Large Eddy Simulation and Related Techniques 2026
Date: 8-12 June 2026
Location: online / on-site: Waterloosesteenweg, 72, 1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium - near Brussels
About the lecture series
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. The specific numerical problems related to the implementation of LES will be also presented.
The second part will present applications of these approaches to various engineering fields of wide interest.
The course will be concluded discussing the 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.
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 director is Professor Ugo Piomelli from Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada. The local organizer is Professor Jeroen van Beeck from the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
Programme
Monday, 8 June 2026
08:30 - 09:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome Address
09:15 - 10:30 Large Eddy and Direct Simulation of Turbulent Flows
Prof. Ugo Piomelli, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:15 Large Eddy and Direct Simulation of Turbulent Flows (cont’d)
Prof. Ugo Piomelli, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 15:15 Large Eddy and Direct Simulation of Turbulent Flows (cont’d)
Prof. Ugo Piomelli, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:00 Large Eddy and Direct Simulation of Turbulent Flows (cont’d)
Prof. Ugo Piomelli, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
17:00 - 18:00 Reception
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
09:15 - 10:30 Large Eddy and Direct Simulation of Turbulent Flows
Prof. Ugo Piomelli, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:15 Large Eddy and Direct Simulation of Turbulent Flows (cont’d)
Prof. Ugo Piomelli, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 15:15 Applications of Large Eddy Simulation and Direct Simulation to Biological Flows
Prof. Elias Balaras, The George Washington University, USA
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:00 Applications of Large Eddy Simulation and Direct Simulation to Biological Flows (cont'd)
Prof. Elias Balaras, The George Washington University, USA
17:00 End of day
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
09:15 - 10:30 Numerical Implementation of Large-Eddy Simulation
Prof. Pierre Sagaut, Laboratoire de Mécanique Modélisation et Procédés Propres, UMR CNRS 7340, Aix-Marseille Université, France
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:15 Numerical Implementation of Large-Eddy Simulation (cont’d)
Prof. Pierre Sagaut, Laboratoire de Mécanique Modélisation et Procédés Propres, UMR CNRS 7340, Aix-Marseille Université, France
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 15:00 Immersed Boundary Technique for Large Eddy Simulation
Prof. Roberto Verzicco, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:45 Immersed Boundary Technique for Large Eddy Simulation (cont’d)
Prof. Roberto Verzicco, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy
16:45 End of day
Thursday, 11 June 2026
09:15 - 10:30 Applications of Large Eddy Simulation to Atmospheric Flows and Wind Engineering
Prof. Johan Meyers, KULeuven, Belgium
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:15 Applications of Large Eddy Simulation to Atmospheric Flows and Wind Engineering (cont'd)
Prof. Johan Meyers, KULeuven, Belgium
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 15:00 Detached Eddy Simulation
Prof. Yannick Hoarau University of Strasbourg, France
15:00 - 16:45 Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:00 Application of Detached Eddy Simulations.
Prof. Yannick Hoarau, University of Strasbourg, France
17:00 End of the day
Friday, 12 June 2026
9:15 - 10:30 HPC requirements for LES and related techniques
Dr. Oriol Lehmkuhl, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:15 HPC requirements for LES and related techniques
Dr. Oriol Lehmkuhl, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 15:00 Visit of VKI laboratories
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30: End of Lecture Series
Fee and Registration
- Deadline for on-site registration: 25 May 2026
- Deadline for online registration: 1 June 2026
- Discount of 10% in case of online participation*
- Discount of 30% for citizens from NATO countries*
* applicable on the price listed below
Early Bird Registration until 8 April 2026
- Undergraduate students: €315
- PhD students: €864
- Staff from recognized universities / research center: €1368
- Staff from commercial organizations: €1728
Late Registration after 8 April 2026
- Undergraduate students: €350
- PhD students: €960
- Staff from recognized universities / research center: €1520
- Staff from commercial organizations: €1920
Introductory course to OpenFOAM® 2026
Date: 24-25 March 2026
Location: on-site: Waterloosesteenweg, 72, 1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium - near Brussels
About the course
The course gives a practical introduction to the structure and usability of OpenFOAM® and OpenFOAM® related applications (snappyHexMesh, paraview). Besides the general introduction, the participants will perform a complete numerical simulation starting from choosing the solver till post-processing.
The second day will be partially dedicated to the open source mesh generator snappyHexMesh and a multiphase simulation will be performed with the obtained mesh.
The course is organized by Dr. Silvania Lopes, Research Engineer at the von Karman Institute. Part of lectures will be given by von Karman Institute PhD candidates.
The course will take place on-site only. There is no remote option.
Programme
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 10:15 General introduction to OpenFOAM
10:15 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:15 Tutorial on incompressible RANS simulation – Pre-processing
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:00 Tutorial on incompressible RANS simulation – Simulation setup
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 17:00 Tutorial on incompressible RANS simulation – Post-processing
17:00 End of course
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
09:00 - 10:15 Meshing with SnappyHexMesh – part 1
10:15 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:15 Meshing with SnappyHexMesh – part 2
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 - 15:00 Tutorial on incompressible multiphase VOF solver – Simulation setup
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 16:30 Tutorial on incompressible multiphase VOF solver – Post-processing
16:30 Open discussion
Fee and Registration
Early Bird registration until 24 January 2026
Deadline for registration: 9 March 2026
The course will take place on-site only. There is no remote option.
The price includes the course material, lunches and coffee breaks.
Cancellation fee: 30% till 1 week before, 50% later on.
NOTE: No additional material or equipment is needed for the course. The participants will receive the course note as well as have the possibility to use the workstations in the classroom. Please note, that the number of participants is limited to 10!
For further information please contact: Dr. Sivania Lopes: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Early Bird Registration until 24 January 2026
- Academy: €594
- Non-Academy: €765
Late Registration after 24 January 2026
- Academy: €660
- Non-Academy: €850
