Mechanics of Turbulence of Multicomponent Gases

Foreword. Part 1: Semi-Empirical Modeling of Turbulent Multicomponent Gases. 1. Turbulence in Natural Media. 2. Regular Motion of Gaseous Mixtures Involving Physicochemical Interactions of the Components. 3. Turbulent Motion of Multicomponent Mixtures with Variable Thermophysical Properties. 4. Evolutionary Transfer Models for the Second Correlation Moments. 5. The Stefan-Maxwell Relations and the Heat Flux for Turbulent Multicomponent Continuum Media. Part II: Some Model Problems of Multicomponent Turbulence. 6. Diffusion Processes in the Thermosphere. 7. Turbulent Transfer Coefficients in Planetary Upper Atmospheres: A Semi-Empirical Determination. 8. Statistical Parameters of Turbulence: Modeling from Fluctuations of the Refractive Index. 9. The Processes of Heat and Mass Transfer and Coagulation in Protoplanetary Gas-Dust Nebula. Conclusion. References. Subject Index.