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SUMMARY:Turbulent boundary layers and the quest for high Reynolds numbers 
 - Henrik Alfredsson\, Professor of Fluid Physics\, Department of Mechanics
 \, KTH\, Stockholm\, Sweden
DTSTART:20090205T133000Z
DTEND:20090205T143000Z
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CONTACT:8442
DESCRIPTION:The talk will include a presentation of fluid mechanics and re
 lated\nresearch at KTH\, which is both fundamental and applied in nature.\
 nAn example of the latter is the research within the CICERO Centre\,\nwhic
 h deals with the gas management of internal combustion engines. The\nsecon
 d part of the talk will deal with high-Reynolds-number turbulent\nwall-bou
 nded flows\, describing some considerations that have to be taken\ninto ac
 count in order to conduct 'good' high-Reynolds-number\nexperiments. These 
 considerations will be exemplified with a new high-Reynolds-number\nfacili
 ty presently being built in Italy (CICLoPE). A major international\ncollab
 oration will also be described\, where turbulent boundary-layer\nmeasureme
 nts taken in wind tunnels on three different continents have\nbeen made by
  multiple research groups. The purpose of these experiments\nis to elucida
 te the accuracy that can be obtained by different\ngroups and how accurate
 ly different wind tunnels can reproduce the same\nflow field.
LOCATION:Lecture Room 6\, Engineering Department
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