内容简介
Thisbookpresentsthecurrentstateoftheartincomputationalmodelsforturbulentreactingflows,andanalyzescarefullythestrengthsandweaknessesofthevarioustechniquesdescribed.Thefocusisonformulationofpracticalmodelsasopposedtonumericalissuesarisingfromtheirsolution.Atheoreticalframeworkbasedontheone-point,one-timejointprobabilitydensityfunction(PDF)isdeveloped.ItisshownthatallcommonlyemployedmodelsforturbulentreactingflowscanbeformulatedintermsofthejointPDFofthechemicalspeciesandenthalpy.ModelsbasedondirectclosuresforthechemicalsourcetermaswellastransportedPDFmethodsarecoveredindetail.Anintroductiontothetheoryofturbulentandturbulentscalartransportisprovidedforcompleteness.Thebookisaimedatchemical,mechanical,andaerospaceengineersinacademiaandindustry,aswellasdevelopersofcomputationalfluiddynamicscodesforreactingflows.
作者简介
RodneyO.FoxreceivedhisPhDfromKansasStateUniversityandiscurrentlytheGlennMurphyProfessorofEngineeringintheDepartmentofChemicalEngineeringatIowaStateUniversity.HehasheldvisitingpositionsatStanfordUniversityandattheCNRSLaboratoryinRouen,France,andhasbeenaninvitedprofessoratENSICinNancy,France,PolitecnicodiTorino,Italy,andAalborgUniversity,Denmark.HeistherecipientofaNationalScienceFoundationPresidentialYoungInvestigatorAwardandhaspublishedover65scientificpapers.