Tsunamis and Hurricanes : A Mathematical Approach /
By: Cap, Ferdinand [author.].
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BookPublisher: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2006.Description: VII, 197 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783211331590.Subject(s): Physics | Meteorology | Geophysics | Oceanography | Mathematics | Continuum physics | Physics | Classical Continuum Physics | Meteorology | Oceanography | Geophysics/Geodesy | Mathematical Methods in Physics | Mathematics, generalDDC classification: 531 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK6716 |
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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