Mathematical and Physical Theory of Turbulence, Volume 250 (Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824723236 ISBN 13: 9780824723231

Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2006

Synopsis

Although the current dynamical system approach offers several important insights into the turbulence problem, issues still remain that present challenges to conventional methodologies and concepts. These challenges call for the advancement and application of new physical concepts, mathematical modeling, and analysis techniques. Bringing together experts from physics, applied mathematics, and engineering, Mathematical and Physical Theory of Turbulence discusses recent progress and some of the major unresolved issues in two- and three-dimensional turbulence as well as scalar compressible turbulence.

Containing introductory overviews as well as more specialized sections, this book examines a variety of turbulence-related topics. The authors concentrate on theory, experiments, computational, and mathematical aspects of Navier–Stokes turbulence; geophysical flows; modeling; laboratory experiments; and compressible/magnetohydrodynamic effects. The topics discussed in these areas include finite-time singularities and inviscid dissipation energy; validity of the idealized model incorporating local isotropy, homogeneity, and universality of small scales of high Reynolds numbers, Lagrangian statistics, and measurements; and subrigid-scale modeling and hybrid methods involving a mix of Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS), large-eddy simulations (LES), and direct numerical simulations (DNS).

By sharing their expertise and recent research results, the authoritative contributors in Mathematical and Physical Theory of Turbulence promote further advances in the field, benefiting applied mathematicians, physicists, and engineers involved in understanding the complex issues of the turbulence problem.

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Review

... this is a welcome book posing interesting questions concerning the development of turbulence theory and computations in 2D and 3D for many essential industrial and environmental issues, which should be read by any researcher interested in this important topic.
―Marcel Lesieur (French Academy of Sciences and Grenoble Institute of Technology), Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vol. 22, 2008

Edition details

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0824723236
• ISBN 13: 9780824723231
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Cannon John, Shivamoggi Bhimsen