Homogeneous Turbulence Dynamics

This book summarizes the most recent theoretical, computational, and experimental results dealing with homogeneous turbulence dynamics.

Pierre Sagaut (Author), Claude Cambon (Author)

9780521855488, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 June 2008

480 pages, 143 b/w illus. 27 tables
26.1 x 18.3 x 3.2 cm, 1.13 kg

"Undoubtedly, this book should be very useful to researchers interested in the field of turbulence."
Pure and Applied Geophysics, Andrzej Icha, Institute of Mathematics, Poland

This book summarizes the most recent theoretical, computational and experimental results dealing with homogeneous turbulence dynamics. A large class of flows is covered: flows governed by anisotropic production mechanisms (e.g. shear flows) and flows without production but dominated by waves (e.g. homogeneous rotating or stratified turbulence). Compressible turbulent flows are also considered. In each case, main trends are illustrated using computational and experimental results, while both linear and nonlinear theories and closures are discussed. Details about linear theories (e.g. Rapid Distortion Theory and variants) and nonlinear closures (e.g. EDQNM) are provided in dedicated chapters, following a fully unified approach. The emphasis is on homogeneous flows, including several interactions (rotation, stratification, shear, shock waves, acoustic waves, and more) which are pertinent to many application fields – from aerospace engineering to astrophysics and earth sciences.

1. Introduction
2. Statistical analysis of homogeneous turbulent flows: reminders
3. Incompressible homogeneous isotropic turbulence
4. Incompressible homogeneous anisotropic turbulence: pure rotations
5. Incompressible homogeneous anisotropic turbulence: strain
6. Incompressible homogeneous anisotropic turbulence: pure shear
7. Incompressible homogeneous anisotropic turbulence: buoyancy and stable stratification
8. Coupled effects: rotations, stratification, strain and shear
9. Compressible homogeneous isotropic turbulence
10. Compressible homogeneous anisotropic turbulence
11. Isotropic turbulence/shock interaction
12. Linear interaction approximation for shock/perturbation interaction
13. Linear theories – from rapid distortions theory to WKB variants
14. Anisotropic nonlinear triadic closures
15. Conclusions and perspectives.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Thermodynamics & heat [PHH]