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Week	Dates	Lecture topics	Files ("handouts") to discuss in class	Lecture notes (tablet PC)	Homework assignments
1	01/14 - 01/18	Chapter 10 - 2-D laminar boundary layers (continued from M E 521): free shear flows	Example_2D_laminar_jet.pdf	Lecture 1 Lecture 2 Lecture 3	No homework this week
2	01/21 - 01/25	Axisymmetric laminar boundary layers: introduction, equations; Mangler transformation	-	No class on Monday - MLK Day Lecture 4 Lecture 5	HW Set 1 - Due Friday 01/25
3	01/28 - 02/01	Three-dimensional laminar boundary layers: introduction, coordinate systems; secondary flow	Three_D_BL_equations.pdf Three_D_BL_cone.pdf Blasius_secondary_flow.mcd Blasius_secondary_flow.pdf	Lecture 6 Lecture 7 Lecture 8	HW Set 2 - Due Friday 02/01
4	02/04 - 02-08	Chapter 12 - Instability: introduction; linear stability theory; method of normal modes	Some_Instabilities.pdf	Lecture 9 Lecture 10 Lecture 11	HW Set 3 - Due Friday 02-08
5	02/11 - 02/15	Chapter 12 - Instability (continued): the Benard problem; Kelvin-Helmholtz instability	Benard_prob_summary.pdf Benard_Mathcad.mcd Benard_Mathcad.pdf Benard_and_Taylor_cells.pdf	Lecture 12 Lecture 13 Lecture 14	HW Set 4 - Due Friday 02/15
6	02/18 - 02/22	Chapter 12 - Instability (continued): locally parallel flows; Squire’s theorem; the Orr-Sommerfeld equation	Orr_Sommerfeld_Eq.pdf T_S_waves.pdf	Lecture 15 Lecture 16 Lecture 17	HW Set 5 - Due Friday 02/22
7	02/25 - 02/29	Chapter 12 - Instability (continued) - the Rayleigh equation; transition to turbulence	Instability_far_wake.pdf Turbulent_spots.pdf	Lecture 18 Lecture 19 Lecture 20	HW Set 6 - Due Friday 02/29 Submit Benard results View Benard results
8	03/03 - 03/07	**End of Midterm Exam Material** Turbulence, The Final Frontier: introduction - the characteristics & features of turbulence, definitions	Grid_turbulence.pdf Momentumless_wake.pdf	Lecture 21 Lecture 22 No class on Friday, March 7	No HW this week - Midterm Exam
-	03/10 - 03/14	SPRING BREAK	NO NOTES	NO LECTURES	NO HOMEWORK
9	03/17 - 03/21	Turbulence (continued) - Turbulence statistics; Reynolds decomposition; turbulent shear stress and the closure problem	Reynolds_decomposition.pdf Closure_Reynolds_stress.pdf	Lecture 24 Lecture 25 Lecture 26	HW Set 7 - Due Friday 03/21
10	03/24 - 03/28	Turbulence (continued) - turbulent kinetic energy; Kolmogorov’s contributions; energy scales and the energy cascade	MKE_and_TKE_eqs.pdf	Lecture 27 Lecture 28 Lecture 29	HW Set 8 - Due Friday 03/28
11	03/31 - 04/04	Turbulence (continued) - the turbulent scales problem and why we need turbulence models	Fastest supercomputers IBM Sequoia	Lecture 30 Lecture 31 Lecture 32	HW Set 9 - Due Friday 04/04
12	04/07 - 04/11	Turbulence Models: introduction to turbulence modeling, zero-, one-, and two-equation models	One_eq_turbulence_models.pdf	Lecture 33 Lecture 34 Lecture 35	HW Set 10 - Due Friday 04/11
13	04/14 - 04/18	Turbulence Models (continued) - wall treatment, RSM models, example problems	Wilcox_exact_epsilon_eq.pdf Two_eq_turbulence_models.pdf Reynolds_stress_models.pdf Summary_turbulence_models.pdf	Lecture 36 Lecture 37 Lecture 38	HW Set 11 - Due Friday 04/18
14	04/21 - 04/25	Turbulence Flow Solutions: turbulent channel flow; turbulent boundary layer	-	Lecture 39 Lecture 40 Lecture 41	HW Set 12 - Due Friday 04/25, but can turn in by Monday 04/28 Marasli_wake_data.txt
15	04/28 - 05/02	Turbulence Flow Solutions (continued): free shear flows: jets, wakes, and mixing layers	Turbulent_jets.pdf Turbulent_mixing_layers.pdf	Lecture 42 Lecture 43 Lecture 44	HW Set 13 - Due 8:00 a.m., Monday 05/05