ORE 641: Environmental Fluid Dynamics
Spring Semester, 2002
Instructor: Geno Pawlak, Holmes Hall 404
Mon/Wed 4:30-5:45pm
Holmes Hall 241
Fluid dynamics for coastal and estuarine environments. Turbulent mixing processes in homogeneous and stratified fluids. Buoyancy driven flows, internal hydraulics, topographic effects and estuarine circulation. Spill and pollutant dispersal.
Goals:
This course aims to provide
ocean and resources engineering students with an understanding of the
fundamental dynamic processes at work in the coastal marine environment. It
examines how these processes lead to the transport and dispersal of properties
such as salinity, temperature, pollutants and nutrients.
Primary course references:
Dyer, K. R., Estuaries: A Physical Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1997
Fischer, H. S., List, E. J., Koh, R. C. Y., Imberger, J. and Brooks, N., Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters, Academic Press Inc., San Diego, 1979
Tennekes, H. and Lumley, J. L., A First Course in Turbulence, The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1972
Turner, J. S. , Buoyancy Effects in Fluids, Cambridge University Press, London, 1973
Homework #3 data:
file 1 (depth, dissipation, density)
file 2 (depth, north-south velocity, east-west velocity, latitude, longitude)
See help variables for info on file contents
Geno Pawlak, Ocean and Resources Engineering Department, U. Hawaii
Questions or comments? Contact Geno Pawlak