Fluid mechanics of planets and stars. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Michael Le Bars, Daniel Lecoanet.
• Editors: Bars, Michael Le; Lecoanet, Daniel
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; 1 Internal Waves and Tides in Stars and Giant Planets; Introduction to Internal Waves; Plane Inertial Waves; Plane Internal Gravity Waves; Properties of Internal Waves; Internal Wave Beams; Reflections and Singularities; Inertial Waves in a Sphere; Instabilities of Internal Waves; Forced Internal Waves; Interiors of Stars and Giant Planets; Interior Models; Waves and Instabilities in a Stratified, Rotating Body; Approaches to Internal Waves in Stars and Giant Planets; Tidal Interaction of Two Bodies; Introduction; Gravitational Interaction of Particulate Systems Gravitational Interaction of Fluid BodiesIncompressible Fluid Ellipsoids; Internal Waves and Astrophysical Tides; Equilibrium and Dynamical Tides; Tidal Dissipation via Inertial Waves; Tidal Dissipation via Internal Gravity Waves; Future Perspectives; References; 2 Waves and Convection in Stellar Astrophysics; Stellar Structure and Evolution; Lane-Emden Equation; Stellar Energy Transport; Stellar Evolution Equations; Modeling Stellar Convection; Sound and Internal Gravity Waves in Stars; Uniform Background; Isothermal Background; General Background; Helioseismology Convective-Radiative Interfaces: Convective OvershootConvective Penetration Length; Parameterizations of Convective Overshoot; Measuring the Turbulent Diffusivity; Physical Mechanism of Convective Overshoot; Convective-Radiative Interfaces: Internal Gravity Wave Generation; IGW Transport and Damping; Spectrum of IGWs Excited by Convection; Dynamical Influence of IGW; Conclusion; References; 3 Internal Waves in the Atmosphere and Ocean: Instability Mechanisms; Overview; Dispersion and Polarization Relations; Boussinesq Internal Waves; Anelastic Internal Waves; Breaking Conditions; Overturning ConvectionShear Instability; Summary of Breaking Instabilities; Triad Resonant Instability; Modulational Stability and Instability; Future Directions; References; 4 Rotational Dynamics of Planetary Cores: Instabilities Driven By Precession, Libration and Tides; Introduction: From Planetary Magnetic Fields to Core Turbulence; Tidal Forcings in Planetary Cores: The Primary Response to Tides; The Shape of a Planet Undergoing Tidal Distortion; Flow Driven By Differential Spin and Orbit; Perturbation of the Rotation Rate: Libration; Perturbations of the Rotation Axis: Precession Instabilities Driven By Mechanical Forcings: From Parametric Resonance to TurbulenceParametric Sub-harmonic Resonance of a Pendulum; Oscillators in Planetary Cores: Inertial Waves; Parametric Excitation: The Case of Tidally-Driven Instabilities; Quantifying the Growth Rate: A Global Approach; Quantifying the Growth Rate: Short Wavelength Approximation; The Elliptical Instability in Planetary Cores; An Overview of Some Ongoing Research; Present Tools for Investigating Mechanical Forcings and Instabilities in the Laboratory; The Saturation of the Instability; Dynamo Driven By Mechanical Forcing
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 523.01; Fluid dynamics; Fluid mechanics; Astrophysics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030220747; 3030220745
• Related ISBNs: 9783030220730
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 05, 2019).
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