Contributors ................................................... ix
Preface ........................................................ xv
Plates ........................................................ xix
Part One: Fundamentals of Large Eddy Simulation
1 Some Historical Remarks on the Use of Nonlinear Viscosities .. 3
Joseph Smagorinsky
2 Subgrid-Scale Modeling ...................................... 37
Joel H. Ferziger
3 Some Basic Challenges for Large Eddy Simulation Research .... 55
Steven A. Orszag, Ilya Staroselsky, and Victor Yakhot
4 Some Contributions of Two-Point Closure to Large Eddy
Simulations ................................................. 79
Jackson R. Herring and Robert M. Kerr
5 Stochastic Backscatter Formulation for Three-Dimensional
Compressible Flows ......................................... 105
Cecil E. Leith
Part Two: Large Eddy Simulation in Engineering
6 Applications of Large Eddy Simulations in Engineering:
An Overview ................................................ 119
Ugo Piomelli
Incompressible Flows
7 Large Eddy Simulation of Scalar Transport with the
Dynamic Subgrid-Scale Model ................................ 141
William Cabot and Parviz Moin
8 Renormalization Group Theory Simulation of Transitional
and Turbulent Flow over a Backward-Facing Step ............. 159
George E. Karniadakis, Steven A. Orszag, and Victor Yakhot
9 Spectral Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Shear Flows .... 179
Marcel Lesieur, Olivier Metais, Xavier Normand,
and Aristeu Silveira-Neto
10 Anisotropic Representation of Subgrid-Scale Reynolds
Stress in Large Eddy Simulation ............................ 193
Kiyosi Horiuti
11 Large Eddy Simulation of Transitional Flow ................. 209
Thomas A. Zang and Ugo Piomelli
Compressible and Reacting Flows
12 Direct Numerical Simulation and Large Eddy Simulation of
Compressible Turbulence .................................... 231
Gordon Erlebacher and Mohammed Y. Hussaini
13 Large Eddy Simulation of Mixing Layers ..................... 255
Saad A. Ragab and Shaw-Ching Sheen
14 A Linear-Eddy Mixing Model for Large Eddy Simulation of
Turbulent Combustion ....................................... 287
Suresh Menon, Patrick A. McMurtry, and Alan R. Kerstein
15 Direct Numerical Simulation and Large Eddy Simulation of
Reacting Homogeneous Turbulence ............................ 315
Cyrus K. Madnia and Peyman Givi
Part Three: Large Eddy Simulation in Geophysics
16 Large Eddy Simulation in Geophysical Turbulence
Parameterization: An Overview .............................. 349
John C. Wyngaard and Chin-Hoh Moeng
Atmospheric Sciences
17 Using the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System in the
Large Eddy Simulation Mode: From Inhomogeneous Surfaces
to Cirrus Clouds ........................................... 369
William R. Cotton, Robert L. Walko, Keeley R. Costigan,
Piotr J. Flatau, and Roger A. Pielke
18 Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Convection over Flat
and Wavy Surfaces .......................................... 399
Ulrich Schumann
Physical Oceanography
19 The Role of Oceans in Climate Change: A Challenge to
Large Eddy Simulation ...................................... 425
Greg Holloway
20 Modeling the Oceanic Planetary Boundary Layer .............. 441
James C. McWilliams, Patrick C. Gallacher, Chin-Hoh
Moeng, and John C. Wyngaard
21 Diapycnal Mixing in the Ocean: A Review .................... 455
Peter Müller
22 Near-Surface Mixing and the Ocean's Role in Climate ........ 489
Mark A. Cane
Environmental Flows
23 Conjunctive Filtering Procedures in Surface Water Flow
and Transport .............................................. 513
Keith W. Bedford and Woon K. Yeo
24 Leonard and Cross-Term Approximations in the
Anisotropically Filtered Equations of Motion ............... 539
Alvaro A. Aldama
25 Large Eddy Simulation as a Tool in Engineering and
Geophysics: Panel Discussion ............................... 559
Thomas A. Zang
Part Four: Large Eddy Simulation and Massively Parallel
Computing
26 Parallel Computing for Large Eddy Simulation ............... 569
Cecil E. Leith
27 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Large Eddy Simulation, and
Massively Parallel Computing ............................... 577
William P. Dannevik
Index ......................................................... 597
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