Biology and the Mechanics of the Wave-Swept Environment (eBook)

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  • FrontMatter,
  • CONTENTS,
  • Preface,
  • Acknowledgments,
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: The Need for Proper Tools,
  • Chapter 2. The Organisms,
  • Chapter 3. An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics,
  • Chapter 4. An Introduction to Water Waves,
  • Chapter 5. Wave Theories,
  • Chapter 6. The Random Sea,
  • Chapter 7. Breaking and Broken Waves,
  • Chapter 8. Tides,
  • Chapter 9. Benthic Boundary Layers,
  • Chapter 10. Turbulence and Mixing,
  • Chapter 11. Hydrodynamic Forces,
  • Chapter 12. Properties of Biological Materials,
  • Chapter 13. Static Beam Theory,
  • Chapter 14. Dynamic Beam Bending,
  • Chapter 15. Adhesion,
  • Chapter 16. Structural Wave Exposure,
  • Chapter 17. Mechanical Determinants of Size and Shape,
  • Chapter 18. Whither Hence?,
  • Chapter 19. Techniques of Measurement,
  • Appendix: List of Symbols,
  • Literature Cited,
  • Index,

  • FrontMatter,
  • CONTENTS,
  • Preface,
  • Acknowledgments,
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: The Need for Proper Tools,
  • Chapter 2. The Organisms,
  • Chapter 3. An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics,
  • Chapter 4. An Introduction to Water Waves,
  • Chapter 5. Wave Theories,
  • Chapter 6. The Random Sea,
  • Chapter 7. Breaking and Broken Waves,
  • Chapter 8. Tides,
  • Chapter 9. Benthic Boundary Layers,
  • Chapter 10. Turbulence and Mixing,
  • Chapter 11. Hydrodynamic Forces,
  • Chapter 12. Properties of Biological Materials,
  • Chapter 13. Static Beam Theory,
  • Chapter 14. Dynamic Beam Bending,
  • Chapter 15. Adhesion,
  • Chapter 16. Structural Wave Exposure,
  • Chapter 17. Mechanical Determinants of Size and Shape,
  • Chapter 18. Whither Hence?,
  • Chapter 19. Techniques of Measurement,
  • Appendix: List of Symbols,
  • Literature Cited,
  • Index,

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VerlagPrinceton University Press
EinbandPDF
Erscheinungsjahr2014
Seitenangabe344 S.
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
PlattformPDF
ReihePrinceton Legacy Library
AutorDenny, Mark

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Über den Autor Mark Denny

Dr Mark Denny pursued research in theoretical physics at Edinburgh University and Oxford University, before embarking on a 20-year career in the aerospace industry as a radar and sonar systems engineer. He authored over fifty technical papers on many subjects in physics and engineering. Mark is now retired and lives on Vancouver Island in western Canada, where he has written fourteen popular science books.

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