Turbulent Flows
Subtitle: Models and Physics
By: by Jean Piquet
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 761
ISBN-13: 9783642084751; 9783662035597
Subjects: Thermodynamics; Mathematics; Engineering; Computer science; Hydraulic engineering
Description: This book offers to students, engineers, CFD modelers, and scientists a detailed synthetic presentation of turbulence physics and modeling with the possibility to find a quick route through the jungle of publications and models. Chapters 1 to 4 show that turbulence models may be derived and analyzed in a physically sound manner with their potential merits and drawbacks. Chapters 5 and 6 review the physics of (inhomogenous) turbulent flows starting from the most simple flow cases and adding more and more complexity. The status and uncertainties of available experimental data and the practical performance of currently available turbulent models are discussed.
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Table of contents: title: The equations of motion; title: Principles of turbulent flow modeling; title: two-point homogeneous turbulence; title: second-order turbulence modeling; title: turbulent two-dimensional shear flows; title: complex effects in turbulent flows.