Studies in Turbulence

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Parameterizing Turbulent Diffusion in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer....Pages 3-16
Modeling the Dissipation-Rate Equation with the Aid of Direct Simulation Data....Pages 17-38
Second-Order Modeling Of Turbulent Diffusion in an Atmospheric Surface Layer....Pages 39-58
Theoretical and Computational Study of Rotating Isotropic Turbulence....Pages 59-75
Towards A Structure-Based Turbulence Model....Pages 76-80
Effect of Mean Velocity Shear on the Dissipation Rate of Turbulent Kinetic Energy....Pages 81-90
Advances in Modeling the Pressure Correlation Terms in the Second Moment Equations....Pages 91-128
Modeling the Dissipation Rate in Rotating Turbulent Flows....Pages 129-151
Mapping Closures for Turbulent Mixing and Reaction....Pages 152-153
Subgrid Length-Scales for Large-Eddy Simulation of Stratified Turbulence....Pages 154-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Understanding Turbulence Via Vortex Dynamics....Pages 157-178
Heteroclinic Cycles, Exponential Tails, and Intermittency in Turbulence Production....Pages 179-189
Models for the Structure and Dynamics of Near Wall Turbulence....Pages 190-206
The Streamwise Evolution of Coherent Structures in the Axisymmetric Jet Mixing Layer....Pages 207-222
On the Complexity of Turbulence Near a Wall....Pages 223-228
Observations on the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition....Pages 229-247
Lumley’s Podt Definition of Large Eddies and a Trio of Numerical Procedures....Pages 248-261
Propagating Structures in Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows....Pages 262-263
On The Hidden Beauty of the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition....Pages 264-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Mach number Effects on Free and Wall Turbulent Structures In Light of Instability Flow Interactions....Pages 269-284
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Toward A Constitutive Relation in Compressible Turbulence....Pages 285-296
Fluid Dynamics and Noise Emission Associated With Supersonic Jets....Pages 297-323
Formulation of the Statistical Equations of Turbulent Flows with Variable Density....Pages 324-341
A Density-Weighted Conditional Closure Model for Diffusion Flames....Pages 342-356
Interaction between Chemical Reaction and Turbulence in Supersonic Nonpremixed H 2 -Air Combustion....Pages 357-370
Compressible Turbulence and Shock Waves....Pages 371-375
Occurrence of Caustics for High Frequency Acoustic Waves Propagating Through Turbulent Fields....Pages 376-378
Direct Simulation of Compressible Turbulence in A Shear Flow....Pages 378-380
The Rapid Expansion of a Turbulent Boundary Layer In A Supersonic Flow....Pages 381-383
Front Matter....Pages 385-385
Structural Genesis in Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows....Pages 387-411
Some Preliminary Experiments Concerning Thermal Dispersion in a Jet....Pages 412-427
The Vortex-Lattice Structure of Turbulent-Shear Flows....Pages 428-438
Scalar Transport in a Longitudinal Vorticity System in Boundary Layers....Pages 439-446
Conditionally Sampled Vorticities and Near-Wall Turbulence Structure....Pages 447-460
Modeling the Effect of Initial And Free-Stream Conditions on Circular Wakes....Pages 461-483
On The Aetiology of Shear Layer Vortices....Pages 484-485
Front Matter....Pages 487-487
Characterization and Compression of Turbulent Signals and Images Using Wavelet-Packets....Pages 489-513
Self-Preservation of Temperature Fluctuations in Isotropic Turbulence....Pages 514-528
The Turbulence Contribution to the Pressure Term in the Scalar-Flux Equations....Pages 529-541
Long-Time Behavior of Material-Surface Curvature in Isotropic Turbulence....Pages 542-556
Front Matter....Pages 487-487
Microbubble Drag Reduction on an Axisymmetric Body under an Applied Axial Pressure Gradient....Pages 557-567
Trilinear Coordinates In Fluid Mechanics....Pages 568-581
An Alternative Approach to Disturbances in Boundary Layers....Pages 582-602