TY - BOOK AU - Davidson,P.A. TI - Turbulence: an introduction for scientists and engineers SN - 019852949X (pbk.) U1 - 532.0527 PY - 2004/// CY - Oxford, U.K. PB - Oxford University Press KW - Turbulence N1 - Pt. : The classical picture of turbulence. - 1. The ubiquitous nature of turbulence. - 2. The equations of fluid mechanics. - 3. The origins and nature of turbulence. - 4. Turbulent shear flows and simple closure models. - 5. The phenomenology of Taylor, Richardson, and Kolmogorov. - Pt II : Freely decaying, homogeneous turbulence.. - 6. Isotropic turbulence. (In real space). - 7. The role of numerical simulations. - 8. Isotropic turbulence. (in spectral space). - Pt. III : Special topics. - 9. The influence of rotation, stratification, and magnetic fields on turbulence. - 10. Two-dimensional turbulence. - Epilogue. - Appendices ER -