Course Catalog 2006-2007

ENER-4856 TURBULENCE PHENOMENA IN FLUID DYNAMICS, 6 cr
Turbulence Phenomena in Fluid Dynamics

Courses persons responsible
Hannu Ahlstedt

Lecturers
Hannu Ahlstedt
Pentti Saarenrinne

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture 4 h/week 3 h/week - - - -
Exercise 1 h/week 2 h/week - - - -
Exercise work 12 h/per 12 h/per - - - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
Student obtains deeper knowledge on phenomena in turbulent flow, equations governing turbulent flows and turbulence modelling.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Concepts and introduction to turbulent momentum transfer       
2. Experimental and statistical methods       
3. Turbulence dynamics, length and time scales       
4. Free and wall turbulent shear flows       
5. Turbulence models:
- two equation models
- Reynolds stress model
- LES 		 DNS    

Requirements for completing the course
Approved exercises and written exams

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Evaluation is based on written exam, but good calculation exercises can improve grade. All calculation exercises have to be made acceptable before written exam.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Book Turbulent Flows Pope, S. B. 0-521-59886-9     Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Additional information about prerequisites
    Basic knowledge in viscous fluid flow about 10-15 cu.

    Remarks

    The course is lectured in every third year and will be lectured next time in the academic year 2006-2007. Lectures are given in English, if there are enough participants. Otherwise will be lectured course ENER-4850.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling exercise, group or laboratory work
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - In the visualization of objects and phenomena, e.g. animations, demonstrations, simulations, video clips

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 40 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 60 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 105
    Exercises 54
    Total sum 159

    Correspondence of content
    2502150 Turbulence phenomena in fluid dynamics

    Last modified 01.03.2006
    Modified byHannu Ahlstedt