TVM0017 Turbulence, (Turbulens), 7.5 hp

Third-cycle course

Course PLAN

Course Name: Turbulence, (Turbulens)

ECTS: 7.5

Course Code: TVM0017

Educational level: Third-cycle course

Examiner: Prof. Staffan Lundström

Researchers involved: Prof. Michel Cervantes, Prof. Lars-Göran Westerberg, Prof. Håkan Gustavsson, Docent Gunnar Hellström, Docent Anders Andersson, PhD. Sofia Larsson, PhD. Henrik Lycksam, PhD. Joel Sundström, PhD. Robin Andersson, PhD., Mehrdad Raisee Dehkordi (Guest Professor)

Prerequisite: Knowledge about fluid flow in general and/or modelling of complex physical processes.

Goals of learning: The students should know about the physics of turbulence, methods to experimentally characterise the flow and methods to model the flow.

Contents: The contents is as listed below with meeting about every week

• Introduction: Chapters 1-2 (SL) (week 11)
• Statistical description and mean flow: Chapters 3-4. (RA) (week 12)
• The scales of turbulent motion Chapter 6. (TBD) (week 13)
• Free shear flows I, the round jet: Chapter 5. (TBD) (week 15)
• Free shear flows II, other flows: Chapter 5 (TBD) (week 16)
• Wall flows I, channel & pipe flow: Chapter 7 (MR) (week 17)
• Wall flows II, boundary layers: Chapter 7 (MR) (week 19)
• Additional topics:, Turbulence modelling (RANS and LES), and possibly some other topics. (MR) (week 21)

Set-up of course: The course will be in the form of seminars where the responsible researcher and the students make presentations of selected chapter of the book and knowledge obtained from the literature and the web.

Examination: Home assignments, active participation in seminars and practical reports.

Grades: G/U

Literature: Pope, S.B., Turbulent Flows, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000 and material that is handed out

Time for course: 20250311—20250530

Application: Apply to staffan.lundstrom@ltu.se shortly state the reasons for reading this course.

Deadline for application: 20250307

Contact person: Staffan Lundström, 0920-492392

Fee: No fee

Course syllabus decided by: Lars-Göran Westerberg, Head of PhD studies at TVM

Date of decision: 2025-02-18