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Chapter 5. Introduction to Statistical Turbulence Modelling for Hydraulic Engineering Flows

  1. Paul D. Bates2,
  2. Stuart N. Lane3,
  3. Robert I. Ferguson3
  1. F. Sotiropoulos

Published Online: 10 OCT 2005

DOI: 10.1002/0470015195.ch5

Book Title

Computational Fluid Dynamics: Applications in Environmental Hydraulics

Computational Fluid Dynamics: Applications in Environmental Hydraulics

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How to Cite

Sotiropoulos, F. (2005) Introduction to Statistical Turbulence Modelling for Hydraulic Engineering Flows, in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Applications in Environmental Hydraulics (eds P. D. Bates, S. N. Lane and R. I. Ferguson), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/0470015195.ch5

Editor Information

  1. 2

    School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK

  2. 3

    Department of Geography, University of Durham, UK

Author Information

  1. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 10 OCT 2005
  2. Published Print: 22 APR 2005

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470843598

Online ISBN: 9780470015193

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Keywords:

  • environmental hydraulics;
  • Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS);
  • Large Eddy Simulation (LES) approach;
  • Reynolds decomposition;
  • Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS);
  • Prandtl's mixing-length hypothesis;
  • Reynolds-stress models;
  • statistical turbulence modelling;
  • hydraulic engineering applications

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Governing equations, the Reynolds decomposition and the closure problem

  • Turbulence models for the RANS equations

  • Turbulence modelling for stratified flows

  • Closing remarks

  • Acknowledgements

  • References

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