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New trends in turbulence. Turbulence: nouveaux aspects

Les Houches Session LXXIV 31 July - 1 September 2000

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  1. M. Lesieur
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  2. A. Yaglom
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  3. F. David
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  • Very complete and pedagogically written reviews on turbulence, one of the most exciting topics in physics, mathematics and engineering due to recent progress on the computational and experimental level
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Les Houches - Ecole d'Ete de Physique Theorique (LHSUMMER, volume 74)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvii
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  2. The Century of Turbulence Theory: The Main Achievements and Unsolved Problems

    • A. Yaglom
    Pages 1-52

  3. Measures of Anisotropy and the Universal Properties of Turbulence

    • S. Kurien, K. R. Sreenivasan
    Pages 53-111

  4. Large-Eddy Simulations of Turbulence

    • O. Métais
    Pages 113-186

  5. Statistical Turbulence Modelling for the Computation of Physically Complex Flows

    • M. A. Leschziner
    Pages 187-258

  6. Computational Aeroacoustics

    • R. Mankbadi
    Pages 259-317

  7. The Topology of Turbulence

    • H. K. Moffatt
    Pages 319-340

  8. Burgulence

    • U. Frisch, J. Bec
    Pages 341-383

  9. Two-Dimensional Turbulence

    • J. Sommeria
    Pages 385-447

  10. Analysing and Computing Turbulent Flows Using Wavelets

    • M. Farge, K. Schneider
    Pages 449-504

  11. Lagrangian Description of Turbulence

    • G. Falkovich, K. Gawedzki, M. Vergassola
    Pages 505-554
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About this book

The phenomenon of turbulence in fluid mechanics has been known for many centuries. Indeed, it was for instance discussed by the Latin poet Lucretius who described in "de natura rerum" how a small perturbation ("clinamen") could be at the origin of the development of a turbulent order in an initially laminar river made of randomly agitated atoms. More recently, Leonardo da Vinci drew vortices. Analogous vortices were sketched by the Japonese school of artists called Utagawa in the 19th century, which certainly influenced van Gogh in "The Starry Night". However, and notwithstanding decisive contributions made by Benard, Reynolds, Prandtl, von Karman, Richardson and Kolmogorov, the problem is still wide open: there is no exact derivation of the famous so called Kolmogorov k 5'3 cascade towards small scales, nor of the value of the transitional Reynolds number for turbulence in a pipe. Besides these fundamental aspects, turbulence is associated with essential practical questions in hydraulics, aerodynamics (drag reduction for cars, trains and planes), combustion (improvement of engine efficiency and pollution reduction), acoustics (the reduction of turbulence induced noise is an essential issue for plane reactors), environmental and climate studies (remember the huge damage caused by severe storms in Europe at the end of 1999), and astrophysics (Jupiter's Great Red Spot and solar granulation are manifestations of turbulence). Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop models that allow us to predict and control turbulence effects.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New trends in turbulence. Turbulence: nouveaux aspects

  • Book Subtitle: Les Houches Session LXXIV 31 July - 1 September 2000

  • Editors: M. Lesieur, A. Yaglom, F. David

  • Series Title: Les Houches - Ecole d'Ete de Physique Theorique

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45674-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-42978-4Published: 10 January 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07695-4Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-45674-2Published: 01 July 2003

  • Series ISSN: 0924-8099

  • Series E-ISSN: 1610-3459

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVII, 554

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with EDP Sciences, Les Ulis

  • Topics: Classical and Continuum Physics, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Numerical Analysis

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