Modelling Turbulence in Engineering and the Environment
Modelling Turbulence in Engineering and the Environment
Brian Launder, University of Manchester
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USDModelling transport and mixing by turbulence in complex flows is one of the greatest challenges for CFD. This highly readable volume introduces the reader to a level of modelling that respects the complexity of the physics of turbulent flows – second-moment closure. Following introductory chapters providing essential physical background, the book examines in detail the processes to be modelled, from fluctuating pressure interactions to diffusive transport, from turbulent time and length scales to the handling of the semi-viscous region adjacent to walls. It includes extensive examples ranging from fundamental homogeneous flows to three-dimensional industrial or environmental applications. This book is ideal for CFD users in industry and academia who seek expert guidance on the modelling options available, and for graduate students in physics, applied mathematics and engineering who wish to enter the world of turbulent flow CFD at the advanced level.
- Both authors have played a central role in the development of the field, particularly second-moment closure
- Helps the CFD user find the model that best suits their professional needs
- Graduate students in mechanical, chemical, aeronautical, civil and environmental engineering will welcome this book, as well as physicists and applied mathematicians
- Its thorough treatment of external force fields helps unify engineering and environmental approaches to turbulence modelling
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'The authors have been top researchers in the field for over forty years, and have collaborated many times, so their writing is seamless. Their passion, maturity, clarity, lucidity, and intellectual honesty are impressive in a field which has had its fair share of wild claims or simply near-delusions. This is a permanent, detailed, authoritative, and inspiring reference in a field of engineering science which will be very challenging, active, and important for years to come.' Philippe Spalart, SIAM News
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January 2013Adobe eBook Reader
9781139847704
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273 b/w illus. 27 colour illus. 10 tables
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Nomenclature
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The exact equations
- 3. Characterization of stress and flux dynamics: elements required for modelling
- 4. Approaches to closure
- 5. Modelling the scale-determining equations
- 6. Modelling in the immediate wall vicinity and at low Ret
- 7. Simplified schemes
- 8. Wall functions
- References
- Index.
