TY - BOOK AU - Lappa,Marcello ED - Ohio Library and Information Network. TI - Rotating thermal flows in natural and industrial processes SN - 9781118342404 (electronic bk.) AV - QC320.2 PY - 2012/// CY - Hoboken, New Jersey PB - Wiley KW - Heat KW - Transmission KW - Rotating masses of fluid N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Equations, General Concepts and Nondimensional Numbers -- Rayleigh-̌Bnard Convection with Rotation -- Spherical Shells, Rossby Waves and Centrifugally Driven Thermal Convection -- The Baroclinic Problem -- The Quasi-Geostrophic Theory -- Planetary Patterns -- Surface-Tension-Driven Flows in Rotating Fluids -- Crystal Growth from the Melt and Rotating Machinery -- Rotating Magnetic Fields -- Angular Vibrations and Rocking Motions; Available to OhioLINK libraries N2 - "In this context, it is expressly shown how the aforementioned isomorphism between small and large scale phenomena becomes beneficial to the definition and ensuing development of an integrated comprehensive framework allowing the reader to understand and assimilate the underlying quintessential mechanisms without requiring, however, familiarity with specific literature on the subject"-- UR - https://rave.ohiolink.edu/ebooks/ebc2/9781118342411 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118342411 UR - http://proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/login?url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118342411 ER -