| Turbulence and Diffusion: Scaling Versus Equations Contributor(s): Bakunin, Oleg G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3642087906 ISBN-13: 9783642087905 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Mechanics - General - Science | Physics - Geophysics - Science | Physics - Atomic & Molecular |
| Dewey: 532.052 |
| Series: Springer Series in Synergetics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.89 lbs) 268 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is intended to serve as an introduction to the multidisciplinary ?eld of anomalous diffusion in complex systems such as turbulent plasma, convective rolls, zonal ?ow systems, stochastic magnetic ?elds, etc. In spite of its great importance, turbulent transport has received comparatively little treatment in published mo- graphs. This book attempts a comprehensive description of the scaling approach to turbulent diffusion. From the methodological point of view, the book focuses on the general use of correlation estimates, quasilinear equations, and continuous time random walk - proach. I provide a detailed structure of some derivations when they may be useful for more general purposes. Correlation methods are ?exible tools to obtain tra- port scalings that give priority to the richness of ingredients in a physical pr- lem. The mathematical description developed here is not meant to provide a set of "recipes" for hydrodynamical turbulence or plasma turbulence; rather, it serves to develop the reader's physical intuition and understanding of the correlation mec- nisms involved. |