Turbulent Flow and Transport
Lecture Notes
The following files show the outline of the topics covered in each lecture, along with the reading assignments for that day.
- 1.Review of Fundamental Laws and Constitutive Equations (PDF)
- 2.Concepts in Turbulence (PDF)
- 3.Free Shear Flows I: Jets, Wakes, etc.- Solutions Based on Simple Mean-Flow Closure Schemes (PDF)
- 4.Bounded flows I: General Near-Wall Scaling Laws; Flows in Pipes, Channels, etc. (PDF)
- 5.Introduction to Turbulent Boundary Layers (PDF)
- 6.Buoyant Plumes, Thermals, etc. (PDF)
- 7.Introduction to Turbulence Models (PDF)
- 8.Dispersion in Pipe and Channel Flow (PDF)
Assignments
The following problem sets are offered as supplements to the readings and lectures.
Problem 1 (PDF)
Problem 2 (PDF)
Problem 3 (PDF)