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Turbulence: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers

P. A. Davidson
Publisher: 
Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 
2015
Number of Pages: 
630
Format: 
Paperback
Edition: 
2
Price: 
69.95
ISBN: 
9780198722595
Category: 
Textbook
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The classical picture of turbulence
1. The ubiquitous nature of turbulence
2. The equations of fluid mechanics
3. The origins and nature of turbulence
4. Turbulent shear flows and simple closure models
5. The phenomenology of Taylor, Richardson and Kolmogorov
Freely-decaying, homogeneous turbulence
6. Freely-decaying, homogeneous turbulence
7. The role of numerical simulations
8. Isotropic turbulence (in spectral space)
Special topics
9. The influence of rotation, stratification and magnetic fields on turbulence
10. Two-dimensional turbulence