| Description |
1 online resource (160 pages) |
| Series |
Advances in Coastal and Ocean Engineering ; v. 8 |
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Advances in coastal and ocean engineering.
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| Contents |
Preface to the review series; Preface to volume 8; Contributors; CONTENTS; The Dynamics of Strong Turbulence at Free Surfaces Part 1 Description; 1 General introduction; 2 General description of disturbed free surfaces; 3 Terminology and quantification; 4 Weak turbulence; 5 Turbulence with surface tension dominant and gravity unimportant; 6 Very strong turbulence; 7 Gravity-dominated turbulence; 8 Scars, turbulent and laminar; 9 Discussion; 10 Conclusion; The Cross-Stream Crest Profile of Gentle Spilling Breakers; 1 Introduction; 2 Experimental Details; 3 Results and Discussion; 4 Conclusions |
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4 Integral and differential equations of motion5 The boundary conditions; 6 Closure; 7 Discussion of simple closures; 8 Breaker toe dynamics; 9 Discussion |
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Very Strong Free-Surface Aeration in Turbulent Flows: Entrainment Mechanisms and Air-Water Flow Structure at the ""Pseudo"" Free Surface1 Introduction; 2 Local (singular) aeration mechanism: air entrapment at plunging jets; 3 Interfacial aeration process : self-aeration down a stepped cascade; 4 Applications to coastal processes: unsteady air entrainment at plunging breakers; 5 Summary and Recommendations; The Dynamics of Strong Turbulence at Free Surfaces Part 2 Free-Surface Boundary Conditions; 1 Introduction; 2 The conditional averaging; 3 The surface layer and the mean air-water interface |
| Summary |
This book is a useful source of ideas and information for scientists whose work involves understanding and modelling turbulent flows with free surfaces. It has the following merits: (1) It provides a framework for developing the analysis of this field, which, although important, has received only limited study; (2) It recognizes the importance of the two-phase nature of strongly disturbed free surface flows, with both natural and technological applications; (3) It suggests possible lines of future research (especially experimental) to quantify the characteristics of flow regimes which are main |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ocean-atmosphere interaction.
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Turbulence.
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Water waves.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brocchini, Maurizio.
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Liu, Philip L. F.
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| ISBN |
9789812705297 |
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9812705295 |
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