Turbulent Flow

Peter S. Bernard, PhD, is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and serves as Chief Technology Officer of VorCat, Inc., a start-up company developing computer software for turbulent flow prediction based on his research in gridfree vortex methods.James M. Wallace, PhD, is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and an inductee in the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

"It is strongly recommended by this reviewer" (Applied Mechanics Reviews, 11/1/2003) "Of the recent books on turbulence, this is probably the best for classroom use or private study..." (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.478, 2003)

• Preface.Acknowledgments.1. Preliminaries.2. Overview of Turbulent Flow Physics and Equations.3. Experimental and Numerical Methods.4. Properties of Bounded Turbulent Flows.5. Properties of Turbulent Free Shear Flows.6. Turbulent Transport.7. Theory of Idealized Turbulent Flows.8. Turbulence Modeling.9. Applications of Turbulence Modeling.10. Large Eddy Simulations.11. Analysis of Turbulent Scalar Fields.12. Turbulence Theory.Author Index.Subject Index.