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View article: Development of a Diastereoselective Csp<sup>2</sup>–Csp<sup>3</sup> Cross-Coupling Reaction Inspired by Macrocyclic RiPP Natural Products
Development of a Diastereoselective Csp<sup>2</sup>–Csp<sup>3</sup> Cross-Coupling Reaction Inspired by Macrocyclic RiPP Natural Products Open
Macrocyclic peptides containing C(sp2)-C(sp3) side chain cross-links are a rapidly growing subclass of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs), with significant potential in the development of new pharmac…
View article: Vorticity and Vortex Kinematics
Vorticity and Vortex Kinematics Open
The concepts of vorticity and circulation are introduced. The three-dimensional governing equation for the vorticity is obtained. The generation of vorticity on the solid walls is analyzed in detail. For irrotational flows, the modeling re…
View article: Dimensional Analysis
Dimensional Analysis Open
Dimensional analysis based on the principle of dimensional invariance allows the introduction of dimensionless numbers, like the famous Reynolds number, via the application of the Vaschy–Buckingham theorem. Dynamic similarity and self-simi…
View article: Boundary Layer
Boundary Layer Open
The Prandtl’s equations for laminar boundary layer are obtained via dimensional analysis. The case of the flat plate is treated as a suitable example for the development of the boundary layer on a simple geometry. Various thicknesses are i…
View article: Exact Solutions of the Navier–Stokes Equations
Exact Solutions of the Navier–Stokes Equations Open
This chapter covers extensively various exact solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations for steady-state and transient cases. Of particular interest are the pulsating flows in a channel and in a circular pipe as these solutions are relevant…
View article: Plane Irrotational Flows of Perfect Fluid
Plane Irrotational Flows of Perfect Fluid Open
This chapter treats the theory of irrotational flows of perfect fluids by the use of complex variables. The theory is based on a complex velocity and the related concepts like circulation, flow rate, complex potential. Several simple examp…
View article: Instability
Instability Open
The first instability mechanism is applied to the plane parallel channel flow. We establish the well known Orr-Sommerfeld equation which is solved by the Chebyshev Tau method. The associated Fortran programme is given in the appendix. Then…
View article: Solutions of Exercises
Solutions of Exercises Open
Chapter ten collects the detailed solutions of the exercises proposed at the end of each chapter.
View article: An Introduction to the Mechanics of Incompressible Fluids
An Introduction to the Mechanics of Incompressible Fluids Open
This open access book brings the reader a pedestrian pace to grasp the main bulk of fluid flow problems and contains exercises and solutions
View article: Stokes Flow
Stokes Flow Open
Creeping flows where the viscous effects are dominant, are considered. The Moffatt corner eddies are described. The flow around a sphere is detailed and leads to the Stokes formula. Stokes eigenmodes are analyzed and a three-dimensional St…
View article: Incompressible Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
Incompressible Newtonian Fluid Mechanics Open
This chapter, presents the basic concepts of fluid mechanics such as velocity, acceleration, material derivative and the governing equations obtained from the conservation laws of mass, momentum, angular momentum and energy. The introducti…
View article: Turbulence
Turbulence Open
The Reynolds decomposition and statistical averaging of velocity and pressure generate the Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations. The closure problem is solved by the introduction of a turbulence constitutive equation. Several l…
View article: IUTAM Symposium on "Advances in Computation, Modeling and Control of Transitional and Turbulent Flows"
IUTAM Symposium on "Advances in Computation, Modeling and Control of Transitional and Turbulent Flows" Open
Reference EPFL-CONF-221938View record in Web of Science Record created on 2016-10-18, modified on 2017-03-20
View article: Simulation of viscoelastic fluids in a 2D abrupt contraction by spectral element method
Simulation of viscoelastic fluids in a 2D abrupt contraction by spectral element method Open
Summary This study presents the vortex structure and numerical instability increase occurring when the level of elasticity is enhanced in inertial flows in planar contraction configuration for finitely extensible nonlinear elastic model by…
View article: UDNS or LES, That Is the Question
UDNS or LES, That Is the Question Open
In the framework of the spectral element method, a comparison is carried out on turbulent firstand second-order statistics generated by large eddy simulation (LES), under-resolved (UDNS) and fully resolved direct numerical simulation (DNS)…