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An Informal Introduction to Turbulence

Author(s): Tsinober, Arkady
ISBN10: 1402001665
ISBN13: 9781402001666
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SummaryTable of Contents
This book is an informal introduction to the turbulence of fluids. The emphasis is placed on turbulence as a physical phenomenon. It addresses the unresolved issues, misconceptions, controversies, and major problems of the turbulence of fluids rather than the conventional formalistic elements and models. Little use is made of complicated formalisms; instead the emphasis is placed on an essentially informal qualitative form. The scope of the book is focused on the purely basic aspects of the turbulent flows of incompressible fluids. This book will certainly be of interest and use to graduate students as well as scientists active in fields where the turbulence of fluids is of importance. The book is intentionally written to appeal to a broad readership with the aim of making the turbulence of fluids interesting and comprehensible to the interested engineer.
Introduction
1(27)
Brief history
1(1)
Nature and major qualitative universal features of turbulent flows
2(17)
Representative examples of turbulent flows
2(13)
In lieu of definition: major qualitative universal features of turbulent flows
15(4)
Why turbulence is so impossibly difficult? The three N's
19(6)
On the Navier-Stokes equations
19(2)
On the nature of the problem
21(1)
Nonlinearity
22(1)
Noninegrability
22(1)
Nonlocality
23(1)
On physics of turbulence
24(1)
On statistical theories
24(1)
Outline of the following material
25(1)
In lieu of summary
26(1)
Origins of Turbulence
27(6)
Instability
27(2)
Transition to turbulence versus routes to chaos
29(2)
Many ways of creating turbulent flows
31(1)
Summary
32(1)
Methods of Describing of Turbulent Flows
33(14)
Deterministic versus random/stochastic or how `statistical' is turbulence?
34(3)
On statistical theories, reduced (low dimensional) representations and related matters
37(3)
Turbulence versus deterministic chaos
40(1)
Statistical methods of looking at the data only? Or what kind of statistics one needs?
41(2)
Decompositions/representations
43(2)
Summary
45(2)
Kinematics
47(18)
Passive objects in random fluid flows
47(9)
Geometrical statistics
53(3)
Kinematic/Lagrangian chaos/advection
56(3)
On the relation between Eulerian and Lagrangian fields
59(1)
On analogies and relations between passive and active fields
60(2)
Summary
62(3)
Phenomenology
65(18)
Introductory notes
65(1)
Kolmogorov phenomenology and related subjects
66(7)
Cascade
73(4)
Introduction
73(1)
Is there cascade in physical space?
74(3)
What are the `small scales' in turbulent flows?
77(3)
Cascade of passive objects?
80(1)
Summary
81(2)
Dynamics
83(68)
Introduction
83(2)
Why velocity derivatives?
85(7)
Vortex stretching and enstrophy production
86(3)
Why strain too?
89(3)
Self-amplification of the field of velocity derivatives
92(6)
Geometrical statistics
98(15)
Alignments
100(1)
The geometry of vortex stretching
101(12)
Depression of nonlinearity
113(5)
Relative depression of nonlinearity in regions with concentrated vorticity
114(1)
Are regions of concentrated vorticity quasionedimensional?
115(3)
Nonlocality
118(12)
Introduction and simple examples
118(3)
Different aspects of nonlocality
121(9)
Acceleration and related matters
130(10)
The relation between the total acceleration and its local and convective components
131(4)
The relation between the total acceleration and its irrotational and solenoidal components
135(2)
Scale dependence
137(2)
Kinematical versus dynamical effects
139(1)
Non-Gaussian nature of turbulence
140(11)
Odd moments
141(2)
Quasi-Gaussian manifestations
143(4)
Irreversibility of turbulence
147(1)
Summary
148(3)
Structure(S) of Turbulent Flows
151(30)
Introduction
151(1)
Intermittency
152(13)
What is small scale intermittency?
153(1)
Measures/manifestations of intermittency
154(8)
On possible origins of small scale intermittency
162(3)
What is(are) structure(s) of turbulent flows?
165(11)
On the origins of structure(s) of/in turbulence
165(3)
How does the structure of turbulence `look'?
168(2)
Structure versus statistics
170(3)
Examples of statistics weakly sensitive to structure(s)
173(1)
Structure sensitive statistics
174(2)
Which quantities possess structure in turbulence and how to `dig' them out?
176(5)
Structure(s) versus scales and decompositions
177(1)
Summary
178(3)
Turbulence Under Various Influences and Physical Circumstances
181(46)
Introduction
181(2)
Shear flows
183(9)
Partly turbulent flows - entrainment
192(4)
Variable density
196(7)
Convection
196(3)
Stable stratification
199(4)
Compressible flows
203(1)
Rotation
203(3)
Helicity
206(1)
Negative eddy viscosity phenomena
206(5)
Laboratory experiments
207(3)
Examples from geophysics
210(1)
Possible explanations
211(1)
Magnetohydrodynamic flows
211(3)
Two-dimensional turbulence
214(6)
Pure two-dimensional versus quasi-two-dimensional
216(2)
Some additional differences between two-dimensional and three-dimensional turbulence
218(2)
Additives
220(7)
Conclusion/Close
227(10)
Universality
227(6)
On universal aspects of turbulence structure
228(2)
Reynolds number dependence
230(2)
Self-amplification of velocity derivatives
232(1)
Depression of nonlinearity
233(1)
Some mathematical and related aspects
233(2)
On the goals of basic research in turbulence
235(2)
Appendix A. What is Turbulence?
237(6)
Appendix B. About the 'Snags' of the Problem
243(4)
Appendix C. Glossary of Essential Fluid Mechanics
247(22)
Kinematics
247(1)
Dynamics
248(9)
Basic equations and their consequences
248(6)
Some additional consequences from the NSE and invariant quantities
254(2)
Symmetries of Euler and Navier-Stokes equations
256(1)
Passive objects
257(2)
Passive scalars
257(1)
Passive vectors
257(2)
Some basic relations for the statistical description of turbulent flows
259(10)
Scaling, scales and related matters
260(3)
Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations and related
263(3)
Filter decomposition
266(1)
Equations governing the dynamics of `error'
267(2)
Appendix D. It is a Misconception That
269(2)
Appendix E. On Methods of Studing Turbulent Flows
271(4)
Direct numerical simulations of the Navier-Stokes equations
271(1)
Physical experiments
272(3)
Appendix F. Glossary of Some Terms
275(2)
Bibliography
277(36)
Author Index
313(8)
Subject Index
321

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