Nonlinear processes in rotating fluids: a report on Euromech 56

A European Mechanics Colloquium (Euromech 56) on ‘Nonlinear processes in rotating fluids’ was held at University College, London from 14–18 April 1975. It was attended by 77 mathematicians, engineers and physicists from 14 countries, and 33 papers were presented and discussed. The topics included motions in homogeneous and stratified rotating fluids, with applications to the atmosphere, the oceans, the earth's core and centrifuges. Brief summaries of the papers presented are contained in this report.

[1]  Roger K. Smith,et al.  On a theory of amplitude vacillation in baroclinic waves , 1977, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[2]  F. Bark,et al.  On vertical boundary layers in a rapidly rotating gas , 1976, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[3]  M. Wimmer.  Experiments on a viscous fluid flow between concentric rotating spheres , 1976, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[4]  E. Roeckner,et al.  A numerical investigation of the connexion between two-dimensional momentum transfer and jetstream formation , 1975 .

[5]  D. E. Smylie,et al.  Can Precession Power the Geomagnetic Dynamo , 1975 .

[6]  R. Grimshaw.  Nonlinear internal gravity waves in a rotating fluid , 1975, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[7]  P. J. Mason,et al.  Baroclinic waves in a container with sloping end walls , 1975, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

[8]  K. Stewartson,et al.  On double-roll convection in a rotating magnetic system , 1975, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[9]  M. Proctor,et al.  The macrodynamics of α-effect dynamos in rotating fluids , 1975, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[10]  Brian J. Hoskins,et al.  The Geostrophic Momentum Approximation and the Semi-Geostrophic Equations. , 1975 .

[11]  J. Egger.  Numerical Experiments on Lee Cyclogenesis , 1974 .

[12]  K. Stewartson,et al.  On finite amplitude convection in a rotating magnetic system , 1974, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

[13]  Roger K. Smith.  On Limit Cycles and Vacillating Baroclinic Waves , 1974 .

[14]  W. Nakayama,et al.  Flow in Rotating Cylinder of a Gas Centrifuge , 1974 .

[15]  M. McIntyre.  Mean motions and impulse of a guided internal gravity wave packet , 1973, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[16]  P. J. Mason,et al.  Thermal Convection in a Large Rotating Fluid Annulus: Some Effects of Varying the Aspect Ratio. , 1973 .

[17]  F. D. Stacey.  The Coupling of the Core to the Precession of the Earth , 1973 .

[18]  L. M. Hocking,et al.  On nonlinear Ekman and Stewartson layers in a rotating fluid , 1973, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

[19]  J. H. Horlock,et al.  Generalized expressions for secondary vorticity using intrinsic co-ordinates , 1973, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[20]  J. Holton,et al.  An Updated Theory for the Quasi-Biennial Cycle of the Tropical Stratosphere , 1972 .

[21]  H. K. Moffatt.  An approach to a dynamic theory of dynamo action in a rotating conducting fluid , 1972, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[22]  R. Bowman,et al.  Countercurrent Chromatography with Flow-Through Coil Planet Centrifuge , 1971, Science.

[23]  J. Pedlosky.  Finite-Amplitude Baroclinic Waves with Small Dissipation , 1971 .

[24]  M. Lighthill.  Dynamic response of the Indian Ocean to onset of the Southwest Monsoon , 1969, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

[25]  G. Wilks.  Swirling flow through a convergent funnel , 1968, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[26]  M. Lighthill,et al.  On slow transverse flow past obstacles in a rapidly rotating fluid , 1968, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[27]  F. Bretherton,et al.  Wavetrains in inhomogeneous moving media , 1968, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

[28]  D. Baker.  Shear layers in a rotating fluid , 1967, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[29]  W. Malkus,et al.  Precessional torques as the cause of geomagnetism , 1963 .

[30]  K. Stewartson,et al.  On almost rigid rotations , 1957, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

[31]  Raymond Hide,et al.  Sloping convection in a rotating fluid , 1975 .

[32]  J. Pedlosky.  Limit Cycles and Unstable Baroclinic Waves , 1972 .