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Chair of Fluid Mechanics

Professors

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Cauerstraße 491058 Erlangen

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Overview

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Philipp Schlatter (from Zürich, Switzerland) obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich) in 2001, and a PhD in Fluid Mechanics at the Institute of Fluid Dynamics (IFD) from ETH in 2005. He then moved to the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, first as a Postdoc, from 2007-2010 as an assistant professor, from 2010-2018 as associate professor, and from 2019 as full professor at KTH, with special interest in large-scale simulations of turbulent flows, mainly in wall-bounded configurations. In 2014 he was chosen as a Wallenberg Academy Fellow (which was extended in 2018), a prestigious programme with 5+5 year funding. He was also the director of the Linné FLOW Centre at KTH Stockholm, leading the fluid-dynamics community in the Swedish e-Science Research Centre, and the Swedish National Allocation Committee. In 2023 he moved to the Institute of Fluid Mechanics (LSTM) at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg. He is also adjunct professor at the University of Bologna. He is also Associate Editor of the International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow (IJHFF). The current research involves both large-scale simulations based on highly accurate spectral and spectral-element methods, but also close interaction to experimentalists in an effort to cross-validate simulation and experimental data.

Profile at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Profile at University of Bologna

Linked-in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipp-schlatter-30b3aa55/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pschlatt1

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pschlatt.bsky.social

Github: https://github.com/pschlatt1

Publication list at Google Scholar (quite complete): Google Scholar

Publication list at CRIS – the Current Research Information System of FAU (incomplete):

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Computational Fluid Dynamics

Title Computational Fluid Dynamics
Short text CFD VO
Module frequency nur im Wintersemester
Semester hours per week 2

1. Parallelgruppe

Date and Time Start date – End date Cancellation date Lecturer(s) Comment Room
wöchentlich Tue, 14:15 – 15:45 14.10.2025 – 03.02.2026 30.12.2025
06.01.2026
23.12.2025
  • Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter
  • Dr.-Ing. Manuel Münsch
12104.01.411

Cooling of Power Electronics

Title Cooling of Power Electronics
Short text CoPE
Module frequency nur im Wintersemester
Semester hours per week 2

1. Parallelgruppe

Maximum number of participants: 200

Link to Campo

Date and Time Start date – End date Cancellation date Lecturer(s) Comment Room
wöchentlich Tue, 16:15 – 17:45 14.10.2025 – 03.02.2026 23.12.2025
06.01.2026
30.12.2025
  • Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter
  • apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Becker
  • Felix Czwielong
11901.00.222

Fluid Dynamics/ Fluid Mechanics

Title Fluid Dynamics/ Fluid Mechanics
Short text FD/FM
Module frequency nur im Wintersemester
Semester hours per week 2

– Motivation, history organization of the lecture
– Introduction, continuum, pressure, surface tension
– Scalars, vectors and tensors
– Fluid statics and buoyancy
– Governing equations: Integral analysis of fluid flow
– Governing equations: Differential analysis of fluid flow
– Spcial forms of governing equations
– Similitude, dimensional analysis, and modeling
– Solutions of basic internal and external flows
– Applied examples of the course material

The Students
– will learn the mathematical fundamentals of integral and differential modeling fluid flows
– can classify different types of fluid flow phenomena and derive the necessary non-dimensional parameters
– can simplify and utilize mathematical models for the solution of different types of flows
– have the chance to see the direct application of the content in the research and development work conducted at LSTM-Erlangen

1. Parallelgruppe

Literature references: – Munson, Yound and Okiishi: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics. John Willey and Sons
– Fox and McDonald: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics. John Willey and Sons
– White: Fluid Mechanics. McGraw Hill
– Durst: Grundlagen der Strömungsmechanik: Eine Einführung in die Theorie der Strömung von Fluiden. Springer

Maximum number of participants: 50

Link to Campo

Date and Time Start date – End date Cancellation date Lecturer(s) Comment Room
wöchentlich Tue, 12:15 – 13:45 14.10.2025 – 03.02.2026 23.12.2025
06.01.2026
30.12.2025
  • Dr.-Ing. Manuel Münsch
  • Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter
  • Felix Czwielong
12104.01.421

Process Systems Dynamics

Title Process Systems Dynamics
Short text PSD
Module frequency nur im Wintersemester
Semester hours per week 2

1. Parallelgruppe

Date and Time Start date – End date Cancellation date Lecturer(s) Comment Room
wöchentlich Thu, 12:15 – 13:45 16.10.2025 – 05.02.2026 25.12.2025
01.01.2026
  • Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter
  • Dr. Siavash Toosi
12103.00.332

Turbulence II

Title Turbulence II
Short text T II
Module frequency nur im Wintersemester
Semester hours per week 2

