Analytical Prediction of Turbulent Heat Transfer Parameters

Abstract

The objective of this research effort is to construct a purely theoretical foundation for the phenomenon of turbulent heat transfer. In this first annual report, the current methodology of theoretical research is reexamined critically. The report outlines in three self-standing units (papers) the new theoretical viewpoint that turbulence is the result of inviscid flow buckling. This viewpoint leads to first examples of theoretical prediction of turbulence parameters, for instance, the transition to turbulence, the flapping motion of turbulent jets, the frequency of vortex shedding and the meandering and mixing mechanism of thermal plumes. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA109024

Entities

People

  • Adrian Bejan

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Elastic Properties
  • Energy
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Inviscid Flow
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Navier Stokes Equations
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Systems Engineering
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design