Topographic Effects in Stratified Flows

1. Background; 2. Nonlinear single-layer flow: classical hydraulics; 3. Nonlinear single-layer flow past obstacles - jumps, bores and wave dispersion; 4. Two-layer flow with jumps and topography; 5. Two-layer and stratified flow through contractions; 6. Exchange flows; 7. Gravity currents, downslope and anabatic flows, and stratified hydraulic jumps; 8. Waves in stratified fluids; 9. The stability of stratified flows; 10. Stratified flow over two-dimensional obstacles - linear and near-linear theory; 11. Stratified flow over two-dimensional obstacles - nonlinear hydraulic models with applications; 12. Stratified flow over three-dimensional topography - linear theory; 13. Three-dimensional stratified flow over finite obstacles; 14. Flow over complex and realistic terrain in the atmosphere and ocean; 15. Applications to practical modelling of flow over complex terrain; References; Index.

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• Dinâmica e estática
• Mecânica dos fluidos
• Geofísica