Week # | Topics |
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1 | Review of Flow and Transport Equations, with Particular Emphasis on the Energy Equation and the Role of Viscous Dissipation |
2 | Instability and Transition |
3 | Fundamental Concepts in Turbulence, Approaches to Closure, and Turbulence Modeling |
4 | Jets, Wakes, etc. Modeled via Simple Closure Schemes. Scalar Transport in Free Flows (Temperature, Concentration) |
5 | Buoyant Plumes, Transient Thermals, etc. |
6 | Turbulent Flow over Walls: General Near-Wall Scaling Laws; Flows in Pipes, Channels, etc. |
7 | Boundary Layers |
8 | Transient Dispersion in Laminar and Turbulent Shear Flows (Taylor Dispersion) |
9 | Turbulence Models and Their Application |
10 | Additional Topics |