Launder B.E., Sandham N.D. (eds.) Closure Strategies for Turbulent and Transitional Flows

Cambridge University Press, 2002. – 770 p. – ISBN: 0521792088.Turbulence modelling is a critically important area in any industry dealing with fluid flow, having many implications for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes. It also retains a huge interest for applied mathematicians since there are many unsolved problems.Physical and Numerical Techniques.
Linear and Nonlinear Eddy Viscosity Models.
Second-Moment Turbulence Closure Modelling.
Closure Modelling Near the Two-Component Limit.
The Elliptic Relaxation Method.
Numerical Aspects of Applying Second-Moment Closure to Complex Flows.
Modelling Heat Transfer in Near-Wall Flows.
Introduction to Direct Numerical Simulation.
Introduction to Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flows.
Introduction to Two-Point Closures.
Reacting Flows and Probability Density Function Methods.
Flow Types and Processes and Strategies for Modelling them Complex Strains and Geometries.
Modelling of Separating and Impinging Flows.
Large-Eddy Simulation of the Flow past Bluff Bodies.
Large Eddy Simulation of Industrial Flows?
Application of TCL Modelling to Stratified Flows.
Higher Moment Diffusion in Stable Stratification.
DNS of Bypass Transition.
By-Pass Transition using Conventional Closures.
New Strategies in Modelling By-Pass Transition.
Compressible, High Speed Flows.
The Joint Scalar Probability Density Function Method.
Joint Velocity-Scalar PDF Methods.
Future Directions.
Simulation of Coherent Eddy Structure in Buoyancy-Driven Flows with Single-Point Turbulence Closure Models.
Use of Higher Moments to Construct PDFs in Stratified Flows.
Direct Numerical Simulations of Separation Bubbles.
Is LES Ready for Complex Flows?
Recent Developments in Two-Point Closures.