Quantum Nature of Turbulence

ISBN-13: 9781617289309 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 216 str.

Opis

This book presents an integral formulation of hydrodynamics in order to derive the pressure tensor and expressions of non-divergent transport coefficients. At the same time, the impossibility of finding pathologic solutions of the Liouville equation that may be identified with turbulence are examined. This book collects the ideas and papers that build up to the conclusion that turbulence is a quantum phenomenon, thereby encouraging more experimental and theoretical work in quantum non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. The book opens up a modern approach to the "classical" theory of turbulence, of interest to both engineers and physicists.

Spis treści

Superposition of Laminar & Turbulent Flow in the Crab Nebula; Theoretical Definition of Turbulence; Scale Invariance; The Hinkle Apparatus; More Results from the Hinkle Apparatus; Infrared Absorption Spectra of Carbon Dioxide Around the Laminar-Turbulent Transition; Quantum Turbulence at Room Temperature; Superposition of Turbulent-Laminar Transitions in Binary Mixtures; A New Scaling Law for Turbulent Pipe Flow; A Molecular Basis for the Onset of Turbulence; A New Insight on an Old Mystery -- The Coherence of Turbulent Fluids; Turbulence in a Gas Laser; Exact Solutions of Flow in One Dimensional Toy Models; Turbulent Decay from the BGK Approximation; Modified Navier Stokes Equation & new Law of the Wall for Turbulent Flows in Flat-Plate Systems; The Search for an Alternative Formulation of Turbulence; A Molecular Theory of Turbulence; Instabilities in Classical & Quantum Fluids; Quantum Kinetic Theory of Turbulence; A New Equation of State; Index.