Chaotic flows : correlation effects, transport, and structures / Oleg G. Bakunin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakunin, Oleg G.

Series:

Springer series in synergetics (Unnumbered)

Springer complexity.

Springer complexity

Springer series in synergetics, 0172-7389

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flows (Differentiable dynamical systems).

Chaotic behavior in systems--Mathematics.

Chaotic behavior in systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2011.

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg : Springer, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book introduces readers to and summarizes the current ideas and theories about the basic mechanisms for transport in chaotic flows. Typically no single paradigmatic approach exists as this topic is relevant for fields as diverse as plasma physics, geophysical flows and various branches of engineering. Accordingly, the dispersion of matter in chaotic or turbulent flows is analyzed from different perspectives. Partly based on lecture courses given by the author, this book addresses both graduate students and researchers in search of a high-level but approachable and broad introduction to the topic.

Contents:

pt. 1. Diffusion and correlations

pt. 2. Lagrangian description

pt. 3. Phenomenological models

pt. 4. Fractals and anomalous transport

pt. 5. Structures and nonlocal effects

pt. 6. Isotropic turbulence and scaling

pt. 7. Convection and scaling

pt. 8. Structures and complex flow topology.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-47609-6

9786613476098

3-642-20350-7

OCLC:

763157898