If ever a field needed a definitive book, it is the study of turbulence; if ever a book on turbulence could be called definitive, it is this book. - ScienceWritten by two of Russia's most eminent and productive scientists in turbulence, oceanography, and atmospheric physics, this two-volume survey is renowned for its clarity as well as its comprehensive treatment. The first volume begins with an outline of laminar and turbulent flow. The remainder of the book treats a variety of aspects of turbulence: its statistical and Lagrangian descriptions, shear flows near surfaces and free turbulence, the behavior of thermally stratified media, and diffusion.Volume Two continues and concludes the presentation. Topics include spectral functions, homogeneous fields, isotropic random fields, isotropic turbulence, self-preservation hypotheses, spectral energy transfer, the Millionshchikov hypothesis, acceleration fields, equations for higher moments and the closure problem, and turbulence in a compressible fluid. Additional subjects include general concepts of the local structure of turbulence at high Reynolds numbers, the theory of fully developed turbulence, the propagation of electromagnetic and acoustic waves through a turbulent medium, and the twinkling of stars. The book closes with a discussion of the functional formulation of the problem of turbulence, presenting the equations for the characteristic functional and methods for their solution.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN-13
9780486458915
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95750361
Product Key Features
Author
Andrei Sergeevich Monin, A.M. Yaglom
Publication Name
Statistical Fluid Mechanics: V. 2
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Mechanics
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
896 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
146mm
Item Weight
898g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
A.M. Yaglom, Andrei Sergeevich Monin
Series Title
Dover Books on Physics
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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