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Statistical theory and modeling for turbulent flows

Author: Paul A Durbin; B A Pettersson Reif
Publisher: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, ©2001.
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Durbin, P.A.
Statistical theory and modeling for turbulent flows.
Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c2001
(OCoLC)606526834
Online version:
Durbin, P.A.
Statistical theory and modeling for turbulent flows.
Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c2001
(OCoLC)607094245
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Paul A Durbin; B A Pettersson Reif
ISBN: 0471497363 9780471497363 0471497444 9780471497448
OCLC Number: 44841566
Description: xiii, 285 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: I Fundamentals of Turbulence xv --
1.1 Turbulence Problem 1 --
1.2 Closure Modeling 6 --
1.3 Categories of Turbulent Flow 8 --
2 Mathematical and Statistical Background 13 --
2.1 Dimensional Analysis 13 --
2.1.1 Scales of Turbulence 16 --
2.2 Statistical Tools 17 --
2.2.1 Averages and P.D.F.'s 17 --
2.2.2 Correlations 23 --
2.3 Cartesian Tensors 30 --
2.3.1 Isotropic Tensors 32 --
2.3.2 Tensor Functions of Tensors; Cayley-Hamilton Theorem 33 --
2.4 Transformation to Curvilinear Coordinates 38 --
2.4.1 Covariant and Contravariant Tensor Quantities 38 --
2.4.2 Differentiation of Tensors 40 --
2.4.3 Physical Components 42 --
3 Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations 47 --
3.1 Reynolds Averaged Equations 49 --
3.2 Terms of the Kinetic Energy and Reynolds Stress Budgets 51 --
3.3 Passive Contaminant Transport 55 --
4 Parallel and Self-Similar Shear Flows 59 --
4.1 Plane Channel Flow 59 --
4.1.1 Logarithmic Layer 62 --
4.1.2 Roughness 65 --
4.2 Boundary Layer 66 --
4.2.1 Entrainment 70 --
4.3 Free Shear Layers 71 --
4.3.1 Spreading Rates 76 --
4.3.2 Remarks on Self-Similar Boundary Layers 77 --
4.4 Heat and Mass Transfer 78 --
4.4.1 Parallel Flow and Boundary Layers 78 --
4.4.2 Dispersion from Elevated Sources 82 --
5 Vorticity and Vortical Structures 89 --
5.1 Structure 90 --
5.1.1 Free Shear Layers 91 --
5.1.2 Boundary Layers 95 --
5.1.3 Non-Random Vortices 99 --
5.2 Vorticity and Dissipation 99 --
5.2.1 Vortex Stretching and Relative Dispersion 102 --
5.2.2 Mean-Squared Vorticity Equation 103 --
II Single Point Closure Modeling 107 --
6 Models with Scalar Variables 109 --
6.1 Boundary Layer Methods 110 --
6.1.1 Integral Boundary Layer Methods 111 --
6.1.2 Mixing Length Model 114 --
6.2 [Kappa]--[varepsilon] Model 118 --
6.2.1 Analytical Solutions to the [kappa]--[varepsilon] Model 120 --
6.2.2 Boundary Conditions and Near-wall Modifications 124 --
6.2.3 Weak Solution at Edges of Free-Shear Flow; Free-Stream Sensitivity 131 --
6.3 [Kappa]--[omega] Model 132 --
6.4 Stagnation Point Anomaly 136 --
6.5 Question of Transition 138 --
6.6 Eddy Viscosity Transport Models 140 --
7 Models with Tensor Variables 147 --
7.1 Second Moment Transport 147 --
7.1.1 A Simple Illustration 148 --
7.1.2 Closing the Reynolds Stress Transport Equation 148 --
7.1.3 Models for the Slow Part 150 --
7.1.4 Models for the Rapid Part 153 --
7.2 Analytic Solutions to SMC Models 158 --
7.2.1 Homogeneous Shear Flow 160 --
7.2.2 Curved Shear Flow 162 --
7.3 Non-homogeneity 166 --
7.3.1 Turbulent Transport 167 --
7.3.2 Near-Wall Modeling 168 --
7.3.3 No-Slip 169 --
7.3.4 Non-Local Wall Effects 170 --
7.4 Reynolds Averaged Computation 181 --
7.4.1 Numerical Issues 181 --
7.4.2 Examples of Reynolds Averaged Computation 185 --
8 Advanced Topics 201 --
8.1 Further Modeling Principles 201 --
8.1.1 Galilean Invariance and Frame Rotation 202 --
8.1.2 Realizability 205 --
8.2 Moving Equilibrium Solutions of SMC 207 --
8.2.1 Criterion for Steady Mean Flow 208 --
8.2.2 Solution in Two-Dimensional Mean Flow 209 --
8.2.3 Bifurcations 212 --
8.3 Passive Scalar Flux Modeling 215 --
8.3.1 Scalar Diffusivity Models 215 --
8.3.2 Tensor Diffusivity Models 216 --
8.3.3 Scalar Flux Transport 218 --
8.3.4 Scalar Variance 221 --
8.4 Active Scalar Flux Modeling: Effects of Buoyancy 222 --
8.4.1 Second Moment Transport Models 224 --
8.4.2 Stratified Shear Flow 226 --
III Theory of Homogeneous Turbulence 229 --
9 Mathematical Representations 231 --
9.1 Fourier Transforms 232 --
9.2 3-D Energy Spectrum of Homogeneous Turbulence 233 --
9.2.1 Spectrum Tensor and Velocity Covariances 234 --
9.2.2 Modeling the Energy Spectrum 236 --
10 Navier-Stokes Equations in Spectral Space 247 --
10.1 Convolution Integralss as Triad Interaction 247 --
10.2 Evolution of Spectra 249 --
10.2.1 Small [kappa]-Behavior and Energy Decay 249 --
10.2.2 Energy Cascade 250 --
10.2.3 Final Period of Decay 254 --
11 Rapid Distortion Theory 257 --
11.1 Irrotational Mean Flow 258 --
11.1.1 Cauchy Form of the Vorticity Equation 258 --
11.1.2 Distortion of a Fourier Mode 261 --
11.1.3 Calculation of Covariances 262 --
11.2 General Homogeneous Distortions 267 --
11.2.1 Homogeneous Shear 268 --
11.2.2 Turbulence Near a Wall 271.
Responsibility: P.A. Durbin, B.A. Petterson [sic] Reif.
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