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1	A First Course in Turbulence more books like this by John L Lumley, Hendrik Tennekes, Henk Tennekes add to wishlist This is the first book specifically designed to offer the student a smooth transitionary course between elementary fluid dynamics (which gives only last-minute attention to turbulence) and the professional literature on turbulent flow, where an advanced viewpoint is assumed. see all copies from $24.95! new only from $66.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Imaging Through Turbulence more books like this by Michael C Roggemann (Editor), Roggemann C Roggemann, Marvin J Weber (Editor) add to wishlist Learn how to overcome resolution limitations caused by atmospheric turbulence in Imaging Through Turbulence. This hands-on book thoroughly discusses the nature of turbulence effects on optical imaging systems, techniques used to overcome these effects, performance analysis methods, and representative examples of performance. Neatly pulling ... see all copies from $64.99! new only from $64.99!
3	Turbulent Flows more books like this by Stephen Bailey Pope add to wishlist This is a graduate text on turbulent flows, an important topic in fluid dynamics. It is up-to-date, comprehensive, designed for teaching, and is based on a course taught by the author at Cornell University for a number of years. The book consists of two parts followed by a number of appendices. Part I provides a general introduction to turbulent ... see all copies from $59.98! new only from $72.16! \| SVS
4	Turbulence: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers more books like this by Peter Davidson add to wishlist Based on a taught by the author at the University of Cambridge, this comprehensive text on turbulence and fluid dynamics is aimed at year 4 undergraduates and graduates in applied mathematics, physics, and engineering, and provides an ideal reference for industry professionals and researchers. It bridges the gap between elementary accounts of ... see all copies from $79.91! new only from $79.91!
5	The Structure of Turbulent Shear Flow more books like this by A A Townsend add to wishlist Turbulent flow is a most important branch of fluid dynamics yet its complexity has tended to make it one of the least understood. Empirical data have been appearing rapidly for more than twenty years but a consistent theory of turbulent flow based on the results has been lacking. The original edition of Dr Townsend's book was the first to attempt ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $63.10! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Control of Turbulent and Magnetohydrodynamic Channel Flows: Boundary Stabilization and State Estimation more books like this by Rafael Vazquez, Miroslav Krstic add to wishlist This monograph presents new constructive design methods for boundary stabilization and boundary estimation for several classes of benchmark problems in flow control, with potential applications to turbulence control, weather forecasting, and plasma control. The basis of the approach used in the work is the recently developed continuous ... see all copies from $9.85! new only from $9.94! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Turbulent shear layers in supersonic flow more books like this by Alexander J Smits, Jean-Paul Dussauge add to wishlist A good understanding of turbulent compressible flows is essential to the design and operation of high-speed vehicles. Such flows occur, for example, in the external flow over the surfaces of supersonic aircraft, and in the internal flow through the engines. Our ability to predict the aerodynamic lift, drag, propulsion and maneuverability of high ... see all copies from $44.44! new only from $81.00! \| SVS
8	Statistical Fluid Mechanics, Volume 2: Mechanics of Turbulence more books like this by A S Monin, A M Yaglom, John L Lumley (Editor) add to wishlist "If ever a book on turbulence could be called definitive," declared "Science, " "it is this book by two of Russia's most eminent and productive scientists in turbulence, oceanography, and atmospheric physics." Noted for its clarity as well as its comprehensive treatment, this two-volume set serves as text or reference. 1975 edition. see all copies from $21.22! new only from $21.96! \| SVS
9	Turbulence and Random Processes in Fluid Mechanics more books like this by Marten Landahl, E Mollo-Christensen add to wishlist Fluid flow turbulence is a phenomenon of great importance in many fields of engineering and science. Turbulence and related areas have continued to be subjects of intensive research over the last century. In this second edition of their successful textbook Professors Landahl and Mollo-Christensen have taken the opportunity to include recent ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $26.50! \| SVS
10	Turbulence in Internal Flows: Turbomachinery and Other Engineering Applications: (Proceedings) more books like this by S. N. Murthy (Editor), Project Squid Workshop on Turbulence in, United States add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00! first editions
11	Turbulent Mixing and Chemical Reactions more books like this by Jerzy Badyga, John R Bourne, Jerzy Baldyga add to wishlist The connection between chemistry and technology has important consequences for the economy and ecology of industrial processes. Developments in understanding turbulence can now find application to mixing-sensitive selectivities. This text provides information bridging the gap between advances in the field of turbulence and methods used in chemical ... see all copies from $510.00! new only from $510.00!
12 view cover	Transport and Structural Formation in Plasmas more books like this by K. Itoh, S. O. Itoh, A. Fukuyama add to wishlist This monograph aims to illuminate a frontier of modern plasma physics, namely turbulent transport and structural formation in magnetically-confined and inhomogeneous plasmas. see all copies from $109.73!
13 view cover	Dynamic Multilevel Methods and the Numerical Simulation of Turbulence more books like this by Thierry DuBois, Francois Jauberteau, Roger Temam add to wishlist This book describes the implementation of multilevel methods for the numerical simulation of turbulent flows. The general ideas for the algorithms presented stem from dynamical systems theory and are based on the decomposition of the unknown function into two or more arrays corresponding to different scales in the Fourier space. Before describing ... see all copies from $20.16! new only from $56.06!
