The Role of Coherent Structures in Modelling Turbulence and Mixing: Proceedings of the International Conference Madrid, Spain, June 25–27, 1980 (Lecture Notes in Physics (136))

Coherent structures in turbulent flow.- The deterministic description of the coherent structure of free shear layers.- Shear layer models and computer analysis of data.- Theoretical investigation of interaction and coalescence of large scale structures in the turbulent mixing layer.- A model for periodic structures in turbulent boundary layers.- Turbulent structures in wall-bonded shear flows observed via three-dimensional numerical simulations.- Experimental methods in turbulent structure research.- Investigations of eddy coherence in jet flows by.- The plane mixing layer flow visualization results and three dimensional effects.- Useful strategies in turbulence experiments and modelling.- Initiation, evolution and global consequences of coherent structures in turbulent shear flows.- Coherent structures and studies of perturbed and unperturbed jets.- A comparison of characteristic features of coherent turbulent structures found using the variable interval time average (VITA) technique and using the pattern recognition technique.- The effects of reynolds number and pressure gradient on the transitional spot in a laminar boundary layer.- Lewis number effects on the structure and extinction of diffusion flames due to strain.- Jet noise and the effects of jet forcing.- Chemically reacting mixing layer.- Coherent structures in turbulent combustion.