MATH 8347 Turbulence
Laminar & turbulence flows, flow instabilities and transition to turbulence, mathematical description of turbulence, methods of Taking averages, concept of ergodicity, random fields of fluid dynamic variables, statistical specification of turbulence, mean values of velocity products, velocity correlation and spectrum tensors, vorticity correlation and spectrum tensors, dynamics of decay, equilibrium theory, energy-containing eddies, probability distribution of velocity vector, experimental aspects, semi-empirical theories, technological applications.
Prerequisite
Consent of instructor.
Offered
As scheduled