New Tools in Turbulence Modelling: Les Houches School, May 21–31, 1996 (Centre de Physique des Houches, 5)

Numerical large-eddy simulation techniques are booming at present and will have a decisive impact on industrial modeling and flow control. The book represents the general framework in physical and spectral space. It also gives the recent subgrid-scale models. Topics treated include compressible turbulence research, turbulent combustion, acoustic predictions, vortex dynamics in non-trivial geometries, flows in nuclear reactors and problems in atmospheric and geophysical sciences. The book addresses numerical analysts, physicists, and engineers. Front Matter....Pages I-XVII Recent Approaches in Large-Eddy Simulations of Turbulence....Pages 1-28 Large Eddy Simulation: An Introduction and Perspective....Pages 29-47 Large-Eddy Simulation and Statistical Turbulence Models: Complementary Approaches....Pages 49-72 Modeling Compressibility Effects on Turbulence....Pages 73-104 Reynolds Averaged and Large Eddy Simulation Modeling for Turbulent Combustion....Pages 105-140 Modelling Tools for Flow Noise and Sound Propagation through Turbulence....Pages 141-162 Vortices in Compressible LES and Non-Trivial Geometries....Pages 163-182 LES-DNS: The Aeronautical and Defense Point of View....Pages 183-197 Turbulence Modelling in Aeronautical Flows....Pages 199-214 Fluid Instabilities in Inertial Confinement Fusion....Pages 215-225 Large Eddy Simulations in Nuclear Reactors Thermal-Hydraulics....Pages 227-241 Coherent Vortices in Rotating Flows....Pages 243-264 Large-Eddy Simulation of Air Pollution Dispersion: a Review....Pages 265-280 Numerical Simulations of Compressible Convection....Pages 281-290 Dynamical Evolution of the Turbulent Interstellar Medium at the Kiloparsec Scale....Pages 291-298 Back Matter....Pages 301-301