Mathematical and physical theory of turbulence. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John Cannon, Bhimsen Shivamoggi.
• Other Names: Cannon, John Rozier, 1938-; Shivamoggi, Bhimsen K
• Contents: A MATHEMATICIAN REFLECTS: BANQUET REMARKS ; Alan Turing; Henry Whitehead; Jean-Pierre Serre; Epilogue; LAGRANGIAN DESCRIPTION OF TURBULENCE ; Introduction; Particles in Fluid Turbulence; Unforced Evolution of Passive Fields; Cascades of a Passive Tracer; Active Tracers; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; TWO-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENCE AN OVERVIEW ; Introduction; Conservation Laws and Cascades; Markovian Closure; Numerical Simulations: The Decay Problem; A New Scaling Theory for Turbulent Decay; A New Dynamic Model for Turbulent Decay; Forced Two-Dimensional Turbulence; A Question of End States; Flow over Topography; Effects of β Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; STATISTICAL PLASMA PHYSICS IN A STRONG MAGNETIC FIELD: PARADIGMS AND PROBLEMS ; Introduction; Introductory Plasma-Physics Background, Particularly Gyrokinetics; Plasma Applications of Statistical Methods; Statistical Description of Long-Wavelength Flows; Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; SOME REMARKS ON DECAYING TWO-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENCE ; Introduction; The Statistical Mechanics of Vorticity; Numerical Results: Rectangular Periodic Boundaries; Numerical Results: Material Boundaries; Pressure Determinations and Their Ambiguities; Summary; Acknowledgment; References; STATISTICAL AND DYNAMICAL QUESTIONS IN STRATIFIED TURBULENCE ; Isotropic Turbulence and Resolution Issues at Large Scales; Stably Stratified Turbulence; Concluding Comments; References; WAVELET SCALING AND NAVIER–STOKES REGULARITY ; Background; Navier–Stokes in Wavelet Space; Isolated Singularities and Scaling of Wavelet Coefficients Evolution of Singularities; Discussion; References; GENERALIZATION OF THE EDDY VISCOSITY MODEL — APPLICATION TO A TEMPERATURE SPECTRUM ; Introduction; Eddy Viscosity Model; Application to a Temperature Spectrum; Conclusions; References; CONTINUOUS MODELS FOR THE SIMULATION OF TURBULENT FLOWS: AN OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS ; Introduction; Development of Continuous RANS-LES Models— Possible Bases; DNS of Kolmogorov Flow; Continuous RANS-LES Model Development and Application; Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; ANALYTICAL USES OF WAVELETS FOR NAVIER–STOKES TURBULENCE ; Background; Eliminating Pressure; Filtered Flexion and Wavelet Transforms; Applications; Conclusion; References; TIME AVERAGING, HIERARCHY OF THE GOVERNING EQUATIONS, AND THE BALANCE OF TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY ; Introduction; Various Notions of Time Averaging; Governing Equations; Constitutive and Closure Theories; Turbulent Kinetic Energy; Acknowledgments; References; THE ROLE OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM INVARIANTS IN HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE ; Introduction; Loitsyansky’s Integral for Isotropic Turbulence; Kolmogorov’s Decay Laws in Isotropic Turbulence; Landau’s Angular Momentum in Isotropic Turbulence; Long-Range Correlations in Homogenous Turbulence; The Growth of Anisotropy in MHD Turbulence; The Landau Invariant for Homogeneous MHD Turbulence; Decay Laws at Low Magnetic Reynolds Number; A Loitsyansky-type Invariant for Stratified Turbulence; Conclusions; References; ON THE NEW CONCEPT OF TURBULENCE MODELING IN FULLY DEVELOPED TURBULENT CHANNEL FLOW AND BOUNDARY LAYER ; Introduction; Eddy Viscosity Turbulence Modeling; New Concept of Turbulence Modeling; Results and Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (193 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 532/.0527; Turbulence; Turbulence; SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- Fluids; Turbulence; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420014976; 1420014978; 1280513357; 9781280513350
• Related ISBNs: 0824723236; 9780824723231
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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