ME484 TURBULENCE AND ITS MEASUREMENT
| Course Code: | 5690484 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. MEHMET METİN YAVUZ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will:
1. learn the characteristics of turbulent flow, concept of turbulent scales, and the physical consequences of unstable, transitional and turbulent flow.
2. learn energy cascade, Kolmogorov’s Universal Equilibrium Theory, turbulent transport of momentum, turbulent kinetic energy, grid turbulence, and the statistical description of turbulent flow.
3. learn to perform literature search.
4. learn how to characterize turbulent flow.
5. learn different flow measurement techniques.
Course Content
Introduction to basic concepts of turbulence. Turbulence measurements and instrumentation. Pressure measurements, hot-wire, laser-Doppler and pulsed-wire anemometry. Spectral analysis. Wind tunnels. Turbulence experiments.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
1. understand the main characteristics of turbulent flow.
2. distinguish laminar and turbulent flow.
3. understand the physical consequences of complex flows.
4. understand the turbulence using governing equations, Kolmogorov’s equations, and statistical description.
5. use different methods to characterize turbulent flow including Reynolds decomposition, triple decomposition, autocorrelation, crosscorrelation, power spectral density.
6. understand the working principles of different flow measurement techniques including hot wire anemometry, laser Doppler anemometry and particle image velocimetry and know how to use them.
7. extract information from scientific papers and perform proper literature search regarding complex flow related research areas.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | Ability to establish the relationship between mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences with engineering applications. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Ability to find and interpret information | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability to follow the literature and technology related to his/her topic of interest | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Recognition of the need to keep oneself up to date in his/her profession | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Possession of written and oral communication skills | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to conduct team work (within the discipline, inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary) | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Ability to produce original solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Use of scientific methodology in approaching and producing solutions to engineering problems and needs | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Openness to all that is new | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Ability to conduct experiments | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to do engineering design | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Awareness of engineering ethics, knowledge and adoption of its fundamental elements | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Ability to take societal, environmental and economical considerations into account in professional activities | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Possession of pioneering and leadership characteristics in areas related to the profession | ✔ | |||