Annual review of fluid mechanics. Volume 15

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6446188

Van Dyke, M; Wehausen, J V; Lumley, J L

A survey of experimental results and analytical techniques for modelling various flows and the behavior of flows around flown-driven machinery is presented. Attention is given to analytical models for wind flows and power extraction by horizontal axis wind turbines. The phenomena occurring in the impact of compressible fluids with a solid body are described, as are the instabilities, pattern formation, and turbulence in flames. Homogeneous turbulence is explored, theories for autorotation by falling bodies are discussed, and attention is devoted to theoretical models for magneto-atmospheric waves and their presence in solar activity. The design characteristics of low Reynolds number airfoils are explored, and numerical and fluid mechanics formulations for integrable, chaotic, and turbulent vortex motion in two-dimensional flows are reviewed. Finally, measurements and models of turbulent wall jets for engineering purposes are examined.

• OSTI ID: 6446188
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640410* -- Fluid Physics-- General Fluid Dynamics
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
AIRFOILS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
FLUID FLOW
FLUID MECHANICS
GRAVITY WAVES
JETS
MACH NUMBER
MACHINERY
MAGNETOSPHERE
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MECHANICS
REVIEWS
REYNOLDS NUMBER
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
TURBULENCE
TWO-PHASE FLOW
VELOCITY
VORTICES
WATER WAVES
WIND TURBINES