Academic Catalog

AEE540 TURBULENCE MODELING FOR ENGINEERING FLOWS

Course Code: 5720540
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

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.