Environmental Fluid Dynamics: Flow Processes, Scaling, Equations of Motion, and Solutions to Environmental Flows - Softcover

Imberger, Jorg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0120885719 ISBN 13: 9780120885718

Publisher: Academic Press, 2012

Synopsis

Environmental Fluid Dynamics: Flow Processes, Scaling, Equations of Motion, and Solutions to Environmental Flows provides an introduction to the principles of environmental fluid dynamics, i.e, nature's use of air and water to transport and transform waste into nutrients for various organisms. Starting with a discussion of the basics of fluid dynamics for undergraduates, the book moves on to more detailed material for graduate students and specialists in environmental engineering and/or science, physical limnology, estuarine dynamics, and coastal oceanography. Topics covered include equations of motion, fluid viscosity, environmental hydraulics, mixing and dispersion, surface waves, and environmental flows. The material presented here is based on the author's 40 years of teaching fluid dynamics at Berkeley, Caltech, Karlsruhe, Padova, and Western Australia. The book provides a basic overview, while specialists needing more in-depth information can to turn to advanced texts in their specific areas of interest.

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About the Author

Jörg Imberger is the Director of the Centre for Water Research and Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Western Australia (UWA), where he is a Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellow. Imberger received his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley in 1970 and became Professor of Environmental Engineering at UWA in 1979.

From the Back Cover

Environmental Fluid Dynamics: Flow Processes, Scaling, Equations of Motion, and Solutions to Environmental Flows introduces the principles of fluid dynamics, follows with simple applications, and builds to more complex applications experienced in the field. This book provides the foundation for the management of both the physical and ecological wellbeing of lakes, rivers, wetlands, estuaries and coastal seas. Professor Jörg Imberger uses his experience from years of lecturing and participating in projects in over 20 countries to organize the text to best facilitate a fundamental understanding of the fluid mechanical processes which control the sources, pathways, and fates of anthropogenic influences in various components of hydrologically interconnected environments.

Key features

• Offers a unique, authoritative, and accessible treatment of the subject.
• Includes appropriate mathematical expressions without the burden of difficult, extensive notation.
• Provides a unifying foundation for specialized books on hydraulics, physical limnology, estuarine dynamics, and coastal oceanography.

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Environmental Fluid Dynamics: Flow Processes, Scaling, Equations of Motion, and Solutions to Environmental Flows introduces the principles of fluid dynamics, follows with simple applications, and builds to more complex applications experienced in the field. This book provides the foundation for the management of both the physical and ecological wellbeing of lakes, rivers, wetlands, estuaries and coastal seas. Professor Jörg Imberger uses his experience from years of lecturing and participating in projects in over 20 countries to organize the text to best facilitate a fundamental understanding of the fluid mechanical processes which control the sources, pathways, and fates of anthropogenic influences in various components of hydrologically interconnected environments.

Key features

• Offers a unique, authoritative, and accessible treatment of the subject.

• Includes appropriate mathematical expressions without the burden of difficult, extensive notation.

• Provides a unifying foundation for specialized books on hydraulics, physical limnology, estuarine dynamics, and coastal oceanography.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0120885719
• ISBN 13: 9780120885718
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 444