There is an ever-increasing need to understand turbulent and multiphase combus- tion due to their broad application in energy, environment, propulsion, transporta- tion, industrial safety, and nanotechnology. More engineers and scientists with skills in these areas are needed to solve many multifaceted problems. Turbulence itself is one of the most complex problems the scientific community faces. Its complexity increases with chemical reactions and even more in the presence of multiphase flows. A number of useful books have been published recently in the areas of theory of turbulence, multiphase fluid dynamics, turbulent combustion, and combustion of propellants. These includeTheoretical and Numerical Combustionby Poinsot and Veynante; Turbulent Flows by Pope; Introduction to.
