Atmospheric Turbulence: Models and Methods for Engineering ApplicationsPresents, in a single volume, an up-to-date summary of the current knowledge of the statistical characteristics of atmospheric turbulence and an introduction to the methods required to apply these statistics to practical engineering problems. Covers basic physics and statistics, statistical properties emphasizing their behavior close to the ground, and applications for engineers. |
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PART ONE FOUNDATIONS OF TURBULENCE THEORY | 1 |
Spectral Statistics of Turbulent Fluctuations at Fixed Locations | 8 |
Fundamentals of Fluid Flow | 10 |
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