AEE540 TURBULENCE MODELING FOR ENGINEERING FLOWS
| Course Code: | 5720540 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Aerospace Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course will introduce fundamentals of turbulence modeling and simulation, including algebraic and turbulent kinetic energy based eddy-viscosity models that are widely used in the industry to obtain solutions for Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) equations, Stress Transport and PDF models and fundamentals of Large Eddy Simulations (LES), which provide far more accuracy and detail compared to RANS simulations and is becoming increasingly popular. Applications of these models to the solutions of various aerospace, mechanical, chemical and civil engineering flow systems will be emphasized
Course Content
Introduction to turbulence modeling and simulation. Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of homogenous and inhomogeneous flows. Eddy-viscosity based modeling: algebraic, one- and two-equation models. Reynolds Stress Models. Rapid Distortion Theory. Large Eddy Simulation (LES). Filtering Process and Filtered Conservation Equations. Smagorinsky, Dynamic and Mixed Sub-Grid-Scale (SGS) Models. Compressibility Effects.