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Turbulence : an introduction for scientists and engineers
- Title
- Turbulence : an introduction for scientists and engineers / P.A. Davidson.
- Author
- Davidson, P. A. (Peter Alan), 1957-
- Publication
- Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 657 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- This text focuses on the fundamental nature of turbulence, bridging the gap between the elementary accounts of turbulence found in undergraduate texts and the more rigorous accounts given in advanced monographs.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The ubiquitous nature of turbulence -- The equations of fluid mechanics -- The origins and nature of turbulence -- Turbulent shear flows and simple closure models -- The phenomenology of Taylor, Richardson, and Kolmogorov -- Isotropic turbulence (in real space) -- The role of numerical simulations -- Isotropic turbulence (in spectral space) -- The influence of rotation, stratification, and magnetic fields on turbulence -- Two-dimensional turbulence.
- ISBN
- 0198529481
- 9780198529484
- 019852949X
- 9780198529491
- LCCN
- 2004046142
- OCLC
- ocm54611048
- 54611048
- SCSB-1322634
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library