ME 5446 - Turbulence

Spring 1998

Course Outline


Week
Topic
Chapter
HW Comments
1/12 No class this week – Film Assignment      
1/19 Introduction - Characteristics, Length Scales T&L 1

Libby 1

  No Class Monday 1/19
1/26 Introduction, Stability White  1  
2/2 Stability and Transition of Laminar Flows White   Make Appt for Review Paper Topic
2/9 Statistical Tools in Turbulence T&L 6

Libby 3

2  
2/16 Reynolds’ Equations – Continuity, Momentum, Reynolds Stress, Closure T&L 2.1-2.3

Libby 2.1-2.6,4.1-4.3, 4.8

   
2/23 Mean K.E., Turbulent K. E., Taylor Microscale, Energy Cascade T&L 3.1,3.2

Libby 4.4-4.7

3  
3/2 Vorticity Fluctuations T&L 3.2,3.3    
3/9 Approaches to Closure T&L 2.3, 2.5

Libby 7

4 Mid-Term
3/16 Free Shear Flows – Intro, Wakes T&L 4.1- 4.3   Start Jet Expt
3/23 Free Shear Flows – Mixing Layers, Jets T&L 4.4, 4.5 5  
3/30 Isothermal Grid Flow, Multiple Scales, Couette Flow T&L 5.1-5.2    
4/6 Wall Bounded Turbulence (WBT) Equations T&L 5.5   Review Paper Critique
4/13 WBT Law-of-the-Wall, Law-of-the-Wake T&L 5.5 6 Lab Due
4/20 WBT effects, compressibility, curvature      
4/27 Spectral Nature of Turbulence T&L 8.1 – 8.4   Review Papers Due
5/4       Final