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Advanced Computation in Fluid Mechanics, aflum09

(This course is identical with the course DD3004/DN3004.)

Course start: Wednesday 10.00 January 20, room D42

News

  • 2010-04-28: Cource evaluation results available here.
  • 2010-04-28: Cource evaluation form added.
  • 2010-02-19: Seminar plan updated: seminar 5 moved to Monday 8/3.
  • 2010-01-27: Course PM and seminar plan updated.
  • 2010-02-03: Problem sheet updated (FE-space includes slip bc).
  • 2010-02-02: Course PM and seminar schedule updated: changed deadline for lab report.
  • 2010-01-27: Course PM and problem sheet updated.
  • 2010-01-20: If you need a computer account, send your login name to Murtazo Nazarov.
  • 2010-01-20: Updated time plan of seminars.
  • 2010-01-14: Project PM updated.
  • 2010-01-13: Course home page updated: in particular see examination and course PM.
  • 2010-01-12: Course start is set to Wednesday January 20th.

Teachers

Course leader: Johan Hoffman
Teaching assistant: Murtazo Nazarov

Course description

This is an advanced trans-disciplinary course approaching fundamental problems in fluid mechanics of major practical importance by tools from mathematical analysis and numerical analysis, using modern computational technology.

Course PM

Course Evaluation

  • 2010-04-28: Cource evaluation results available here.

    Recommended prerequisites

    Course DN2260 Finite element methods or equivalent (see e.g. book "Computational Differential Equations" by Eriksson/Estep/Hansbo/Johnson).

    Scheduled seminars

    Attendance to the seminars is mandatory:
    • Seminar 1: Wednesday 10.15 January 20, room D42
    • Seminar 2: Wednesday 10.15 January 27, room D42
    • Seminar 3: Wednesday 10.15 February 3, room D32
    • Seminar 4: Wednesday 10.15 February 17, room D42
    • Seminar 5: Monday 13.15 March 8, room E35
    • Seminar 6: Wednesday 10.15 March 3, room D42
    • Seminar 7: Wednesday 10.15 March 10, room D42

    Scheduled excerises and computer helpdesk

    Teaching assistant will here be available for help with all aspects of the course.
    • Monday 13.15 January 25 , room E36: FEniCS software introduction
    • Monday 13.15 February 1, room E36
    • Monday 13.15 February 8, room E36
    • Monday 13.15 February 15, room E35

    Course literature

    [CTIF] J.Hoffman and C.Johnson, Computational Turbulent Incompressible Flow, Springer, 2007 (order/download)

    Activities

    • Seminar 1

      Topics: Thermodynamics, incompressible flow, stability, vorticity
      Problem sheet: 1-4
      Reading: [CTIF] ch.1-12
    • Seminar 2

      Topics: General Galerkin (G2) finite element methods
      Problem sheet: 5-7
      Reading: [CTIF] ch.25-29
    • Seminar 3

      Topics: linearized dual problem, a posteriori error estimation, adaptive method
      Problem sheet: 8-10
      Reading: [CTIF] ch.30,33
    • Seminar 4

      Topics: d'Alembert's paradox, flow separation, boundary conditions
    • Seminar 5

      Topics: turbulence, blow up, the Clay $1 million Prize problem
    • Seminar 6

      Topics: aerodynamcs, flying, lift and drag generation
    • Seminar 7

      Topics: presentations of final reports

    Examination

    All seminars are mandatory, and in addition:
    • Monday February 8 (8.00): submit problem sheet 1-10
    • Monday February 15 (8.00): submit computer lab report (5 pages)
    • Monday February 8 (30 min between 13-15): oral exam (problem sheet)
    • Monday March 8 (8.00): submit final report (10 pages)
    • Wednesday March 10 (8.00): submit peer review report (1 page)
    • Wednesday March 10 (10.15): present project report (20 min)
    • Wednesday March 10 (10.15): opponent at presentation (10 min)
    Material and instructions:

    Computational software

    Literature (seminars 4-6)

    Seminar 4:

    Genesis of d'Alembert paradox - Grimberg/Pauls/Frisch
    d'Alembert's paradox - Stewartson
    Short note on fluids with little viscosity - Prandtl
    Hydrodynamics - Birkhoff: get copy of first chapter outside JH office
    Review of Birkhoff's Hydrodynamics - Stoker
    Review of Birkhoff - Plesset
    Circular cylinder experiments - Humphreys
    Circular cylinder experiments - Korotkin: get copy of first chapter outside JH office
    d'Alembert's paradox - Hoffman/Johnson

    Seminar 5:

    Blow up of Euler - Hou
    Computational regularity of Navier-Stokes - Constantin
    Official Clay Prize formulation - Fefferman
    Blow up of Euler - Hoffman/Johnson

    Seminar 6:

    Prandtl's boundary layer - Anderson
    Tackling turbulence with supercomputers - Moin/Kim
    LES of flow separation over an airfoil with synthetic jet control - You/Moin
    Experiments NACA 0012 - McCroskey
    Experiments NACA 0012 - Gregory/O'Reilly
    Mathematics of flight - Hoffman/Johnson

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  • Copyright © Sidansvarig: Johan Hoffman <jhoffman@kth.se>
    Uppdaterad 2011-02-08