Fundamentals of Turbulence and its Modeling

The purpose of this book is to cover the most essential aspects of turbulence and its modelling so that the included contents can be taught at a pace and in a sequence that it becomes easier for students to learn the matter over a semester-long duration. The author believes that the sequence of contents, and the style of presentation included in this book are unique and apt so that students can make a very smooth transition from their already completed essential training in basic fluid mechanics to their next pursuit of learning advanced, complex but extremely useful concepts related to turbulence and its modelling. This book can be used as a textbook to teach turbulence and its modelling in a semester of 1214 weeks to the final year under-graduate/post-graduate students of Aerospace, Mechanical, Chemical, Civil and other allied branches of engineering. This book is a useful stepping-stone in preparing a student to reach a stage where reading and comprehending other advanced texts and research papers related to this field of study would become easier.

Includes the most essential aspects of turbulence and its modelling Covers topics related to basic fluid mechanics and advanced, complex but extremely useful concepts related to turbulence Is a useful resource for students of aerospace, mechanical, chemical, civil and other allied branches of engineering

Autorentext

Dr. Sawan S. Sinha is a Professor in the Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, INDIA. He received his B.Tech. degree in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kanpur (2001) and his Ph.D. degree from Texas A&M University (Aerospace Engineering), College Station, Texas, USA (2009). Besides being a faculty member at IIT Delhi, his professional experience from the past includes working as an engineer for Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) during 2003 2004 and later as a post-doctoral Research Associate at Texas A&M University (2010-2012).

Dr. Sinha has more than a decade-long teaching experience at IIT Delhi. Besides teaching 'Turbulence and its Modeling', he frequently teaches courses on Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics, and Computational Fluid Dynamics, as well. Based on students' feedback, he has received Awards for Teaching Excellence at IIT Delhi (Turbulent Shear Flows, 2013 and Fluid Mechanics, 2014).

Inhalt

Tensors.- Description of fluid kinematics.- Nature of turbulent flows.- Random variables and their characterization.- Governing equations of the mean flow field.- Turbulence near a solid wall.- Understanding multiplicity of length scales in turbulent flows.- Turbulence modeling.- Scale resolving simulations of turbulent flows.