Homogeneous, isotropic turbulence : phenomenology, renormalization, and statistical closures /
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| Author / Creator: | McComb, W. D. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014. |
| Description: | xx, 408 p. ; New York : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International series of monographs on physics ; 162 International series of monographs on physics (Oxford, England) ; 162. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10042133 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. The fundamental problem, the basic statistical formulation, and the phenomenology of energy transfer
- 1. Overview of the statistical problem
- 2. Basic equations and definitions in x-space and k-space
- 3. Formulation of the statistical problem
- 4. Turbulence energy: its inertial transfer and dissipation
- Part II. Phenomenology: some current research and unresolved issues
- 5. Galilean invariance (GI)
- 6. Kolmogorov's (1941) theory revisited
- 7. Turbulence dissipation and decay
- 8. Theoretical constraints on mode reduction and the turbulence response
- Part III. Statistical theory and future directions
- 9. The Kraichnan-Wyld-Edwards (KWE) covariance equations
- 10. Two-point closures: some basic issues
- 11. Renormalization group (RG) applied to turbulence
- 12. Work in progress and future directions
- Part IV. Appendices
- A. Implications of isotropy and continuity for correlation tensors
- B. Properties of Gaussian distributions
- C. Evaluation of the L(k; j) coefficient