The purpose of this Lecture Series is to offer a full overview of the present development and the potential of the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of turbulent flows. The first part of the course will introduce and discuss fundamental principles, present state-of-the-art applications and possible developments of LES and Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) which represents the most promising technique to extend the usefulness of LES for high Reynolds-number flows. A real-time demonstration showing how to set up, execute and assess an LES of a wall-bounded flow will be carried out.

The second part will present applications of these approaches to various engineering fields of wide interest. The course will be delivered by internationally recognized experts. Its content is addressed both to researchers interested in the fundamental simulation of turbulence and engineers wanting to apply the LES technique or LES solvers to the accurate simulations of turbulent flows.

The Lecture Series Directors are Prof. U. Piomelli, Queen’s University, Canada, and Prof. Benocci and Prof. Van Beeck from the von Karman Institute.

Timetable

Monday 6 February 2012

• 08:45 Registration
• 09.00 Welcome address
  Mr. J. Muylaert, Director, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
• 09.30 Large-Eddy and Direct Simulation of Turbulent Flows
  Pr. U. Piomelli, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
• 10:45 Coffee break
• 11:00 Large-Eddy and Direct Simulation of Turbulent Flows (Cont’d)
  Pr. U. Piomelli
• 12:30 Lunch break
• 14:00 Large-Eddy and Direct Simulation of Turbulent Flows (Cont’d)
  Pr. U. Piomelli
• 15:15 Coffee break
• 15:45 Large-Eddy and Direct Simulation of Turbulent Flows (Cont’d)
  Pr. U. Piomelli
• 17:00 Reception

Tuesday 7 February 2012

• 09:00 Large-Eddy and Direct Simulation of Turbulent Flows (Cont’d)
  Pr. U. Piomelli
  
• 10:30 Coffee break
• 11:00 Large-Eddy and Direct Simulation of Turbulent Flows (Cont’d)
  Pr. U. Piomelli
  
• 12:30 Lunch break
• 14:00 Numerical Implementation of Large-Eddy Simulation (Cont’d)
  Pr. P. Sagaut Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, France
• 15:15 Coffee break
• 15:45 Numerical Implementation of Large-Eddy Simulation (Cont’d)
  Pr. P. Sagaut

Wednesday 8 February 2012

• 09:00 Detached Eddy Simulation
  Pr. K. Squires, Arizona State University, USA
• 10:30 Coffee break
• 11:00 Detached Eddy Simulation (Cont’d)
  Pr. K. Squires
• 12:30 Lunch break
• 14:00 Detached Eddy Simulation (Cont’d)
  Pr. K. Squires
• 15:15 Coffee break
• 15:45 Detached Eddy Simulation (Cont’d)
  Pr. K. Squires

Thursday 9 February 2012

• 09:00 Applications of Large-Eddy Simulation and Direct Simulation to Biological Flows
  Pr. E. Balaras, The George Washington University, USA
• 10:30 Coffee break
• 11:00 Applications of Large-Eddy Simulation and Direct Simulation to Biological Flows (Cont’d)
  Pr. E. Balaras
• 12:30 Lunch break
• 14:00 Immersed Boundary Technique for Large-Eddy Simulation
  Pr. R. Verzicco, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
• 15:15 Coffee break
• 15:45 Immersed Boundary Technique for Large-Eddy Simulation (Cont’d)
  Pr. R. Verzicco

Friday 10 February 2012

• 09:00 Applications of Large-Eddy Simulation to Atmospheric Flows
  Pr. F. Porté-Agel, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
• 10:30 Coffee break
• 11:00 Applications of Large-Eddy Simulation to Atmospheric Flows (Cont’d)
  Pr. F. Porté-Agel
• 12:30 Lunch break
• 14:00 Closing