Entropy and Energy Dissipation in Water Resources

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-94-010-5072-2
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 597 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 963 g

Reihe: Water Science and Technology Library

Since the landmark contributions of C. E. Shannon in 1948, and those of E. T. Jaynes about a decade later, applications of the concept of entropy and the principle of maximum entropy have proliterated in science and engineering. Recent years have witnessed a broad range of new and exciting developments in hydrology and water resources using the entropy concept. These have encompassed innovative methods for hydrologic network design, transfer of information, flow forecasting, reliability assessment for water distribution systems, parameter estimation, derivation of probability distributions, drainage-network analysis, sediment yield modeling and pollutant loading, bridge-scour analysis, construction of velocity profiles, comparative evaluation of hydrologic models, and so on. Some of these methods hold great promise for advancement of engineering practice, permitting rational alternatives to conventional approaches. On the other hand, the concepts of energy and energy dissipation are being increasingly applied to a wide spectrum of problems in environmental and water resources. Both entropy and energy dissipation have their origin in thermodynamics, and are related concepts. Yet, many of the developments using entropy seem to be based entirely on statistical interpretation and have seemingly little physical content. For example, most of the entropy-related developments and applications in water resources have been based on the information-theoretic interpretation of entropy. We believe if the power of the entropy concept is to be fully realized, then its physical basis has to be established.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fiorentino, M.

Singh, V.P.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Perspectives on Entropy and Energy Dissipation.- Entropy Optimization Principles and their Applications.- A Historical Perspective of Entropy Applications in Water Resources.- Force, Energy, Entropy, and Energy Dissipation Rate.- Versatile Uses of the Entropy Concept in Water Resources.- Limits in Space-Time Knowledge of Hydrological Data.- Random Walk between Order and Disorder.- Section 2: Application of Entropy in Hydrology.- On What Can be Explained by the Entropy of a Channel Network.- Transfer of Information in Monthly Rainfall Series of San Jose, California.- Application of Some Entropic Measures in Hydrologic Data Infilling Procedures.- An Investigation of the Feasibility Space of Parameter Estimation Using POME and ML with Reference to the TCEV Distribution.- Probabilistic Analysis of the Availability of a Hydrological Forecasting System (HFS).- Section 3: Application Of Entropy In Water Resources.- Assessing the Reliability of Water Distribution Networks Using Entropy-Based Measures of Network Redundancy.- Optimizing Water Distribution Network Design Using Entropy Surrogates for Network Reliability.- The Role of the Entropy Concept in Design and Evaluation of Water Quality Monitoring Networks.- Application of the Entropy Concept in Design of Water Quality Monitoring Networks.- Maximum Entropy Techniques in Inverse and Environmental Problems.- Section 4: Application Of Entropy In Hydraulics.- Applications of Probability and Entropy Concepts in Open-Channel Hydraulics.- A New Energy-Based Approach to Local Bridge Scour.- First and Second Law Analysis of a Hydro Storage with Respect to the Environmental Impact of an Energy System.- Maximum Entropy Principle and Energy Dissipation through Permeable Breakwaters.- Section 5: Application Of Energy Principles In Hydrology.- On What is Explained by the Form of a Channel Network.- Analysis of Spatial Variability of River Network Morphology, Flow and Potential Energy.- Flow Resistance Induced by Overland Flow Morphology.- The Priming and Duration of Droughts.- Section 6: Application of Energy Principles in Hydraulics.- The Role of Energy Dissipation in Fluid Flows and River Mechanics.- Energy Loss in Dividing Flow.- Wave Type Flow at Abrupt Drops: Flow Geometry and Energy Loss.- Some Considerations on Velocity Profiles in Unsteady Pipe Flows.- Analysis of the Seepage Process in Clay Slopes Intercepted by Trench Drains.- Dynamic and Variational Approaches to the River Regime Relation.- Are Extremal Hypotheses not Consistent with Regime Alluvial Channels?.- Statistical Quantities Distribution in Turbulent Flows and the Use of the Entropy Concept.- Vortex Ring-Moving Sphere Chaotic Interaction.