A first course in turbulence

The subject of turbulence, the most forbidding in fluid dynamics, has usually proved treacherous to the beginner, caught in the whirls and eddies of its nonlinearities and statistical imponderables. This is the first book specifically designed to offer the student a smooth transitionary course betwe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Tennekes, H.
Other Authors Lumley, John L. 1930- (joint author.)
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1972.
Subjects
Turbulence.
Dimensional analysis.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262310901
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xii, 300 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Turbulent transport of momentum and heat
  • The dynamics of turbulence
  • Boundary-free shear flows
  • Wall-bounded shear flows
  • The statistical description of turbulence
  • Turbulent transport
  • Spectral dynamics.

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