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. 1.Review of Fundamental Laws and Constitutive Equations (PDF)
  2. 2.Concepts in Turbulence (PDF)
  3. 3.Free Shear Flows I: Jets, Wakes, etc.- Solutions Based on Simple Mean-Flow Closure Schemes (PDF)
  4. 4.Bounded flows I: General Near-Wall Scaling Laws; Flows in Pipes, Channels, etc. (PDF)
  5. 5.Introduction to Turbulent Boundary Layers (PDF)
  6. 6.Buoyant Plumes, Thermals, etc. (PDF)
  7. 7.Introduction to Turbulence Models (PDF)
  8. 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)