Closure Strategies for Turbulent and Transitional Flows
Contributors: B. E. Launder (Editor); N. D. Sandham (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9780521792080
Subjects: Applied mathematics; Flow, turbulence, rheology; Turbulence; Mathematics; Engineering Fluid Mechanics; Technology; Transition flow; Science/Mathematics; Mechanics - General; Applied; Hydraulics; Mathematical Physics; Technology / Engineering / Mechanical; Engineering - Mechanical
First sentence: Even with the advent of a new generation of vector and now parallel processors, the direct simulation of complex turbulent flows is not possible and will not be for the foreseeable future.