An Informal Conceptual Introduction to Turbulence

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tsinober, Arkady (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, 92
• Subjects: Engineering.; Engineering, general.

This book is a second completely revised edition of An Informal Introduction to Turbulence. The main emphasis is on conceptual and problematic aspects, physical phenomena, observations, misconceptions and unresolved issues rather than on conventional formalistic aspects, models, etc. Apart from the...

Table of Contents:

• Origins of Turbulence
• Methods of Describing and Studying Turbulent Flows
• Kinematics
• Phenomenology
• Dynamics
• Structure(s) of Turbulent Flows
• Turbulence Under Various Influences and Physical Circumstances
• Analogies, Misconceptions and Ill-Defined Concepts
• Conclusion/Close
• Appendix A. What is Turbulence?
• Appendix B. About the ‘SNAGS’ of the Problem
• Appendix C. Glossary of Essential Fluid Mechanics
• Appendix D: Glossary of Some Terms.