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Fundamentals of Turbulence Analysis

Oh-Hyun Rho

A top-down study log working through viscous flow fundamentals up to RANS and LES.

Table of contents

  1. Chapter 1 What is turbulence — definition and classification
  2. Chapter 2 Tensor notation and coordinate systems
  3. Chapter 3 Revisiting the Navier–Stokes equations — two equations, four forces
  4. Chapter 4 Vorticity and the vorticity equation — why turbulence must be 3D
  5. Chapter 5 Reynolds averaging and the RANS equations
  6. Chapter 6 Turbulent viscosity models — Boussinesq, mixing length, k-ε, k-ω
  7. Chapter 7 Boundary Layer Theory — the Flow is Decided Near the Wall
  8. Chapter 8 Free shear flows — jets, wakes, and mixing layers
  9. Chapter 9 Isotropic turbulence and the energy cascade
  10. Chapter 10 Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) — why it stays a research tool
  11. Chapter 11 Large Eddy Simulation (LES) — resolve the big eddies, model the small ones
  12. Chapter 12 Application — turbulence model selection in industrial CFD