Kolmogorov Spectra of Turbulence I
Subtitle: Wave Turbulence
By: by Vladimir E. Zakharov, Victor S. L'vov, Gregory Falkovich
Contributors: L'vov, Victor S.; Falkovich, Gregory
Series: Springer Series in Nonlinear Dynamics, 0940-2535; Springer series in nonlinear dynamics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9783642500527
Subjects: Physics
Description: This comprehensive introduction into a modern and rapidly developing field starts on the level of graduates and young researchers. It provides a general theory of developed turbulence with a consistent description of phenomena in different media such as plasmas, solids, atmosphere, oceans and space. Starting from simple dimensional analysis the exposition proceeds to rigorous theory with exact solutions for the stationary spectra of turbulence, the solution of the stability problem, matching of Kolmogorov-like spectra with pumping and damping. The reader is provided with the necessary tools for studying nonlinear waves andturbulence: Hamiltonian formalisms, methods of statistical description, derivation of kinetic equations and solutions.