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FLUID DYNAMIC STABILITY: AN INTRODUCTION

Enrollment: from 28-01-2026 to hour 12:00 on 18-02-2026
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Language: ENGLISH
Campus: AULA VIRTUALE, MILANO BOVISA
Subject area: Tools
Intensive Schools Informatic laboratory
Docente responsabile
ALESSANDRO CHIARINI
CCS proponenti
Ingegneria Aerospaziale
CFU
4
Ore in presenza
20
Prerequisiti
Activity addressed to Master’s degree students in:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGAERONAUTICAL ENGINEERINGENGINEERING PHISYCSSPACE ENGINEERINGMATHEMATICAL ENGINEERINGENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGBIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGENERGY ENGINEERINGKnowledge of:
Vector calculusAlgebra (vector spaces, linear operators, null space, eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a linear operator)Fluid dynamics (Navier-Stokes equations, boundary layer).
N° max studenti
10
Criteri di selezione
GPA
Parole chiave:
FLUID MECHANICS, Flow control and management, computational fluid dynamics
Tag
Aerospace, Engineering, Science

Descrizione dell'iniziativa

The theory of fluid dynamic stability has advanced rapidly over the last 50 years thanks to new theoretical concepts and increasing computational power. However, these developments are still scarcely represented in standard curricula.
This course aims to fill this gap by offering a practical introduction to flow stability. Students will develop a modern view of the subject, understand the main concepts, and test them on simple but significant cases. The course is taught jointly by experts from Politecnico di Milano and the Technical University of Berlin. The 20-hour program is split between Milano and Berlin, with the other site attending via Webex.

BERLIN:
1) Introduction: 2h 
2) Dynamical systems + Bifurcations: 2h 
3) Linear Stability: 2h
4) Sensitivities: 2h 
5) Linear Stability with symmetries: 2h 

MILAN:
6) Linear Stability of parallel flows 1: 2h 
7) Linear stability of parallel flows 2: 2h  
8) Local versus Global: 2h 
9) Transient growth and receptivity: 2h
10) Resolvent analysis: 2h

For the detailed programme, please refer to the attached document.

Periodo di svolgimento

dal March 2026 a March 2026

Calendario

Attività online (erogata da TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN):
Lun. 16/03/26   17:00-19:00
Mar. 17/03/26   17:00-19:00
Mer. 18/03/26   17:00-19:00
Gio. 19/03/26   17:00-19:00
Ven. 20/03/26   17:00-19:00

Attività in presenza (presso POLITECNICO DI MILANO):
Lun. 23/03/26   17:00-19:00
Mar. 24/03/26   17:00-19:00
Mer. 25/03/26   17:00-19:00
Gio. 26/03/26   17:00-19:00
Ven. 27/03/26   17:00-19:00

Note

The course is taught jointly by experts from Politecnico di Milano and the Technical University of Berlin. The 20-hour program is split between Milano and Berlin, with the other site attending via Webex.