2016-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2016-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ME-GY 7123 Turbulent Flow

3 Credits
The course covers nature and origin of turbulence. Topics: Instability and transition, Taylor and Grtler vortices. Vorticity dynamics, homogeneous and isotropic turbulence. Reynolds decomposition, turbulent stress tensor and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. Computational modeling of turbulence. Analysis of turbulent boundary layers. Turbulent heat and mass transfer, measurement of turbulence.

Prerequisite(s): ME-GY 6043  and ME-GY 7113  or adviser approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0