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Lecture notes on turbulence and coherent structures in fluids, plasmas and nonlinear medium / Turbulence and coherent structures in fluids, plasmas and nonlinear medium editors, Michael Shats, Horst Punzmann. - Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2006. - 1 online resource (viii, 387 pages) : illustrations. - World Scientific lecture notes in complex systems ; v. 4 . - World Scientific lecture notes in complex systems ; v. 4. .

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction to developed turbulence / Gregory Falkovich -- 2 Renormalization and statistical methods / David McComb -- 3. Turbulence and coherent structures in the ocean / Henk A. Dijkstra -- 4. Analytical descriptions of plasma turbulence / John A. Krommes -- 5. Experimental studies of plasma turbulence / Michael Shats and Hua Xia -- 6. The numerical computation of turbulence / Javier Jiménez -- 7. Particle image velocimetry -- application to turbulence studies / Julio Soria -- 8. Vortex flows in optical fields / Anton S. Desyatnikov.

ISBN: 9812774076 (electronic bk.) 9789812774071 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Turbulence.
Fluid dynamics.
Fluid mechanics.
Vortex-motion.
Eddies.
Hydrodynamics
Turbulence.
Dynamique des fluides.
Mécanique des fluides.
Tourbillons (Mécanique des fluides)
SCIENCE--Mechanics--Fluids.
Fluid dynamics.
Fluid mechanics.
Turbulence.
Vortex-motion.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TL574.T8

Dewey Class. No.: 532.0527