CEE 7360

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CEE 7360
Turbulence and Turbulent Mixing in Environmental Stratified Flows

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

Fundamentals of stably stratified flows, stratified homogeneous turbulence (spectra, lengthscales, and timescales), kinematics of diapycnal mixing, basic turbulent flow processes in homogeneous and stratified fluids (shear layers, wakes, boundary layers, etc.), energy budget analysis, and parameterizations of geophysical turbulence. Additional topics may include fossil turbulence theory and vortex-internal wave decomposition in strongly stratified turbulence.

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: CEE 6550 or second course in fluid mechanics or with instructor's permission.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17359 CEE 7360   LEC 001

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