Table of Contents

The semi-empirical picture of turbulent shear flow; The fundamental approach; Some recent developments in the study of turbulence; Statistical formulation of the general problem; Renormalized perturbation theory and the turbulence closure problem; Renormalized perturbation theories of the first kind; Renormalized perturbation theories of the second kind; An assessment of renormalized perturbation theories; Renormalization group theories; Numerical simulation of
turbulence; Coherent structures; Turbulent diffusion: the Langrangian picture; Turbulent diffusion: the Eulerian picture; Non-Newtonian fluid turbulence; Appendices.

Reviews

This book will become a classic text for turbulence modelling. It is clear, comprehensive, and balanced. SIAM Review