ES 645w - Course Calendar

Texts:		(1) Turbulence Modeling for CFD, 3rd edition (Wilcox, 2006)
		(2) Turbulent Flows (Pope, 2000)
		(3) LES of Turbulent Incomp. Flows (John, 2004)
References:		(4) Analysis of Turbulent BLs (Cebeci & Smith, 1974)
		(5) The Computational Fluid/Thermal Sciences, (Baker, 2009)
		(6) Fluid Dynamics Handbook (1998 Baker, Ch. 28)
		(7) Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (Anderson, Tannehill and Pletcher, 1999)
		(8) Analytical SFS tensor/vector closure for rational LES thermal Navier-Stokes (Baker, Grubert and Orzechowski, 2009)

class	date	topics	reference	prob	due	lab	due

1	JAN 8	Schedule, course requirements, turbulent flow characterization	TFD.1-10 (1) Ch. 1	P-1		L-1
2	13	CFD WS tutorial, GWS^h+TS, TWS^h, stability, spectral concepts	CFD.1-8 CST.1-3
3	15	CFD spectral theory, stability, dissipation	CST.4-17 (5) 5.5 - 5.7		P-1		L-1
4	20	Parabolic Navier-Stokes, steady GWS^h + TS, accuracy, convergence; time-averaging, Boussinesq, MLT	PNS.1-8 (5) 3.4 - 3.7 (5) 4.1-4.8 (4)	P-2
5	22	Turbulent BL, TKE closure, GWS^h, {FQ}, quasi-Newton [JAC], convergence, Re stress models	PNS.9-19 (5) 4.9 - 4.14			L-2
6	27	Unsteady INS, pressure projection, Newton, phi, sumphi, pressure, TWS^h, stability, dissipation	PPNS.1-10 (5) 5.1 - 5.4	P-3	P-2
7	29	Unsteady RaNS, time-averaging, k-eps, wall functions, quasi-Newton, Re stress, TWS^h, stability, flux vectors	PPNS.10-19 (6)
8	FEB 3	Turbulence flow characterization, RaNS, correlations, far-field similarity	TFC.1-8 (1) Ch. 1, 2	P-4		L-3	L-2
9	5	RaNS MLT similarity solutions, modifications, norms	TFC.9-15 (1) Ch. 3		P-3
10	10	RaNS + PDE closure models, BCs, similarity, farfield	RANS.1-8 (1) Ch.4	P-5
11	12	RaNS + PDE closure models, farfield, low Re^t, comparisons	RANS.9-17 (1) Ch.4		P-4	L-4
12	17	Compressible Navier-Stokes, Favre avg., closure issues	CNS.1-6 (1) Ch.5.1-5.4	P-6
13	19	Compressible NS, law of the wall, PDE closure, near-field solutions	CNS.7-12 (1) Ch. 5.6 - 5.7		P-5
14	24	Reynolds stress models, non-linear, frame indifference, algebraic, parabolic-order ASM	ASM.1-8 (1) Ch. 6.1 - 6.2 (5) 4.10 - 4.13	P-7		L-5	L-3
15	26	Re stress transport, closure correlations, low Re^t	ASM.9-17 (1) Ch. 6		P-6
16	MAR 3	Beyond Re-averaged NS, DNS, LES, space filtering, BCs, DES	BRaNS.1-8 (1) Ch. 8	P-8		L-6
17	5	Math descriptions for fluid dynamics, random variables mechanics	MMFD.1-9 (2) Ch. 2, 3	P-9			L-4
18	10	Probability distributions, joint random variables, processes	MMFD.10-18 (2) Ch. 3		P-7
19	12	Random vector fields, covariance, mean flow N-S, Boussinesq closure	MMFD.19-25 (2) Ch. 3, 4		P-8		L-5
	17	Spring Break
	19	Spring Break
20	24	DNS, LES, SGS, overview, filtered random variable, Fourier transforms	LES.1-8 (2) Ch. 9, 13	P-10			L-6
21	26	LES, filtered spectra, mesh resolution, Smagorinsky closure, filter	LES.8-16 (2) Ch. 13		P-9
22	31	LES closure, dynamic, implicit CFD, comparative computational issues	LES.16-18 CLES.1-6 (3) Ch. 1
23	APR 2	Computational LES implementation, errors, notation, spaces, norms	CLES.7-13 (3) Ch. 2, 3
24	7	Closure for filtered stress via Gaussian filter approximations	CLES.14-20 (3) Ch. 4	P-11		L-7
25	9	LES solution process, weak forms existence, uniqueness, discretization, asymptotic convergence, verification	CLES.21-29 (3) Ch. 5 - 8,10		P-10
26	14	Weak solution CFD process, benchmark, validation analyses, conclusions	CLES.30-37 (3) Ch. 11
27	16	Summary, weak form CFD algorithm for rational LES implementation	CFDLES.1-6 (8)		P-11
28	21	Course summary	SUM.1-24				L-7
29	23	Student assessment Take-home final exam
30	30	Final Exam due, mounted at 4:00pm.

ADD DEADLINE: JANUARY 16	DROP DEADLINE: JANUARY 16
STUDY PERIOD: APRIL 24	FINAL EXAM: APRIL 30
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