Dynamics of the Flow Past a Bluff-body
Invited Lecturers
- Guido Buresti (Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy)
5 lectures on:
Fluid-dynamic loads on bluff bodies: general characteristics and dependence on wake flow features. Interference effects in bluff-body aerodynamics. The wake flow field of prisms and finite cylinders of moderate aspect ratio.- Patrick Huerre (Ecole Polytechnique CNRS, Palaiseau Cedex, France)
5 lectures on:
Absolute and convective instability in spatially developing flows, linear and non-linear global modes.- Paolo Luchini (Università di Salerno, Fisciano (SA) , Italy)
Round Table: Linear Stability Analysis of the Flow Past a Bluff Body
- Marek Morzynski (Poznan Univ. of Technology, Poznan, Poland)
5 lectures on:
Wake modelling and control using simulations, stability analysis and low-dimensional models.- Michel Provansal (IRPHE, UMR CNRS 6594, Marseille, France)
6 lectures on:
Wakes of circular cylinders, rings and cones. Non-linear and three-dimensional effects. From sphere to circular cylinder. Oscillations of a tethered sphere in a flow.- Daniela Tordella (Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy)
5 lectures on:
Steady asymptotic solution for the intermediate and far wake of a bluff body. Entrainment. Linear stability of the intermediate and far wake. Influence of the lateral momentum trasport.- Jane Z. Wang (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1503, USA)
5 lectures on:
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