Computational fluid dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : applications in environmental hydraulics / / editors, Paul D. Bates, Stuart N. Lane, Robert I. Ferguson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (545 p.) |
Disciplina |
627.042
627/.042 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BatesPaul D
LaneStuart N FergusonRobert I |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental hydraulics - Mathematical models
Fluid dynamics - Mathematical models |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-27625-8
9786610276257 0-470-01519-5 0-470-01518-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Computational Fluid Dynamics; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling for environmental hydraulics; PART ONE AN OVERVIEW OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SCHEMES; 2 Fundamental equations for CFD in river flow simulations; 3 Modelling solute transport processes in free surface flow CFD schemes; 4 Basic equations for sediment transport in CFD for fluvial morphodynamics; 5 Introduction to statistical turbulence modelling for hydraulic engineering flows; 6 Modelling wetting and drying processes in hydraulic models; 7 Introduction to numerical methods for fluid flow
8 A framework for model verification and validation of CFD schemes in natural open channel flows9 Parameterisation, validation and uncertainty analysis of CFD models of fluvial and flood hydraulics in the natural environment; PART TWO APPLICATION POTENTIAL FOR FLUVIAL STUDIES; 10 Modelling reach-scale fluvial flows; 11 Numerical modelling of floodplain flow; 12 Modelling water quality processes in estuaries; 13 Roughness parameterization in CFD modelling of gravel-bed rivers; 14 Modelling of sand deposition in archaeologically significant reaches of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, USA 15 Modelling of open channel flow through vegetation16 Ecohydraulics: A new interdisciplinary frontier for CFD; 17 Towards risk-based prediction in real-world applications of complex hydraulic models; 18 CFD for environmental design and management; Author index; Subject index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145043703321 |
Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley, c2005 | ||
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Critical risk research [[electronic resource] ] : practices, politics and ethics / / edited by Matthew Kearnes, Francisco Klauser, Stuart Lane |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
Disciplina | 361.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KearnesMatthew
KlauserFrancisco Reto LaneStuart N |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental engineering
Risk management Technology - Moral and ethical aspects |
ISBN |
1-119-94525-9
1-280-58600-1 9786613615831 1-119-96274-9 1-119-96273-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Practices in risk research -- pt. 2. Politics in risk research -- pt. 3. Ethics in risk research. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141331903321 |
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 | ||
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Critical risk research : practices, politics and ethics / / edited by Matthew Kearnes, Francisco Klauser, Stuart Lane |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
Disciplina | 361.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KearnesMatthew
KlauserFrancisco Reto LaneStuart N |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental engineering
Risk management Technology - Moral and ethical aspects |
ISBN |
1-119-94525-9
1-280-58600-1 9786613615831 1-119-96274-9 1-119-96273-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Practices in risk research -- pt. 2. Politics in risk research -- pt. 3. Ethics in risk research. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822540303321 |
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 | ||
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The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Physical Geography / / edited by Rebecca Lave, Christine Biermann, Stuart N. Lane |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (607 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 910.02 |
Soggetto topico |
Human geography
Physical geography Environmental geography Human Geography Physical Geography Environmental Geography |
ISBN | 3-319-71461-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Section 1: Introduction -- 1. Introduction Critical Physical Geography; Rebecca Lave, Christine Biermann and Stuart Lane -- 2. Towards a Genealogy of Critical Physical Geography; Stuart Lane, Christine Biermann and Rebecca Lave -- 3. In Defense of Crappy Landscapes; Michael A. Urban -- 4. A Framework for Understanding the Politics of Science; Leonora King and Marc Tadaki -- 5. The Impacts of Doing Environmental Research; Justine Law -- Section 2: CPG in Practice -- 6. The Trouble with Savanna and Other Environmental Categories, Especially in Africa; Chris Duvall, Bilal Butt and Abigail Neely -- 7. Between Sand and Sea: Constructing Mediterranean Plant Ecology; Diana K. Davis -- 8. How the West was Spun: The De-Politicization of Fire in the American West; Gregory Simon -- 9. Critical Physical Geography in Practice: Landscape Archaeology; Daniel Knitter at al. -- 10. Shifting Climate Sensitivities, Shifting Paradigms: Tree-Ring Science in a Dynamic World; Christine Biermann and Henri Grissino-Mayer -- 11. Forest Land Use Legacy Research Exhibits Aspects of Critical Physical Geography; David Robertson, Chris Larsen and Steve Tulowiecki -- 12. Critical Invasion Sciences: Weeds, Pests, and Aliens; Christian A. Kull -- 13. Mapping Ecosystem Services: From Biophysical Processes to (Mis)Uses; Simon Dufour et al. -- 14. Beyond "The Mosquito People": The Challenges of Engaging Community for Environmental Justice in Infested Urban Spaces; Dawn Biehler et al. -- 15. Circulating Wildfire: Capturing the Complexity of Wildlife Movements in the Tarangire Ecosystem in Northern Tanzania from a Mixed Methods, Multiple Situated Perspective; Mara Goldman -- 16. Race, Class Conflict and the Origins of Range Management; Nathan F. Sayre -- 17. Coffee, Commerce, and Colombian National Social Science (1929-1946); Greta Marchesi -- 18. Who Values What Nature? Constructing Conservation Value with Fungi; Elizabeth S. Barron -- 19. Soils in Eco-Social Context: Soil pH and Social Relations of Power in a Northern Drava Floodplain and Agricultural Area; Salvatore Engel-DiMauro -- 20. Questions of Imbalance: Agronomic Science and Sustainability Assessment in Dryland West Africa; Matthew D. Turner -- 21. Commodifying Streams: A CPG Approach to Stream Mitigation Banking in the US; Rebecca Lave, Martin Doyle and Morgan Robertson -- 22. The Science and Politics of Water Quality; Javier Arce Nazario -- Section 3: Conclusion: Reflecting on Critical Physical Geography -- 24. Proliferating a New Generation of Critical Physical Geographers: Graduate Education in UMass's RiverSmart Communities Project; Nicole Gillett et al. -- 25. Charting a Critical Physical Geography Path in Graduate School: Sites of Student Agency; Lisa C. Kelley et al. -- 26. Critical Reflections on a Field in the Making; Christine Biermann, Stuart Lane and Rebecca Lave. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300579803321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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