Introduction to fluid dynamics in water turbines

Course overview

  • Course codeFMMS004
  • ECTS credits2
  • DepartmentMECHANICS AND MARITIME SCIENCES
  • Graduate schoolThermo and Fluid Dynamics
  • PeriodicityOnly this time. If there is interest it can be set up again at a time that is suitable for those who are interested
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Nordic Five Tech (N5T)The course is free of charge for PhD students from N5T Universities.
  • ApplicationContact the course coordinator

Course coordinator

About the course

Contents:
  • Introduction and background
  • Water turbine types and their operating ranges
  • Basic principles
  • Dimensional analysis and scaling effects
  • Losses and flow imperfections
  • Cavitation
  • Principles of CFD in water turbines

More information

The course is given at KTH, for more information contact: saeed.salehi@chalmers.se

Literature

Dixon and Hall, Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery, (1- 2 selected chapters, so the book should not be purchased), lecture notes and handouts.

Lecturer

Dr. Saeed Salehi saeed.salehi@chalmers.se
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