Call number:
9783319556826 (e-book)
In:
Lecture notes in earth system sciences
Description / Table of Contents:
This book addresses students and young researchers who want to learn to use numerical modeling to solve problems in geodynamics. Intended as an easy-to-use and self-learning guide, readers only need a basic background in calculus to approach most of the material. The book difficulty increases very gradually, through four distinct parts. The first is an introduction to the Python techniques necessary to visualize and run vectorial calculations. The second is an overview with several examples on classical Mechanics with examples taken from standard introductory physics books. The third part is a detailed description of how to write Lagrangian, Eulerian and Particles in Cell codes for solving linear and non-linear continuum mechanics problems. Finally the last one address advanced techniques like tree-codes, Boundary Elements, and illustrates several applications to Geodynamics. The entire book is organized around numerous examples in Python, aiming at encouraging the reader to le arn by experimenting and experiencing, not by theory.
Type of Medium:
12
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 227 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:
9783319556826
,
978-3-319-55682-6
ISSN:
2193-8571
,
2193-858X
Series Statement:
Lecture notes in earth system sciences
URL:
Ebook (access only within the AWI network)
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-55682-6
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Part I Introduction to Scientific Python
1 Bird’s Eye View
2 Visualization
3 Fast Python: NumPy and Cython
Part II Second Part: Mechanics
4 Mechanics I: Kinematics
5 Mechanics II: Newtonian Dynamics
6 Physics of Stokes Flow
Part III Lattice Methods
7 Lagrangian Transport
8 Operator Formulation
9 Laplacian Operator and Diffusion
10 Beyond Linearity
Part IV Advanced Techniques
11 Trees, Particles, and Boundaries
12 Applications to Geodynamics
13 The Future
References
Index
