Preface

Excerpt

Turbulence plays an essential role in convective heat and mass transfer in non-reacting and reacting, single- and multi-phase fluid flows encountered in many branches of engineering and in the environment. Although posing varied challenges on their own, heat and mass transfer phenomena are inseparable from momentum transport, driven by turbulence, but also feeding back into the flow dynamics. These multiple-facetted interactions, some still awaiting full understanding, continue to be subjects of research worldwide, based on a synergy between massive numerical simulations and ever more illuminating laser-based laboratory diagnostics. This issue of Flow, Turbulence and Combustion aspires to highlight recent progress, and to provide an archival record of some of the current trends and achievements in this research field. …