TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davidson,Peter A.
AU  - Kaneda,Y.
AU  - Sreenivasan,Katepalli R.
AU  - 
TI  - Ten chapters in turbulenceedited by Peter A. Davidson, Yukio Kaneda, Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
SN  - 9781139839761
AV  - QA913 .T463 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Turbulence
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 1; Preface; Contributors; 1 Small-Scale Statistics and Structure of Turbulence --; inthe Light of High Resolution Direct Numerical Simulation; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Background supporting the idea of universality; 1.3 Examination of the ideas underlying the 4/5 law; 1.4 Intermittency of dissipation rate and velocity gradients; 1.5 Local structure; 1.6 Inertial subrange; 1.7 Concluding remarks; References; 2 Structure and Dynamics of Vorticity in Turbulence; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Basic relations; 2.3 Temporal growth of vorticity; 2.4 Spatial structure of the turbulent vorticity field; 2.5 Vorticity statistics in turbulenceReferences; 3 Passive Scalar Transport in Turbulence:A Computational Perspective; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Computational perspective; 3.3 Background theory; 3.4 Approach to low-order asymptotic state; 3.5 High-order statistics: fine-scale structure and intermittency; 3.6 Concluding remarks; References; 4 A Lagrangian View of Turbulent Dispersion and Mixing; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Single particle motion and absolute dispersion; 4.3 Two particle motion and relative dispersion; 4.4 n-particle statistics; 4.5 Conclusions; References; 5 The Eddies and Scales of Wall Turbulence5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Background; 5.3 Scales of coherent structures in wall turbulence; 5.4 Relationship between statistical fine-scales and eddyscales; 5.5 Summary and conclusions; References; 6 Dynamics of Wall-Bounded Turbulence; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The classical theory of wall-bounded turbulence; 6.3 The dynamics of the near-wall region; 6.4 The logarithmic and outer layers; 6.5 Coherent structures and dynamical systems; 6.6 Conclusions; References; 7 Recent Progress in Stratified Turbulence; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Scaling, cascade and spectra; 7.3 Numerical simulations7.4 Laboratory experiments; 7.5 Field data; 7.6 Conclusions; Appendix; References; 8 Rapidly-Rotating Turbulence: An Experimental Perspective; 8.1 The evidence of the early experiments; 8.2 Background: inertial waves and the formation of Taylorcolumns; 8.3 The spontaneous growth of Taylor columns fromcompact eddies at low Ro; 8.4 Anisotropic structuring via nonlinear wave interactions:resonant triads; 8.5 Recent experimental evidence on inertial waves andcolumnar vortex formation; 8.6 The cyclone-anticyclone asymmetry: speculative cartoons; 8.7 The rate of energy decay8.8 Concluding remarks; References; 9 MHD Dynamos and Turbulence; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Dynamo; 9.3 Mean field; 9.4 Conclusions; References; 10 How Similar is Quantum Turbulence to Classical Turbulence?; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Preliminary remarks on decaying QT; 10.3 Comparisons between QT and HIT: energy spectrum; 10.4 Decaying vorticity; 10.5 Decay of HIT when the shape of the energy spectramatters; 10.6 Effective viscosity; 10.7 Conclusions; References; 2; b
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