"Turbulent Flows: Models and Physics" by Jean Piquet

This book offers to students, engineers, CFD modelers, and scientists a detailed synthetic presentation of turbulence physics and modeling with the possibility to find a quick route through the jungle of publications and models.

The book is divided into six chapters, each· chapter in subchapters, sections and subsections.
The first part is introduced by Chapter 1 which summarizes the equations of fluid mechanies, it is developed in C~apters 2 to 4 devoted to the construction of turbulence models.
What has been called "engineering methods" is considered in Chapter 2 where the Reynolds averaged equations al"C established and the closure problem studied (§1-3). A first detailed study of homogeneous turbulent flows follows (§4). It includes a review of available experimental data and their modeling.
The eddy viscosity concept is analyzed in §5 with the l"Csulting ~alar-transport equation models such as the famous K-e model. Reynolds stl"Css models (Chapter 4) require a preliminary consideration of two-point turbulence concepts which are developed in Chapter 3 devoted to homogeneous turbulence.
We review the two-point moments of velocity fields and their spectral transforms (§ 1), their general dynamics (§2) with the particular case of homogeneous, isotropie turbulence (§3) whel"C the so-called Kolmogorov's assumptions are discussed at length.

The status and uncertainties of available experimental data and the practical performance of currently available turbulent models are discussed.

Contents
Preface
1. THE EQUATIONS OF MOTION
2. PRINCIPLES OF TURBULENT FLOW MODELING
3. TWO-POINT HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE
4. SECOND-ORDER TURBULENCE MODELING
5. TURBULENT TWO-DIMENSIONAL SHEAR FLOWS
6. COMPLEX EFFECTS IN TURBULENT FLOWS
APPENDIX: GEOMETRY CONCEPTS.
SUBJECT INDEX