Topological Aspects of the Dynamics of Fluids and Plasmas (NATO Science Series E:, 218) - Livres de poche

EAN (ISBN-13): 9789048141876
ISBN (ISBN-10): 9048141877
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Date de parution: 2010
Editeur: Springer
620 Pages
Poids: 0,923 kg
Langue: eng/Englisch

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ISBN - Autres types d'écriture:
90-481-4187-7, 978-90-481-4187-6
Autres types d'écriture et termes associés:
Auteur du livre: zaslavsky, tabor, moffatt, comte
Titre du livre: barbara, course theoretical physics, california, bär, aspects the novel, advanced dynamics, dynamics fluids and plasmas, plasma dynamics

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Données de l'éditeur

Auteur: H.K. Moffatt; G.M. Zaslavsky; P. Comte; M. Tabor
Titre: NATO Science Series E:; Topological Aspects of the Dynamics of Fluids and Plasmas
Editeur: Springer; Springer Netherland
606 Pages
Date de parution: 2010-12-04
Dordrecht; NL
Imprimé / Fabriqué en
Langue: Anglais
320,99 € (DE)
329,99 € (AT)
354,00 CHF (CH)
POD
XII, 606 p.

BC; Hardcover, Softcover / Physik, Astronomie/Atomphysik, Kernphysik; Atom- und Molekularphysik; Verstehen; Fractal; Plasma; Volume; fluid dynamics; magnetohydrodynamics; Nuclear Physics; Classical and Continuum Physics; Geometry; Astrophysics; Klassische Mechanik; Geometrie; Astrophysik; BB

I. Introductory Lectures.- Relaxation under Topological Constraints.- Knot Theory, Jones’ Polynomials, Invariants of 3-Manifolds, and the Topological Theory of Fluid Dynamics.- Topology of Knots.- Stretching and Alignment in General Flow Fields: Classical Trajectories from Reynolds Number Zero to Infinity.- Fast Dynamo Theory.- II. Relaxation and Minimum Energy States.- Relaxation and Topology in Plasma Experiments.- Taylor’s Relaxation in an Unbounded Domain of Space.- Force-Free Magnetic Fields with Constant Alpha.- Minimum Energy Magnetic Fields with Toroidal Topology.- Research Announcement on the “Energy” of Knots.- III. Helicity, Linkage, and Flow Topology.- The Helicity of a Knotted Vortex Filament.- A Heirarchy of Linking Integrals.- Borromeanism and Bordism.- Topology of Steady Fluid Flows.- IV. The Euler Equations: Extremal Properties and Finite Time Singularities.- Extremal Properties and Hamiltonian Structure of the Euler Equations.- Blow Up in Axisymmetric Euler Flows.- Is There a Finite-Time Singularity in Axisymmetric Euler Flows?.- Evidence for a Singularity of the Three-Dimensional Incompressible Euler Equations.- Singularity Formation on Vortex Sheets: The Raleigh-Taylor Problem.- V. Vortex Interactions and the Structure of Turbulence.- 2D Turbulence: New Results for Re ? ?.- On Vortex Reconnection and Turbulence.- New Aspects of Vortex Dynamics: Helical Waves, Core Dynamics, Viscous Helicity Generation, and Interaction with Turbulence.- Intermittency Growth in 3D Turbulence.- Dynamical Mechanisms for Intermittency Effects in Fully Developed Turbulence.- The Multispiral Model of Turbulence and Intermittency.- Measurements of Local Scaling of Turbulent Velocity Fields at High Reynolds Numbers.- On the Determination of Universal MultifractalParameters in Turbulence.- VI. Chaos, Instability and Dynamo Theory.- Anomolous Transport and Fractal Kinectics.- Kinematical Instability and Line-Stretching in Relation to the Geodesics of Fluid Motion.- The Behavior of Active and Passive Particles in a Chaotic Flow.- Chaos Associated with Fluid Inertia.- Instability Criteria in Fluid Dynamics.- Localized Instabilities in Fluids.- Kinematic Fast Dynamo Action in a Time-Periodic Chaotic Flow.- An Exact Turbulent Closure for the Hydromagnetic Dynamo.- Author Index.