Meet the editorsProf. Vallampati Ramachandra Prasad works in the fields of multi-physical fluid dynamics and numerical simulation. His research investigates complex phenomena of interest in mechanical engineering, applied mathematics, chemical engineering, and material processing. He has made fundamental contributions in magnetic fluid dynamics, thermal radiation heat transfer, fluid modeling, micro polar non-Newtonian hydrodynamics, magnetic induction flows, viscoelastic liquid flows, porous media, and boundary flows. He has published more than 100 journal articles and has presented at numerous conferences. He has written and edited several books on radiation heat transfer, thermo-diffusion and diffusion-thermo effects on boundary layer flows, and viscoelastic flows. He has collaborated with researchers in the United States, India, Spain, Turkey, and Taiwan, among other countries. He is currently a reviewer for more than 100 national and international journals.
PrefaceThis book presents recent advances in boundary layer flows and modern analytical and computational techniques to deepen the understanding of laminar and turbulent flows, which may be compressible or incompressible. It presents interpretations of theoretical and experimental results in boundary layer flows and directions for future research. There are chapters on atmospheric boundary layers, laminar boundary layers, the physics of the transition from laminar to turbulent flow, the turbulent boundary layer and its governing equations in time-averaging form, drag prediction by integral methods, turbulence modeling and differential methods, and current topics and problems in research and industry. The book also includes different numerical methods to solve boundary layer equations, their stability, and convergence. Written by the world's authoritative experts in the field, this book provides the opportunity to explore studies on boundary layer theory and their importance to the nonlinear theory of viscous and electrically conducting flows, the theory of heat and mass transfer, and the dynamics of reactive and multiphase media and aerodynamics. This volume is a useful resource for applied mathematicians, physicists, and engineers working with laminar and turbulent boundary layer flows.