The State of the Art in Turbulence Modelling in Brazil

Abstract

The present work discusses at length the current status of turbulent research in Brazil, After eight introductory sections on the subject, where some general aspects of the problem are presented, and a brief review of some scientific and engineering approaches is given, the paper strolls over four specific sections, analyzing all work carried out in Brazil in the past twenty five years on turbulence. In fact, the present compilation is restricted to the main events sponsored by the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences. The present review quotes 284 references, presents 6 tables and ¡6 figures. The paper contents is: Paper Outline, Some Insights, The Traditional Approaches, Some Basic Working Rules, Turbulence Models, One-Point Turbulence Closure Models, Some Other Aproaches to Turbulence Modelling, Some Major Achievements, A Bit of History, Statistics, A Personal View, Gallery, Final Remarks, Cited Bibliography and Compiled Bibliography.