Lecture Notes On Turbulence And Coherent Structures In Fluids, Plasmas And Nonlinear Media

This book combines lecture notes from the 19th Canberra Intentional Summer School on Turbulence and Coherent Structures in Fluids, Plasma and Granular Flows as well as selected papers from the accompanying workshop on the same topic. Modern concepts, tools and approaches to studying turbulence and coherent structures are introduced by world-class experts in several fields. The book covers theoretical approaches, numerical modeling and experimental methods in quasi-two-dimensional geophysical flows (such as oceans and atmospheres), turbulence and structures in ionized gases (such as magnetized plasma), three-dimensional flows (such as turbulent boundary layers), and also vortices and solutions in nonlinear optical medium. Many of the methodologies presented may also be applicable to other complex systems. One of the main objectives of this book is to introduce modern studies of turbulence as a cross-disciplinary domain and to give the reader exposure to some of the most vital theoretical and experimental areas of turbulence research.