Turbulence-an Odyssey : Origins and Evolution of a Research Field at the Interface of Science and Engineering / by Michael Eckert.
2022
QA913 .E35 2022
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Title
Turbulence-an Odyssey : Origins and Evolution of a Research Field at the Interface of Science and Engineering / by Michael Eckert.
ISBN
9783030914592 (electronic bk.)
3030914593 (electronic bk.)
9783030914585
3030914585
3030914593 (electronic bk.)
9783030914585
3030914585
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-91459-2 doi
Call Number
QA913 .E35 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
532/.0527
Summary
Turbulence is a research field where high expectations have met with recurrent frustration. It is a common perception among physicists, mathematicians and engineers that there is a "big mystery" behind the phenomenon of turbulence. Its history has also remained anything but well researched. Unlike topics such as quantum theory, which began to attract physics historians as long as fifty years ago, turbulence has - until now - received only little professional historical investigation. In this book, which complements his earlier SpringerBrief "The Turbulence Problem", the author sketches the history of turbulence from the vantage point of its roots (Part I), the basic concepts (Part II) and the formation of a scientific community that regarded turbulence as a research field in its own right (Part III). From this perspective turbulence research appears to undertake an odyssey through uncharted territories. The book follows this development up until a conference in Marseille in the year 1961, which marked the inauguration of turbulence in the words of its organizer as "a new science." The epilogue contains some observations about turbulence research since 1961. This book provides a rich source of information for all those interested in the history of this major field of basic and applied science.
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Series
History of physics.
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Turbulence.
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Table of Contents
Pipe Flow
Channel Flow
Drag
Wind and Weather
The Boundary Layer Concept
The Mixing Length
The Statistical Theory of Turbulence
The Onset of Turbulence.
Channel Flow
Drag
Wind and Weather
The Boundary Layer Concept
The Mixing Length
The Statistical Theory of Turbulence
The Onset of Turbulence.