IUTAM School on Dispersion of Particles in Turbulent Flows
September 12, 2005 — September 16, 2005
Coordinators:
- Alfredo Soldati (Univ. degli Studi di Udine, Udine, Italy)
- Michael W. Reeks (Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain)
Turbulent dispersed particle flows play a part in several technological areas. Indeed since the individual particle motion can involve the transport and exchange of mass, momentum and heat with the carrier fluid, insights into detailed physics of this motion and how it influences and is influenced by its surroundings can lead to significant technological advancements. For instance, control of micron size particle emission and dispersion is now a major concern for the urban and environmental authorities and represents a major challenge for the automotive industry, power industry and in general dusty manufacturing industry. In the pharmaceutical and process industries, many of the processes involved depend critically upon the mixing and dispersion of suspended particles in turbulent flows. Also turbulent dispersion of inertial particles is a crucial process in cloud formation, ocean-atmosphere coupling phenomena, sediment entrainment and many other environmental processes.
The object of this course is to cover the current methodologies for the prediction of turbulent dispersed reacting flows. Specific attention will be devoted to the modelling aspects and to the physical phenomena involved. Turbulent structure and the several “turbulence” simulation methodologies, particle fluid interaction and the several modelling approaches, will be specifically addressed. The course will also be focused and will help to identify the research needs for the advancement of this fundamental discipline in fluid mechanics.
The course is organized to allow time for questions, discussions and profitable interactions among all participants. Specifically, two afternoon sessions will be organized as workshop with main invited lectures by outstanding scientists in the field as Prof. Said Elghobashi and Prof. Sanjoy Banerjee, and invited or open lectures.
The course is addressed to scientist, professionals and graduate students in the several fields of Engineering, Applied and Fundamental Sciences with specific interest in these phenomena.