Browsing Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy by Subject "fluid mechanics"
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An experimental study of the spread of buoyant water into a rotating environment
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Maths and Theoretical PhysicsQueens', 2017-05-01)This thesis examines previously unresolved issues regarding the fluid dynamics of the spread of buoyant water into a rotating environment. We focus in particular on the role that finite potential vorticity and background ...
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Several applications of a model for dense granular flows
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2011-03-15)This dissertation describes efforts to evaluate a recently proposed continuum model for the dense flow of dry granular materials (Jop, Forterre & Pouliquen, 2006, Nature, 441, 167-192). The model, based upon a generalisation ...
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Zonal flows in accretion discs and their role in gravito-turbulence
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP)St Edmund's, 2017-10-01)This thesis focuses on the evolution of zonal flows in self-gravitating accretion discs and their resulting effect on disc stability; it also studies the process of disc gravito-turbulence, with particular emphasis given ...