Lectures and papers on the Multi-Fluid Model of Turbulence

  1. 2002: Applications to radiation and to one- and two-phase combustion
    by SV Zhubrin
  2. 2001; mfm for turbulent combustion
    by DB Spalding. Presentation at CODE Annual SEMINAR in Teraelahti, Finland, 3-4 October 2001
  3. 2000; Turbulence models for CFD in the 21st century
    by DB Spalding. Invited lecture at ACFD 2000, Beijing
  4. 1999; lectures and papers
    1. CFD Applied to combustion: past, present and future by DB Spalding. A lecture delivered at Leeds University.
    2. MFM: the economical route to PDFs
      by DB Spalding. A lecture delivered at The Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, England,
    3. MFM-based simulations of flows near walls
      by DB Spalding and SV Zhubrin.
    4. Concentration fluctuations in a confined jet: MFM approach
      by SV Zhubrin. A paper published in the PHOENICS Journal
    5. MFM applied to a turbulent diffusion flame
      by SV Zhubrin. A paper published in the PHOENICS Journal
    6. New opportunities in turbulence-modelling research
      by DB Spalding. A lecture at Moscow Technical University School-Seminar on Heat Transfer, May 27, 1999; based on that delivered at the Isaac Newton Institute, see above
    7. Turbulent-combustion models for CFD in the year 2000
      by DB Spalding.Paper presented at I Mech E, London, December 14,1999
      A summary and update of:
      CFD as applied to combustion: past, present, and future; March 1999
  5. 1998; lectures
    1. Turbulent mixing and chemical reaction; the multi-fluid approach
      by DB Spalding. A comprehensive document based on lectures delivered in Delft and Moscow, with further augmentations.
      This is probably the best place for newcomers to start.
    2. The simulation of smoke generation in a three-dimensional combustor
      by DB Spalding.A paper presented at the "Leading-Edge-Technologies Seminar" on "Turbulent combustion of Gases and Liquids", organised by the Energy-Transfer and Thermofluid-Mechanics Groups of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers at Lincoln, England, December 15-16, 1998.
    3. Connexions between the Multi-Fluid and Flamelet models of turbulent combustion
      by DB Spalding. A lecture delivered at the University of Leeds.
  6. 1996 (with later updates); The mathematical basis of the Multi-Fluid Model of Turbulence
    by DB Spalding. The predecessor to the 1998 review "Turbulent mixing and chemical reaction; the multi-fluid approach", above.
  7. 1995; The Multi-Fluid Model of Turbulence
    by DB Spalding. A presentation at the 1995 PHOENICS User Conference
  8. The PHOENICS Encyclopaedia article on MFM.