ME:7268 (58:160) Turbulent Flow
Course Schedule (Spring 2025)
 

Session #

Date

Class Topic

Problems Assigned (Solutions will be posted after due dates)

1

Jan. 21

Chapter 1 Introduction
Turbulent Fluid Flow, Peter S. Bernard, Chapter 1
Turbulent Flows, Stephen B. Pope, Chapter 1

 

2

Jan. 23

Chapter 2 Describing Turbulence
Turbulent Fluid Flow, Peter S. Bernard, Chapter 2
Turbulent Flows, Stephen B. Pope, Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Turbulent Flow Equations
 Turbulent Fluid Flow, Peter S. Bernard, Chapter 3
Turbulent Flows, Stephen B. Pope, Chapter 2-3

 

3

Jan. 28

Continued

HW1: 6 problems due Jan. 26
Bernard, Problem 2.2
Pope, Problem 3.34, 3.35
KCD Problem 12.6, 12.7, 12.9
HW1 Text
HW1 Solution

Jan. 30

Continued

 

5

Feb. 4

Continued
Chapter 4 Turbulence at Small Scales
 Turbulent Fluid Flow, Peter S. Bernard, Chapter 4
Turbulent Flows, Stephen B. Pope, Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.7
Chapter 4: Part 0

 

6

Feb. 6

Continued
Chapter 4: Part 1

 

7

Feb. 11

Chapter 4: Part 2
Chapter 4: Part 3

 

8

Feb. 13

Class Project Presentation
4DPTV results
Class project instructions
Class project Practical Guidelines

 HW2: 5 problems due Feb. 27
Pope, Problem 5.19, 5.20, 5.25, 5.28, 11.1
HW2 Text
HW2 Solution 

8

Feb. 18

Continued
Chapter 4: Part 4

 

9

Feb. 20

Continued
Chapter 4: Part 5
Highlights Parts 3 and 4

 

10

Feb. 25

Chapter 4: Part 6
Highlights Part 5

 

11

Feb. 27

Class Project Presentation
Class project Practical Guidelines
Anisotropy

HW3: 6 problems due Mar. 13
Bernard, Problem 4.1
Pope, Problem 6.4, 6.6, 6.31, 6.32, 6.33
HW3 Solution

12

Mar. 4

Highlights Part 6
Chapter 4: Part 7
Chapter 4: Part 8
Project Outline

 

13 

Mar. 6

Chapter 5 Energy Decay in Isotropic Turbulence
Turbulent Fluid Flow, Peter S. Bernard, Chapter 5
Turbulent Flows, Stephen B. Pope, Section 6.4
Chapter 5: Part 1

 

14

Mar. 11

Chapter 5: Part 2
Highlights Chapter 5 Part 1

HW4: 4 problems due Apr. 1
Bernard, Problem 5.4, 5.5, 5.6
Pope, Problems 5.42, 6.10
HW4 Solution

15

Mar. 13

Continued

 

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Mar. 18

Spring Break

 

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Mar. 20

Spring Break

 

16

Mar. 25

Continued
Chapter 5: Part 2
Chapter 5: Part 3

 

17

Mar. 27

Continued
Chapter 5: Part 4

 

18

Apr. 1

Continued
Chapter 5: Part 5
Chapter 5: Part 6
Project Outline
Decay Laws

 

19

Apr. 3

Chapter 6 Turbulent Transport and its Modeling
Turbulent Fluid Flow, Peter S. Bernard, Chapter 6
Chapter 6: Part 1

HW5: 6 problems due Apr. 18
Bernard, Problem 6.1, 6.3, 6.4,6.5
Pope, Problem 5.40, 6.36
HW5 Solution

20

Apr. 8

Continued
Chapter 6: Part 2
Chapter 6: Part 3

 

21

Apr. 10

Continued
Highlights Chapter 5: Part 6
Class project instructions

 

22

Apr. 15

Chapter 7: Free Shear Flows
Chapter 7: Part 0
Chapter 7: Part 1
Chapter 7: Part 2

 

23

Apr. 17

Continued
Chapter 7: Part 3
Chapter 7: Part 4

 

24

Apr. 22

Continued
Chapter 7: Part 3
Chapter 7: Part 4

HW6: 6 problems due May 2
Bernard, Problem 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.3, 11.1, 11.6
HW6 Solution

25

Apr. 24

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26

Apr. 29

Chapter 8: Channel and Pipe Flow

 

27

May 1

Continued

 

28

May 6

Continued

 

29

May 8

Chapter 9: Boundary Layer Flow
Modeling high Reynolds number wall turbulence using the attached eddy hypothesis

 

30

May 15

Class Project Presentations 1078C, 2:00-5:00 PM