ME EN 7730 - Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flows

This course covers topics related to Large-Eddy Simulation (LES), an advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technique. This course will provide students with an introduction to the concepts and principles of the Large-Eddy technique for numerical simulation of turbulent flows, filtering, and the turbulence closure problem in the context of LES, as well as filtered forms of the governing equations. Modeling the effect of unresolved turbulence with SubGrid-Scale (SGS) models will constitute a significant portion of the course content. Students will learn how to formulate and test SGS models off-line with experimental data and evaluate the performance of SGS models from the results of turbulent flow simulations. Issues pertaining to LES of specific flow cases of interest to the class will also be examined.