Turbulence and Transition in Supersonic and Hypersonic Flows
- 1st Edition - September 26, 2025
- Editors: Johan Larsson, Xiaolin Zhong
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 7 8 5 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 7 8 4 - 1
Turbulence and Transition in Supersonic and Hypersonic Flows explains how to understand and mathematically model these phenomena, with an emphasis on the unique challenges and fe… Read more
Turbulence and Transition in Supersonic and Hypersonic Flows explains how to understand and mathematically model these phenomena, with an emphasis on the unique challenges and features that the compressibility of the fluid introduces. This timely book responds to an increase in research interest in this topic, explaining how to use the latest numerical methods as well as providing important background theory. It covers both the problem of how a laminar boundary layer transitions to turbulence in the supersonic and hypersonic regime and the problem of how compressibility of a fluid affects turbulence.
Compressible flows are important in many areas of engineering, including external aerodynamics, internal flows in propulsion and power generation applications, flows in supercritical fluids, and many others.
Compressible flows are important in many areas of engineering, including external aerodynamics, internal flows in propulsion and power generation applications, flows in supercritical fluids, and many others.
- Provides an interdisciplinary approach to this topic, drawing on physics, applied math, and fluid mechanics
- Explains theory and modeling of high-speed turbulent shear layers
- Addresses astrophysical applications, such as star formation
Researchers and graduate students interested in supersonic and hypersonic turbulent and transitional flows, and compressible flows in general, Scientists and engineers performing computations and experiments in areas including the aerospace, gas turbine, internal combustion, power generation industries.
1. Introduction and overview of supersonic and hypersonic flows
2. Fundamentals of boundary layer instability theory and transition mechanisms
3. Multi-dimensional stability analysis of supersonic and hypersonic boundary layers
4. Receptivity of hypersonic boundary layers
5. Parabolized stability equations for hypersonic boundary layers
6. Breakdown to turbulence and DNS of hypersonic boundary layers
7. Transient growth and input/output analysis
8. Isotropic turbulence and its interaction with shock waves
9. Compressible turbulent shear layers
10. Wall-bounded compressible turbulent flows
11. Shock-wave/boundary-layer interactions
12. Jet noise
13. Turbulence modelling in compressible flows
2. Fundamentals of boundary layer instability theory and transition mechanisms
3. Multi-dimensional stability analysis of supersonic and hypersonic boundary layers
4. Receptivity of hypersonic boundary layers
5. Parabolized stability equations for hypersonic boundary layers
6. Breakdown to turbulence and DNS of hypersonic boundary layers
7. Transient growth and input/output analysis
8. Isotropic turbulence and its interaction with shock waves
9. Compressible turbulent shear layers
10. Wall-bounded compressible turbulent flows
11. Shock-wave/boundary-layer interactions
12. Jet noise
13. Turbulence modelling in compressible flows
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 26, 2025
- Language: English
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Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland where he works on multiple problems in the field of computational turbulence including wall-modeling for large eddy simulation, grid-adaptation for turbulence-resolving simulations, the physics of high-speed turbulent flows, and uncertainty quantification for turbulence problems. He earned his PhD at the University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2006, and then worked at the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University as a postdoctoral fellow and Research Associate for 6 years before joining the University of Maryland in 2012.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, University of Maryland, MA, USAXZ
Xiaolin Zhong
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California, CA, USA
Affiliations and expertise
Xiaolin Zhong works in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at University of California, CA, USA.Read Turbulence and Transition in Supersonic and Hypersonic Flows on ScienceDirect