14 view cover	Dissipative Structures and Weak Turbulence more books like this by Manneville add to wishlist Contributors to the chaos literature have frequently drawn research motivation and expository inspiration from the phenomenon of turbulence in fluids. Here the tables are turned; the author's primary focus is turbulence, and he has produced for the benefit of graduate students and specialists a det see all copies from $32.16! new only from $75.00! \| SVS
15 view cover	Turbulence, Coherent Structures, Dynamical Systems and Symmetry more books like this by Philip Holmes add to wishlist For turbulent flows at relatively low speeds there exists an excellent mathematical model in the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Why then is the 'problem of turbulence' so difficult? One reason is that these nonlinear partial differential equations appear to be insoluble, except through numerical simulations, which offer useful ... see all copies from $46.30! new only from $46.30! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation V more books like this by Rainer Friedrich (Editor), Bernard J Geurts (Editor), Olivier Metais (Editor) add to wishlist This volume contains the Proceedings of DLES-5, the fifth international ERCOFTAC workshop on direct and large-eddy simulation which was held at the Munich university of Technology, August 27-29, 2003. It covers all aspects of DNS and LES, but also hybrid methods like RANS/LES coupling and detached-eddy simulations designed to provide answers to ... see all copies from $20.37! new only from $26.62! \| first editions
17 view cover	Dynamical Systems Approach to Turbulence more books like this by Tomas Bohr, Mogens H Jensen, Giovanni Paladin add to wishlist This book treats turbulence from the point of view of dynamical systems. The exposition centres around a number of important simplified models for turbulent behaviour in systems ranging from fluid motion (classical turbulence) to chemical reactions and interfaces in disordered systems. In recent decades, turbulence has evolved into a very active ... see all copies from $45.00! new only from $57.87! \| SVS
18 view cover	An introduction to turbulent flow more books like this by Jean Mathieu, Julian Scott add to wishlist Most natural and industrial flows are turbulent. The atmosphere and oceans, automobile and aircraft engines, all provide examples of this ubiquitous phenomenon. In recent years, turbulence has become a very lively area of scientific research and application, attracting many newcomers who need a basic introduction to the subject. An Introduction to ... see all copies from $50.00! new only from $64.78!
19 view cover	Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation VI: Proceedings of the Sixth International Ercoftac Workshop on Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation, Held at the University of Poitiers, September 12-14, 2005 more books like this by Eric Lamballais (Editor), Rainer Friedrich (Editor), Bernard J Geurts (Editor) add to wishlist The sixth ERCOFTAC Workshop on 'Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation' (DLES-6) was held at the University of Poitiers from September 12-14, 2005. Following the tradition of previous workshops in the DLES-series, this edition has reflected the state of the art of numerical simulation of transitional and turbulent flows and provided an active forum for ... see all copies from $98.91! new only from $120.16! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Vorticity and Turbulence more books like this by Alexandre Joel Chorin add to wishlist This book provides an introduction to turbulence in vortex systems, and to turbulence theory for incompressible flow described in terms of the vorticity field. It is the author's hope that by the end of the book the reader will believe that these subjects are identical, and constitute a special case of fairly standard statistical mechanics, with ... see all copies from $64.76! new only from $66.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	An Introduction to Ocean Turbulence more books like this by S A Thorpe add to wishlist This textbook provides an introduction to turbulent motion occurring naturally in the ocean on scales ranging from millimetres to hundreds of kilometres. It describes turbulence in the mixed boundary layers at the sea surface and seabed, turbulent motion in the density-stratified water between, and the energy sources that support and sustain ocean ... see all copies from $30.40! new only from $30.40! \| SVS
22 view cover	Mathematical and Physical Theory of Turbulence more books like this by John Cannon (Editor), Bhimsen Shivamoggi (Editor) add to wishlist Although the current dynamical system approach offers several important insights into the turbulence problem, issues still remain that present challenges to conventional methodologies and concepts. These challenges call for the advancement and application of new physical concepts, mathematical modeling, and analysis techniques. Bringing together ... see all copies from $141.69! new only from $141.69!
23 view cover	An Introduction to Turbulence more books like this by Paul A Libby, A Libby Paul add to wishlist Beginning with a description of turbulence, its various manifestations, and a brief history of study, this text also incorporates modern perspectives on turbulence. The text also covers such topics as intermittency and the resultant conditional sampling and averaging of turbulent flows, the role of large scale computation of the fundamental ... see all copies from $5.44! new only from $41.88! \| first editions
24 view cover	Iutam Symposium on Elementary Vortices and Coherent Structures: Significance in Turbulence Dynamics: Proceedings of the Iutam Symposium Held at Kyoto International Community House, Kyoto, Japan, 26-28 October, 2004 more books like this by Shigeo Kida (Editor) add to wishlist Elementary vortices - those tubular swirling vortical structures with concentrated vorticity commonly observed in various kinds of turbulent flows - play key roles in turbulence dynamics (e.g. enhancement of mixing, diffusion and resistance) and characterize turbulence statistics (e.g. intermittency). Because of their dynamical importance, ... see all copies from $91.24! new only from $91.24! \| first editions
25 view cover	Computational Models for Turbulent Reacting Flows more books like this by Rodney Fox, Arvind Varma (Editor) add to wishlist This book presents the current state of the art in computational models for turbulent reacting flows, and analyzes carefully the strengths and weaknesses of the various techniques described. The focus is on formulation of practical models as opposed to numerical issues arising from their solution. A theoretical framework based on the one-point, ... see all copies from $49.98! new only from $77.38! \| SVS

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