Theory and Modeling of Turbulence Flows
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COURSE CONTENT
Introduction. Turbulence phenomenology. Methodological approaches. Turbulent diffusion. Turbulence scales. Turbulent transport. Reynolds averaging. Reynolds stresses. Turbulent heat transfer. Wall shear flows. Turbulence modeling. Turbulence dynamics. Kinetic energy of the mean and turbulence field. Vorticity. Temperature fluctuations. Statistical description of Turbulence. Probability density function. Fourier transformation. Joint probability. Correlations. Power spectrum. Free shear flows. Wall shear flows. Turbulent transport. Spectral dynamics.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Knowledge:
- Basic concepts and mechanisms in turbulent flows
- mass, momentum and energy conservation equations in turbulent flows
- significance of non-dimensionalization and dimensionless numbers,
- assumptions underlining the approximations of turbulent flows
- turbulence modelling and techniques
- Experimental investigation of turbulent flows – instrumentation, techniques, analysis and data reduction of experimental results
- Open Issues in turbulence
Skills-Abilities:
- Assessment and evaluation of turbulent flow characteristics
- Selection and implementation of turbulence models in applied simulations
- simplification of turbulent flow problems with appropriate assumptions
- experimental studies of turbulent flows – experimental devices, instrumentation and data reduction
- efficient use of turbulent flow bibliography
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes