Turbulent Boundary Layers

Course content

Generalities on flows and t.b.l.: physical description, mathematical formulation, averaging, Reynolds eqn. energy eqn. dissip., homogeneity, isotropy, correlations, micro and macro scales, energy spectrum, intermittency, hot-wire anemometry; t.b.l. equations: continuity, momentum, total enthalpy, closure problem, Crocco's integral; transition: stability, nature of transition, transition criteria, numerical methods: F.D. formulation, nature of the parabolic equations.