Preface | p. v |
Introduction | p. xi |
Constructive Modeling of Free Developed Turbulence - Coherent Structures, Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Chaos | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Rational averaging of large vortex structures | p. 12 |
Some experimental and theoretical investigations | p. 29 |
General problem formulation | p. 38 |
Simulation of coherent structures in turbulent flows | p. 41 |
Correctness of the problem formulation | p. 50 |
Calculated results for coherent structures in the wake behind a body | p. 53 |
On the analysis of spectral characteristics | p. 60 |
Numerical simulation of the random component of turbulence | p. 71 |
Laminar-turbulent transition. Simulation of three-dimensional flows in clean rooms | p. 76 |
Transition to chaos (numerical experiments) | p. 84 |
General aspects | p. 84 |
"Kolmogoroff's flow" of the viscous fluid at subcritical and supercritical regimes. Transition to chaos | p. 86 |
Study of the large-scale turbulence in ocean | p. 111 |
Numerical simulation of the internal waves in a stratified fluid | p. 128 |
Rayleigh-Taylor instability: evolution to the turbulent stage | p. 137 |
Numerical simulation of the convective flow over large-scale source of energy (big fire in the atmosphere) | p. 143 |
Axiomatic model of fully developed turbulence | p. 152 |
Conclusion | p. 154 |
Acknowledgement | p. 157 |
References | p. 157 |
Modeling of Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability | p. 164 |
Introduction | p. 164 |
Numerical method | p. 169 |
Model calculations | p. 171 |
The Couchy problem for one-dimensional isotopic flow of an ideal gas | p. 174 |
Boundary conditions | p. 176 |
Comparison of results by different models | p. 178 |
The analytical approach | p. 181 |
Computational experiment | p. 186 |
Physical mechanisms of the RMI evolution | p. 190 |
A sequential transition to turbulence in RMI instability | p. 198 |
Three-dimensional numerical simulation of the RMI | p. 200 |
Conclusion | p. 208 |
Appendix | p. 209 |
References | p. 210 |
Rayleigh-Taylor Instability: Analysis and Numerical Simulation | p. 214 |
The theory of Rayleigh-Taylor instability: modulatory perturbations and mushroom-flow dynamics | p. 214 |
Introduction | p. 214 |
Periodicity and symmetry of modulatory perturbations | p. 216 |
Cutting off the singularities associated with jets | p. 220 |
Classification of perturbations | p. 223 |
Results | p. 227 |
Classification of stability problems | p. 230 |
Initiation of a mushroom structure | p. 232 |
The mushroom flow structure | p. 238 |
Numerical simulation | p. 243 |
Development of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability: numerical simulations | p. 246 |
Introduction | p. 246 |
Numerical simulation of RTI development by the method of large particles | p. 247 |
Intermode interaction in RTI | p. 252 |
RTI simulation by the method of pseudo-compressibility | p. 257 |
Numerical simulation of the RTI development by means of high-resolution Euler hydrocode | p. 262 |
References | p. 280 |
Direct Statistical Approach for Aerohydrodynamic Problems | p. 285 |
Statistical modeling in rarefied gas-dynamics | p. 285 |
Introduction | p. 285 |
Stochastic analogue of the Boltzmann equation | p. 287 |
Probabilistic approach to the basic equation of the collision stage | p. 291 |
Algorithms for modeling the collision relaxation | p. 294 |
Direct statistical modeling of the shock wave in gaseous flow with velocity pulsations | p. 299 |
Introduction | p. 299 |
Problem formulation | p. 300 |
Results of the numerical modeling | p. 303 |
Conclusion | p. 307 |
Direct statistical simulation for some problems of turbulence | p. 307 |
Introduction | p. 307 |
An application of the statistical method of particles in cell for simulation of the momentumless wake | p. 308 |
An application of the statistical method of particles in cell to the problem of a turbulent spot | p. 311 |
The direct statistical modeling of the turbulence within a wake behind the cylinder | p. 320 |
Simulation results | p. 330 |
Conclusion | p. 331 |
References | p. 333 |
Computational Experiment: Direct Numerical Simulation of Complex Gas-Dynamical Flows on the Basis of Euler, Navier-Stokes, and Boltzmann Models | p. 336 |
Introduction | p. 336 |
The use of numerical methods | p. 336 |
Numerical methods applicable to gas-dynamical problems | p. 339 |
Method of finite differences | p. 340 |
Method of integral relations | p. 340 |
Method of characteristics | p. 341 |
Particle-in-cell (PIC) method | p. 341 |
Development of numerical algorithms | p. 342 |
Steady-state schemes | p. 342 |
Unsteady-state schemes | p. 344 |
Large-particle method | p. 344 |
Computational experiments | p. 345 |
"Large-particles" method for the study of complex gas flows | p. 347 |
Calculations | p. 347 |
Boundary conditions | p. 349 |
Viscosity effects | p. 350 |
Stability of the scheme | p. 352 |
Advantages | p. 354 |
Results | p. 355 |
Computation of incompressible viscous flows | p. 363 |
The problem | p. 363 |
The difference scheme | p. 364 |
Results | p. 367 |
Computation of viscous compressible gas flow (conservative flow method) | p. 369 |
The method | p. 369 |
Analysis | p. 372 |
Results | p. 374 |
Statistical model for the investigation of rarefied gas flows | p. 376 |
The model | p. 376 |
The method | p. 378 |
Results | p. 383 |
Conclusion | p. 386 |
References | p. 386 |
Formation of Large-Scale Structures in the Gap Between Rotating Cylinders: the Rayleigh-Zeldovich Problem | p. 389 |
Introduction | p. 389 |
Background | p. 391 |
Direct numerical simulation methodology | p. 392 |
Statement of the problem and results | p. 393 |
The inner cylinder is at rest and the outer cylinder is rotating | p. 394 |
The inner cylinder is at rest and the outer cylinder is brought to rest | p. 398 |
The inner cylinder is rotating and the outer cylinder is at rest | p. 400 |
Conclusions | p. 403 |
References | p. 404 |
Universal Technology of Parallel Computations for the Problems Described by Systems of the Equations of Hyperbolic Type: A Step to Supersolver | p. 405 |
Introduction | p. 405 |
Unified methodics | p. 406 |
A method for using non-conservative variables | p. 410 |
Parallel program implementation | p. 413 |
Results of numerical simulation | p. 415 |
Conclusion | p. 418 |
References | p. 420 |
Supercomputers in Mathematical Modeling of the High Complexity Problems | p. 422 |
Introduction | p. 422 |
Turbulence and hydrodynamic instabilities | p. 424 |
Supersolver | p. 428 |
Applications | p. 429 |
Gas-dynamics (CFD) | p. 429 |
Hydrodynamic instabilities | p. 434 |
Seismic data processing | p. 436 |
Safety of housing and industrial constructions under intensive dynamic loadings | p. 437 |
Nonlinear contact shell dynamics | p. 439 |
Computer models in medicine | p. 440 |
Conclusion | p. 444 |
References | p. 445 |
On Nuts and Bolts of Structural Turbulence and Hydrodynamic Instabilities | p. 448 |
Rational Constructivism | p. 448 |
Back in Mechanics | p. 449 |
Large Vortices | p. 450 |
Structural Instabilities | p. 452 |
Vortex Cascades | p. 453 |
Principal Modes | p. 453 |
References | p. 456 |
List of the Main Publications of | p. 459 |
Monographs | p. 459 |
Papers | p. 460 |
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