Ten Chapters in Turbulence by Peter A. Davidson - ISBN: 9780521769440
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Despite extensive research, our understanding of the fundamental nature of turbulence is still tentative and incomplete. Here, leading experts summarize our current understanding from theoretical, experimental, observational and computational points of view. This book will be useful to anyone workin…

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    450 pages

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    6 December 2012

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Summary

Turbulence is ubiquitous in science, technology and daily life and yet, despite years of research, our understanding of its fundamental nature is still tentative and incomplete. More generally, the tools required for a deep understanding of strongly interacting many-body systems remain underdeveloped. Inspired by a research programme held at the Newton Institute in Cambridge, this book contains reviews by leading experts that summarize our current understanding of the nature of turbulence fro…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780521769440
ISBN-10:0521769442
Author:Peter A. Davidson, Yukio Kaneda, Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:450
Release Date:6 December 2012
Weight:910g
Dimensions:244mm x 170mm x 25mm
About The Author

Peter A. Davidson

Peter A. Davidson is a Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Yukio Kaneda is a Professor in the Department of Computational Science and Engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan. Katepalli R. Sreenivasan is a Professor in the Department of Physics and in the Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences at New York University.

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