Waves and Tidal Flat Ecosystems

by Eiichi Baba, Mitsumasa Okada, Hideo Kawarada, et al.

Book Overview

The authors explain the rewarding results from the interdisciplinary collaboration between an environmental study group working on coastal ecosystems and effects of oil spills and applied mathematicians modelling wave motion on sandy beaches. By using the unified Navier-Stokes equations with a Bingham fluid model for spilled oil, multi-phase flow analysis were made. Decomposition of spilled oil by bacteria was simulated as a chemical reaction,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642624448
• ISBN13: 9783642624445
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"