VKI Lecture Series on Large Eddy Simulation
The VKI lecture Series on "Large Eddy Simulation: Theory and Applications" took place from May 5-9, 2014 at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-St-Genèse, Belgium.
The purpose of this Lecture Series was 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 introduced and discussed 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 presented applications of these approaches to various engineering fields of wide interest. The course was delivered by internationally recognized experts. Its content was 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, Prof. Benocci and Prof. van Beeck from the von Karman Institute.
The course was a success with 73 participants. Among them, lecturers specialized in the field were invited: Prof. U. Piomelli (Queen’s University), Prof. P. Sagaut (Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6), Prof. K. Squires (Arizona State University), Prof . E. Balaras (The George Washington University), Prof. R. Verzicco (Università di Roma Tor Vergata), Prof. F. Porté-Agel (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (EPFL).