Turbulence decomposition
(mean flow, turbulent stresses, higher-order moments);

second order moments (anisotropy tensor, invariants);

anisotropy invariant mapping of turbulence in wall-bounded flows;

turbulent viscosity, Prandtl-Kolmogorov formula;

dynamics of turbulence dissipation rate;

twopoint correlation technique (locally homogeneous turbulence);

dissipation rate equation (closure model);

velocity-pressure gradient correlations
(Poisson equation, Chou’s integral, slow and fast parts of correlations);

turbulence transport (closure approximation);

predictions (homogeneous shear flows, wall-bounded flows, transitional flows)

1. Parallelgruppe

Date and Time Start date – End date Cancellation date Lecturer(s) Comment Room
wöchentlich Thu, 16:15 – 17:45 16.10.2025 – 05.02.2026 25.12.2025
01.01.2026
  • Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter
  • apl. Prof. Dr. Jovan Jovanovic
12104.01.411

Computational Fluid Dynamics – Lab

Title Computational Fluid Dynamics – Lab
Short text CFD P
Module frequency nur im Wintersemester
Semester hours per week 3

The theory given in the lectures and applied in the exercise class is implemented into computer programs in this practical class.

The following problems are solved with matlab/octave programs:

– the Blasius-similarity equations
– heat-transfer problems
– boundary layer equations
– flow of fluid in a lid-driven cavity

The students who successfully complete this practical class should:

– be able to write matlab/octave problems solving transport problems
– understand the convergence and accuracy of a method in practical situations
– write a program to solve the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations
– work in team and write reports describing the results and significance of a simulation

1. Parallelgruppe

Maximum number of participants: 40

Link to Campo

Date and Time Start date – End date Cancellation date Lecturer(s) Comment Room
wöchentlich Mon, 10:00 – 12:00 13.10.2025 – 02.02.2026 22.12.2025
29.12.2025
05.01.2026
  • Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter
  • Dr.-Ing. Manuel Münsch
  • Dr. Siavash Toosi
11302.00.156

Computational Fluid Dynamics – Exercise

Title Computational Fluid Dynamics – Exercise
Short text CFD UE
Module frequency nur im Wintersemester
Semester hours per week 1

1. Parallelgruppe

Date and Time Start date – End date Cancellation date Lecturer(s) Comment Room
wöchentlich Wed, 08:15 – 09:45 15.10.2025 – 04.02.2026 24.12.2025
31.12.2025
  • Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter
  • Dr.-Ing. Manuel Münsch
12104.01.411

Cooling of Power Electronics – Exercise

Title Cooling of Power Electronics – Exercise
Short text CoPE UE
Module frequency nur im Wintersemester
Semester hours per week 2

1. Parallelgruppe

Date and Time Start date – End date Cancellation date Lecturer(s) Comment Room
wöchentlich Mon, 16:15 – 17:45 13.10.2025 – 02.02.2026 05.01.2026
22.12.2025
29.12.2025
  • Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter
  • apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Becker
  • Felix Czwielong
11901.00.222

Fluid Dynamics/Fluid Mechanics – Exercise

Title Fluid Dynamics/Fluid Mechanics – Exercise
Short text FD/FM UE
Module frequency nur im Wintersemester
Semester hours per week 2

1. Parallelgruppe

Maximum number of participants: 50

Link to Campo

Date and Time Start date – End date Cancellation date Lecturer(s) Comment Room
wöchentlich Thu, 14:15 – 15:45 16.10.2025 – 05.02.2026 01.01.2026
25.12.2025
  • Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter
  • Dr.-Ing. Manuel Münsch
  • Felix Czwielong
11501.02.019
wöchentlich Thu, 14:15 – 15:45 16.10.2025 – 05.02.2026 25.12.2025
01.01.2026
12102.00.231

Process Systems Dynamics – Exercise

Title Process Systems Dynamics – Exercise
Module frequency nur im Wintersemester
Semester hours per week 2

1. Parallelgruppe

Date and Time Start date – End date Cancellation date Lecturer(s) Comment Room
wöchentlich Wed, 12:15 – 13:45 15.10.2025 – 04.02.2026 24.12.2025
31.12.2025
  • Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter
  • Dr. Siavash Toosi
12102.00.231

Turbulence II (UE)

Title Turbulence II – Exercise
Short text T II UE
Module frequency nur im Wintersemester
Semester hours per week 3

1. Parallelgruppe

Date and Time Start date – End date Cancellation date Lecturer(s) Comment Room
Blockveranstaltung Mon, 15:00 – 17:00 09.02.2026 – 20.02.2026
  • Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter
  • apl. Prof. Dr. Jovan Jovanovic
12104.01.411

Recorded lectures:

Youtube videos:

Scientific Animations:

Selected Pictures:

Turbulent pipe flow at Re_tau=10000: Massaro et al. 2025

Vortical structures around a Flettner rotor (Reference Massaro et al., Sci. Rep. 2024):

Streamwise vorticity in a turbulent pipe flow at Ret=1000
Streamwise vorticity in a turbulent pipe flow at Reτ=1000 (Reference El Khoury et al. FTaC 2013):

Turbulent boundary layer
Turbulent boundary layer (Reference Schlatter and Örlü, JFM 2010):