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Fluid Physics in Geology David Jon Furbish (Associate Professor of Geology, Associate Professor of Geology, Florida State University)

Fluid Physics in Geology By David Jon Furbish (Associate Professor of Geology, Associate Professor of Geology, Florida State University)

Fluid Physics in Geology by David Jon Furbish (Associate Professor of Geology, Associate Professor of Geology, Florida State University)

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Fluid Physics in Geology is a fluid mechanics text for geologists; it provides an introductory treatment of the physical and dynamical behaviour of fluids, aimed at students who need to understand fluid behaviour and motion in the context of a wide variety of geological problems.

Fluid Physics in Geology Summary

Fluid Physics in Geology: An Introduction to Fluid Motions on Earth's Surface and Within its Crust by David Jon Furbish (Associate Professor of Geology, Associate Professor of Geology, Florida State University)

Geologists, for training in fluid physics, usually must take courses offered only in physics or mathematics departments, filling in from physics, chemistry, hydrology, and engineering texts for geological applications. This text is aimed at preparing geology students who wish to pursue further work in fluid physics as well as illustrating the relevancy of problem from other fields to geological problems. Conventional in approaching fluid behaviour within an geological context, the book is unconventional in the sense that it offers a geological motivation for the material - and because the Example problems following each chapter are given lengthy treatment.

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All chapters are clearly written, and well illustrated and referenced. The discussed Example Problems certainly are very inspiring and will be useful for the geological community, especially those interested in modelling. I also recommend this book as a text-book for student seminars

About David Jon Furbish (Associate Professor of Geology, Associate Professor of Geology, Florida State University)

David Furbish is a Associate Professor in the Department of Geology, and an Associate of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute at Florida State University. His teaching and research primarily concern the fields of physical hydrology and geomorphology.

Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1: Topics and Strategies in the Study of Fluid Physics 1.2: Units and Mathematical Conventions 1.3: Scope of Mathematics Used in This Text 1.4: Example Problems 1.5: Reading Chapter 2: Fluids and Porous Media as Continua 2.1: Mean Free Path 2.2: Mathematical and Physical Points 2.3: Representative Elementary Volume 2.4: Example Problems 2.5: Reading Chapter 3: Mechanical Properties of Fluids and Porous Media 3.1: Body and Surface Forces 3.2: Ideal Versus Real Fluids 3.3: Density 3.4: Fluid Rheology and Shear Viscosity 3.5: Compressibility 3.6: Surface Tension 3.7: Example Problems 3.8: Reading Chapter 4: Thermodynamical Properties of Fluids 4.1: Specific Heat 4.2: Heat Conduction 4.3: Fluid Phases 4.4: Equations of State 4.5: Thermodynamic State and the First Law of Thermodynamics 4.6: Isobaric and Isothermal Processes 4.7: Adiabatic Processes 4.8: Compressibility and Thermal Expansion 4.9: Bulk Viscosity 4.10: Example Problems 4.11: Reading Chapter 5: Dimensional Analysis and Similtude 5.1: Dimensional Homogeneity 5.2: Dimensional Quantities 5.3: Buckingham Pi Theorem 5.4: Geometrical Similtude 5.5: Dynamical Similtude 5.6: Characteristic Dimensionless Quantities 5.7: Example Problems 5.8: Reading Chapter 6: Fluid Statics and Buoyancy 6.1: Static Pressure 6.2: Equation of Fluid Statics 6.3: Hydrostatic Equation 6.4: Hypsometric Equations 6.5: Buoyancy 6.6: Stability of a Thermally Stratified Fluid 6.7: Example Problems 6.8: Reading Chapter 7: Fluid Kinematics 7.1: Qualitative Descriptions of Motion 7.2: Substantive Derivative 7.3: Example Problems 7.4: Reading Chapter 8: Conservation of Mass 8.1: Continuity in Cartesian Coordinates 8.2: Continuity of Solutes 8.3: Continuity in Large Control Volumes 8.4: Example Problems 8.5: Reading Chapter 9: Conservation of Energy 9.1: Energy Equation 9.2: Hubbert's Potential 9.3: Example Problems 9.4: Reading Chapter 10: Inviscid Flows 10.1: Euler's Equations 10.2: Bernoulli's Equation 10.3: Example Problems 10.4: Reading Chapter 11: Vorticity and Fluid Strain 11.1: Flow with Rotation 11.2: Vorticity 11.3: Fluid Strain 11.4: Example Problems 11.5: Reading Chapter 12: Viscous Flows 12.1: Viscous Forces 12.2: Newtonian Fluids 12.3: Incompresible Newtonian Flows 12.4: Non-Newtonian Fluids: The Example of Glacier Ice 12.5: Example Problems 12.6: Reading Chapter 13: Porous Media Flows 13.1: 13.2: Equations of Motion 13.3: Advection-Dispertion Equation 13.4: Energy Equation 13.5: Example Problems 13.6: Reading Chapter 14: Turbulent Flows 14.1: Onset of Turbulence 14.2: Time-Averaged Velocities and Pressure 14.3: Reynolds Streses 14.4: Time-Averaged Continuity and Navier-Stokes Equations 14.5: Fluctuating Velocity Components 14.6: Production and Dissipation of Turbulence Energy 14.7: Example Problems 14.8: Reading Chapter 15: Turbulent Boundary-Level Shear Flows 15.1: Turbulent Boundary-Level Development 15.2: Prandtl's Mixing-Length Hypothesis 15.3: Mixing-Length and Eddy-Viscosity Distributions 15.4: Logarithmic Velocity Law 15.5: Turbulent Flow over Rough Boundaries 15.6: Production and Dissipation of Turbulence Energy 15.7: Turbulent Flow and Darcy's Law 15.8: Example Problems 15.9: Reading Chapter 16: Thermally Driven Flows 16.1: Boussinesq Approximation 16.2: Dimensionless Quantities 16.3: Laboratory Experiments with Rayleigh-Benard and Hele-Shaw Flows 16.4: Convection in Pourous Media 16.5: Example Problems 16.6: Reading Chapter 17: Appendixes 17.1: Formulae in Vector Analysis 17.2: Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinates 17.3: Notation References Subject Index

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NPB9780195077018
9780195077018
0195077016
Fluid Physics in Geology: An Introduction to Fluid Motions on Earth's Surface and Within its Crust by David Jon Furbish (Associate Professor of Geology, Associate Professor of Geology, Florida State University)
David Jon Furbish (Associate Professor of Geology, Associate Professor of Geology, Florida State University)
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Oxford University Press Inc
1997-01-09
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