On the road toward a history of turbulence, this book focuses on what the actors in this research field have identified as the “turbulence problem”. Turbulent flow rose to prominence as one of the most persistent challenges in science. At different times and in different social and disciplinary settings, the nature of this problem has changed in response to changing research agendas.
This book does not seek to provide a comprehensive account, but instead an exemplary exposition on the environments in which problems become the subjects of research agendas, with particular emphasis on the first half of the 20th century.
Author(s): Michael Eckert
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 115
City: Switzerland AG
Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Hydrodynamics Versus Hydraulics (Michael Eckert)....Pages 1-16
The Turbulence Problem in the 1920s (Michael Eckert)....Pages 17-26
The Rise of Statistical Theories of Turbulence (Michael Eckert)....Pages 27-37
Turbulence in WW II (Michael Eckert)....Pages 39-48
Expectations and Hopes: 1945–1961 (Michael Eckert)....Pages 49-60
Computational Approaches (Michael Eckert)....Pages 61-74
Chaos and Turbulence (Michael Eckert)....Pages 75-85
Turbulence as a Challenge for the Historian (Michael Eckert)....Pages 87-89
Back Matter ....Pages 91-107
