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Tsunamis and Hurricanes [electronic resource] : A Mathematical Approach / by Ferdinand Cap.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2006Description: VII, 197 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783211331590
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 531 23
LOC classification:
  • QC6.4.C6
Online resources:
Contents:
From the contents: Introduction to wave physics: Types of waves; Linear wave equations; Solutions of linear wave equations; Nonlinear wave equations; Physics of nonlinear wave equations -- Basic flow equations: Units and properties of substances; Conservation of mass; The equation of motion; Conservation of energy; Thermodynamics; Vorticity theorems; Potential flow in incompressible fluids; Potential flow in compressible fluids; The DARBOUX solution of plane waves in non-dissipative gases; The equivalence theorem -- Water waves: The variety of water waves; Gravity water waves; Capillarity waves; Solitons; Dissipationless tsunamis; Wave equation for dissipative tsunamis; The tsunami wave equations -- Hurricanes: Terminology and basics; The excitation of vorticity in cyclones; Mathematical modelling of cyclones; Multifluid cyclone modelling -- References -- Index.
In: Springer eBooks
Item type: eBooks
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From the contents: Introduction to wave physics: Types of waves; Linear wave equations; Solutions of linear wave equations; Nonlinear wave equations; Physics of nonlinear wave equations -- Basic flow equations: Units and properties of substances; Conservation of mass; The equation of motion; Conservation of energy; Thermodynamics; Vorticity theorems; Potential flow in incompressible fluids; Potential flow in compressible fluids; The DARBOUX solution of plane waves in non-dissipative gases; The equivalence theorem -- Water waves: The variety of water waves; Gravity water waves; Capillarity waves; Solitons; Dissipationless tsunamis; Wave equation for dissipative tsunamis; The tsunami wave equations -- Hurricanes: Terminology and basics; The excitation of vorticity in cyclones; Mathematical modelling of cyclones; Multifluid cyclone modelling -- References -- Index.

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