The book is equally accessible to newcomers and experienced researchers, with a clear, pedagogical writing style. Extensive use of figures and diagrams to illustrate the text The book is suitable for both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professional researchers The book is equally accessible to engineers, physical scientists and applied mathematicians with a wide variety of backgrounds Describes the nature of turbulent flow in a range of engineering, environmental and geophysical applications. New to this edition Chapter 5 has been rewritten to provide reader with full details of all the algebraic steps, and been substantially edited to simplify, shorten and update text, including new references. Addition of a new section on passive scalar mixing in isotropic turbulence. A substantial rewriting of sections to reflect a decade of advancement in large-scale dynamics, numerical simulation, rotating turbulence, stratified turbulence, high-Rm MHD turbulence, two-dimensional turbulence & turbulence in the core of the Earth . New, more streamlined text format. Scattered colour printing throughout. This is an advanced textbook on the subject of turbulence, and is suitable for engineers, physical scientists and applied mathematicians. The aim of the book is to bridge the gap between the elementary accounts of turbulence found in undergraduate texts, and the more rigorous monographs on the subject. Throughout, the book combines the maximum of physical insight with the minimum of mathematical detail. Chapters 1 to 5 may be appropriate as background material for an advanced undergraduate or introductory postgraduate course on turbulence, while chapters 6 to 10 may be suitable as background material for an advanced postgraduate course on turbulence, or act as a reference source for professional researchers. This second edition covers a decade of advancement in the field, streamlining the original content while updating the sections where the subject has moved on. The expanded content includes large-scale dynamics, stratified & rotating turbulence, the increased power of direct numerical simulation, two-dimensional turbulence, Magnetohydrodynamics, and turbulence in the core of the Earth
- ISBN: 978-0-19-872259-5
- Editorial: Oxford University Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 656
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2015
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