Denny Biology and the Mechanics of the Wave-Swept Environment

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5288-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 917, 344 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Denny, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
Preface, pg. xi
Acknowledgments, pg. xiii
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Need for Proper Tools, pg. 1
Chapter 2. The Organisms, pg. 6
Chapter 3. An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics, pg. 18
Chapter 4. An Introduction to Water Waves, pg. 31
Chapter 5. Wave Theories, pg. 45
Chapter 6. The Random Sea, pg. 72
Chapter 7. Breaking and Broken Waves, pg. 86
Chapter 8. Tides, pg. 105
Chapter 9. Benthic Boundary Layers, pg. 117
Chapter 10. Turbulence and Mixing, pg. 133
Chapter 11. Hydrodynamic Forces, pg. 154
Chapter 12. Properties of Biological Materials, pg. 176
Chapter 13. Static Beam Theory, pg. 195
Chapter 14. Dynamic Beam Bending, pg. 212
Chapter 15. Adhesion, pg. 228
Chapter 16. Structural Wave Exposure, pg. 238
Chapter 17. Mechanical Determinants of Size and Shape, pg. 263
Chapter 18. Whither Hence?, pg. 280
Chapter 19. Techniques of Measurement, pg. 282
Appendix: List of Symbols, pg. 309
Literature Cited, pg. 313
Index, pg. 321