This book highlights by careful documentation of developments what led to tracking the growth of deterministic disturbances inside the shear layer from receptivity to fully developed turbulent flow stages. Associated theoretical and numerical developments are addressed from basic level so that an uninitiated reader can also follow the materials which lead to the solution of a long-standing problem. Solving Navier-Stokes equation by direct numerical simulation (DNS) from the first principle has been considered as one of the most challenging problems of understanding what causes transition to turbulence. Therefore, this book is a very useful addition to advanced CFD and advanced fluid mechanics courses.
Covers the topic of DNS from first principles, while relating this to the canonical problem of transition over zero pressure gradient boundary layer
Emphasizes the new subject of boundary layer receptivity over the classical topic of instability approach
Identifies spatio-temporal wave fronts to explain fluid flow phenomenon of transition that is unique and very revealing on the mechanism of transition
Covers the topic of DNS from first principles, while relating this to the canonical problem of transition over zero pressure gradient boundary layer Emphasizes the new subject of boundary layer receptivity over the classical topic of instability approach Identifies spatio-temporal wave fronts to explain fluid flow phenomenon of transition that is unique and very revealing on the mechanism of transition
Tapan K. Sengupta
Navier-Stokes equation Stochastic studies Equilibrium flow Turbulent flows Spatio-temporal wave fronts Runge-Kutta methods Convection equation Taylor-Green vortex problem Dispersion relation preservation (DRP) Numerical Filtering Stream function-vorticity 3D Routes to Turbulence Vortex induced instability Spanwise modulated excitation Coherent vertical structures