Fundamentals of Turbulent Flows

This succinct introduction to the fundamental physical principles of turbulence provides a modern perspective through statistical theory, experiments, and high-fidelity numerical simulations. It describes classical concepts of turbulence and offers new computational perspectives on their interpretation based on numerical simulation databases, introducing students to phenomena at a wide range of scales. Unique, practical, multi-part physics-based exercises use realistic data of canonical turbulent flows developed by the Stanford Center for Turbulence Research to equip students with hands-on experience with practical and predictive analysis tools. Over 20 case studies spanning real-world settings such as wind farms and airplanes, color illustrations, and color-coded pedagogy support student learning. Accompanied by downloadable datasets, and solutions for instructors, this is the ideal introduction for students in aerospace, civil, environmental, and mechanical engineering and the physical sciences studying a graduate-level one-semester course on turbulence, advanced fluid mechanics, and turbulence simulation.

Table of Contents:
Preface; 1. Overview of turbulent flows; 2. Governing equations; 3. Energetics; 4. Spectral description of turbulence; 5. The scales of turbulent motion; 6. Free-shear flows; 7. Turbulence near a wall; 8. Modeling and prediction of turbulent flows; 9. Numerical considerations for high-fidelity simulations of turbulent flows.

About the Author :
Parviz Moin is the Franklin P. and Caroline M. Johnson Professor in the School of Engineering and founding director of the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University. He pioneered the development of Direct and Large Eddy Simulation techniques and their use for the study of turbulence physics, control and modeling concepts. Professor Moin is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the American Physical Society (APS). Ronald Chan is a Senior Scientist at the Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore. He received his S.B. in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and conducted his Ph.D. research, with the support of A*STAR's National Science Scholarship, on the turbulent bubble breakup cascade in oceanic breaking waves at the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University, where he assisted in the instruction of the graduate turbulence course that inspired this book. His research interests focus on simulating and modeling multiphysics turbulent flows and plasmas.

Review :
'An excellent textbook for introductory graduate courses on turbulence. The authors provide concise and yet detailed presentations on the essential topics of turbulent flows, ranging from the fundamental physics of turbulence to the frontiers of the present-day numerical simulation of turbulence. Also, an excellent reference for physicists and applied mathematicians interested to gain insights into the intrigues of turbulence.' John Kim, University of California, Los Angeles 'An excellent introduction to flow turbulence, expertly framed for the current era, where scale-resolving turbulence simulations are an invaluable partner, and presented with an admirable emphasis on actionable knowledge.' Jonathan Freund, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 'Bringing a much-needed modern perspective to turbulence, this book is destined to become an instant classic. 50 years of knowledge is distilled into a compendium of meticulously curated topics, illustrations, and exercise problems. A must-read for students and researchers alike!' Rajat Mittal, Johns Hopkins University 'The systematic use of numerical-simulation data to support the theory, and the sidebars describing real-life applications, often with a quantitative analysis, are invaluable tools. The last chapter is a complete, hands-on, tutorial for researchers interested in numerical simulation of turbulence- I wish this was available when I was a graduate student.' Ugo Piomelli, Queen's University Canada 'The text is well composed and appears to be ideal for an introductory treatment of turbulent flows. The use of graphics and text boxes/features throughout make the text particularly engaging for educational use.' Todd Lowe, Virginia Tech 'The book of Fundamentals of Turbulent Flows by Parviz Moin/W. H. Ronald Chan's is very informative and well organized which makes it suitable for graduate students in the field of engineering to enhance their knowledge in turbulent flow. The figures are professionally made, and the examples are very practical.' Amir H. Azimi, Lakehead University 'I've been teaching our graduate level turbulence class for 16 years. I'm excited to adopt this textbook and think it will help me better teach this challenging material. It covers all the material I like to present in an organized and clear way. I'm also looking forward to supplementing the assignments I use with the exercises and case studies available from the book.' Steve Gorrell, Brigham Young University