Multiphase Flows
The course takes place in the winter semester.
Announcement
Please be informed that the Multiphase course will not be offered in the Winter Semester 2025.
Lecture & Exercise
Registration: RWTHonline
Lecture and exercise share one moodle room.
Lecture slides, script, and exercises -> RWTHmoodle
Course Description
This course is designed to provide students with a background on fundamental fluid mechanics and the fundamental understanding of the dynamics of multiphase flow. It will cover Eulerian-Eulerian (two-fluid) models, Eulerian-Lagrangian (discrete particles) models, and discrete phase (particles, droplets or bubbles) in a continuous phase. Emphasis will be placed on bubble dynamics, including cavitation and atomization, with particular attention on numerical methods for interface tracking. Topics will include Basset-Boussinesq-Oseen equation of motion for a particle in a non-uniform flow, particle interactions with turbulence, inertial clustering, cavitation and bubble dynamics, droplet breakup, collisions and coalescence, and surface tension effects. Part of the course will be devoted on the presentation of state-of-the-art application on engine injection, process engineering, and reacting particles.
Contact Person
Consultation Hour
Individual arrangement. Contact Marco Vivenzo.
Important Dates
Course dates in the winter semester 2023/24:
Lecture - Wednesday, 14:30-16:00, ITV Seminar Room
Problem Session - Thursday, 10:30-12:00, ITV Seminar Room
Exam - The exam will be written. Exam dates are announced in the class and on RWTH Moodle.