rayleigh Numbers; 1.5 Surface-Tension-Driven Flows; 1.5.1 Stress Balance; 1.5.2 The Reynolds and Marangoni Numbers; 1.5.3 The Microgravity Environment; 1.6 Rotating Systems: The Coriolis and Centrifugal Forces; 1.6.1 Generalized Gravity; 1.6.2 The Coriolis, Taylor and Rossby Numbers; 1.6.3 The Geostrophic Flow Approximation; 1.6.4 The Taylor-Proudman Theorem; 1.6.5 Centrifugal and Stratification Effects: The Froude Number; 1.6.6 The Rossby Deformation Radius; 1.7 Some Elementary Effects due to Rotation

1.7.1 The Origin of Cyclonic and Anticyclonic flows 1.7.2 The Ekman Layer; 1.7.3 Ekman Spiral; 1.7.4 Ekman Pumping; 1.7.5 The Stewartson Layer; Chapter 2 Rayleigh-B ́enard Convection with Rotation; 2.1 Rayleigh-B ́enard Convection with Rotation in Infinite Layers; 2.1.1 Linear Stability Analysis; 2.1.2 Asymptotic Analysis; 2.2 The Kuppers-Lortz Instability and Domain Chaos; 2.3 Patterns with Squares; 2.4 Typical Phenomena for Pr = 1 and Small Values of the Coriolis Number; 2.4.1 Spiral Defect Chaos and Chiral Symmetry; 2.4.2 The Interplay between the Busse Balloon and the KL Instability

2.5 The Low-Pr Hopf Bifurcation and Mixed States 2.5.1 Standing and Travelling Rolls; 2.5.2 Patterns with the Symmetry of Square and Hexagonal Lattices; 2.5.3 Other Asymptotic Analyses; 2.5.4 Nature and Topology of the Bifurcation Lines in the Space of Parameters (τ,Pr); 2.6 Laterally Confined Convection; 2.6.1 The First Bifurcation and Wall Modes; 2.6.2 The Second Bifurcation and Bulk Convection; 2.6.3 Square Patterns Driven by Nonlinear Interactions between Bulk and Wall Modes; 2.6.4 Square Patterns as a Nonlinear Combination of Bulk Fourier Eigenmodes; 2.6.5 Higher-Order Bifurcations

2.7 Centrifugal Effects 2.7.1 Stably Thermally Stratified Systems; 2.7.2 Interacting Thermogravitational and Centrifugally Driven Flows; 2.7.3 The Effect of the Centrifugal Force on Domain Chaos; 2.8 Turbulent Rotating RB Convection; 2.8.1 The Origin of the Large-scale Circulation; 2.8.2 Rotating Vortical Plumes; 2.8.3 Classification of Flow Regimes; 2.8.4 Suppression of Large-scale Flow and Heat Transfer Enhancement; 2.8.5 Prandtl Number Effects; Chapter 3 Spherical Shells, Rossby Waves and Centrifugally Driven Thermal Convection; 3.1 The Coriolis Effect in Atmosphere Dynamics

3.1.1 The Origin of the Zonal Winds

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283645058

128364505X

9781118342381

1118342380

9781118342404

1118342402

9781118342411

1118342410

OCLC:

780415805