An Informal Introduction to Turbulence

✍ Scribed by Arkady Tsinober (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 343
• Series: Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications 63
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is an informal introduction to the turbulence of fluids. The emphasis is placed on turbulence as a physical phenomenon. It addresses the unresolved issues, misconceptions, controversies, and major problems of the turbulence of fluids rather than the conventional formalistic elements and models. Little use is made of complicated formalisms; instead the emphasis is placed on an essentially informal qualitative form. The scope of the book is focused on the purely basic aspects of the turbulent flows of incompressible fluids.
This book will certainly be of interest and use to graduate students as well as scientists active in fields where the turbulence of fluids is of importance. The book is intentionally written to appeal to a broad readership with the aim of making the turbulence of fluids interesting and comprehensible to the interested engineer.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction....Pages 1-26
Origins Of Turbulence....Pages 27-32
Methods Of Describing Turbulent Flows....Pages 33-45
Kinematics....Pages 47-63
Phenomenology....Pages 65-82
Dynamics....Pages 83-150
Structure(s) of Turbulent Flows....Pages 151-179
Turbulence Under Various Influences and Physical Circumstances....Pages 181-226
Conclusion/Close....Pages 227-236
Appendix A. What is Turbulence?....Pages 237-242
Appendix B. About the &#z2018;Snags&#z2019; of the Problem....Pages 243-245
Appendix C. Glossary of Essential Fluid mechanics....Pages 247-268
Appendix D. It is a Misconception That....Pages 269-269
Appendix E. On Methods of Studying Turbulent Flows....Pages 271-273
Appendix F. Glossary of Some Terms....Pages 275-276
Bibliography....Pages 277-311

✦ Subjects

Mechanics;Mechanical Engineering;Meteorology/Climatology;Oceanography;Physics, general