| Code |
18162
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
PL(15H)/T(30H)/TP(15H)
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| Scientific area |
MECÂNICA COMPUTACIONAL
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Entry requirements |
N.A.
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Learning outcomes |
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
• Acquire familiarity with active and passive flow control techniques.
• Explain the effect of the Reynolds number on flow control.
• Explain the effect of various flow control techniques on boundary layer transition and separation.
• Explain the effect of flow control on reducing drag and lift coefficients.
• Carry out simple simulations of active flow control systems
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Syllabus |
• History and importance of flow control.
• Review of the governing equations of fluid flow and boundary layer theory.
• Physical concepts underlying the development and application of active and passive flow control.
• Terminology of flow control, transition control, separation control.
• The role of instability theory in flow control.
• Electrohydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics and microelectromechanical flow control systems.
• Experimental modeling and numerical simulation of flow control examples.
• Application of flow control to fixed-wing airfoil applications, turbomachinery applications, combustion control and aeroacoustics.
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Main Bibliography |
• Mohamed Gad-el-Hak. Flow control: Passive, Active, and Reactive Flow Management, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
• Max D. Gunzburger, Perspectives in Flow Control and Optimization, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2003
• R. D. Joslin, Daniel N. Miller, Fundamentals and applications of modern flow control, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, Va., 2009
• S. S. Sritharan, Optimal Control of Viscous Flow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1987.
• Petros Koumoutsakos, Igor Mezic, Control of Fluid Flow, 2006
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The final grade is calculated as follows:
FINAL GRADE = 70%*TEST + 30%*LAB_WORK
TEST> Knowledge assessment test taken at the end of the semester.
LAB_WORK> Final grade for thrfe assessment of laboratory work involving numerical simulation.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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