
An Introduction to Turbulence and its Measurement
Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Series
- 238 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
An Introduction to Turbulence and its Measurement
Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Series
About this book
An Introduction to Turbulence and Its Measurement is an introductory text on turbulence and its measurement. It combines the physics of turbulence with measurement techniques and covers topics ranging from measurable quantities and their physical significance to the analysis of fluctuating signals, temperature and concentration measurements, and the hot-wire anemometer. Examples of turbulent flows are presented. This book is comprised of eight chapters and begins with an overview of the physics of turbulence, paying particular attention to Newton's second law of motion, the Newtonian viscous fluid, and equations of motion. After a chapter devoted to measurable quantities, the discussion turns to some examples of turbulent flows, including turbulence behind a grid of bars, Couette flow, atmospheric and oceanic turbulence, and heat and mass transfer. The next chapter describes measurement techniques using hot wires, films, and thermistors, as well as Doppler-shift anemometers; glow-discharge or corona-discharge anemometers; pulsed-wire anemometer; and steady-flow techniques for fluctuation measurement. This monograph is intended for post-graduate students of aeronautics and fluid mechanics, but should also be readily understandable to those with a good general background in engineering fluid dynamics.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- An Introduction to Turbulence and its Measurement
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Editorial Introduction
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- CHAPTER 1. The Physics of Turbulence
- CHAPTER 2. Measurable Quantities and their Physical Significance
- CHAPTER 3. Examples of Turbulent Flows(5)
- CHAPTER 4. Measurement Techniques
- CHAPTER 5. The Hot-wire Anemometer
- CHAPTER 6. Analysis of Fluctuating Signals
- CHAPTER 7. Temperature and Concentration Measurements
- CHAPTER 8. Summary of Practical Details
- APPENDIX 1: The Equations of Motion(5)
- APPENDIX 2: Turbulence Research
- Notation
- References
- Further Reading
- Index