Turbulence, Coherent Structures, Dynamical Systems and Symmetry

by Gahl Berkooz, Philip Holmes, John L. Lumley, et al.

Book Overview

Turbulence pervades our world, from weather patterns to the air entering our lungs. This book describes methods that reveal its structures and dynamics. Building on the existence of coherent structures - recurrent patterns - in turbulent flows, it describes mathematical methods that reduce the governing (Navier-Stokes) equations to simpler forms that can be understood more easily. This second edition contains a new chapter on the balanced proper orthogonal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107008255
• ISBN13: 9781107008250
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.8"