Thermally Stable Boundary Layers Emily Moder – Grand Energy Challenges

Background Basics of boundary layer fluid mechanics Turbulent structures – vortices Navier-Stokes Equation:

Experiment Setup Goal: create a simulation of a thermally stable boundary layer, and measure the fluid dynamics properties of the system

Preliminary Work

Data Collection and Analysis T3, V 2.5T3, V6

Data Collection and Analysis T3, V8 T3, V4

Data Collection and Analysis V4, T1 V4, T2

Thanks to Professor Lex Smits and Owen Williams!