Turbulence (Msc. Applied Physics program)

In this course, the students will be introduced to the phenomenon of turbulence as a complex system. Topics that will be discussed are: Navier-Stokes equation, hydrodynamical instabilities, routes to chaos, transition to turbulence, statistical desciption of turbulent flow, Rayleigh-Bénard convection, Boussinesq equation, potential flows, mean flow equations, free shear flow, fully developed turbulence, Kolmogorov's theory of turbulence, intermittency, boundary layer theory, numerical flow simulations.

Literature

S.B. Pope, Turbulent Flows, Cambridge Univ. Press