Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter
Prof. Dr. Sc. Techn. Philipp Schlatter
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chair of Fluid Mechanics
Cauerstr. 4
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-29500
- Mobile phone: +4915203243968
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-29503
- Email: philipp.schlatter@fau.de
- Website: http://www.lstm.fau.de
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
Publications: Google Scholar
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
Aerodynamics
Basic data
| Title | Aerodynamics |
|---|---|
| Short text | AERO |
| Module frequency | nur im Sommersemester |
| Semester hours per week | 4 |
Parallel groups / dates
1. Parallelgruppe
| Semester hours per week | 2 |
|---|---|
| Teaching language | English |
| Responsible |
Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter |
Maximum number of participants: 350
| Date and Time | Start date - End date | Cancellation date | Lecturer(s) | Comment | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich Tue, 12:15 - 13:45 | 29.04.2025 - 22.07.2025 | 10.06.2025 |
|
11906.01.030 |
Computational Fluid Dynamics II (NMTFD II)
Basic data
| Title | Computational Fluid Dynamics II (NMTFD II) |
|---|---|
| Short text | CFD II V |
| Module frequency | nur im Sommersemester |
| Semester hours per week | 2 |
Parallel groups / dates
1. Turbulent flows 2. Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) 3. Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations (RANS) 4. Large Eddy Simulation (LES) 5. High-Order Methods 6. Particulate and Multiphase Flows 7. Fluid-structure Interaction 8. Compressible Flows
The students - Know how to solve CFD problems in curvilinear grids - Understand the main properties of turbulent flows - Understand the strengths and weaknesses of widely used simulation models of turbulence - Select the appropriate model and boundary equations for a given application - Be able to perform turbulence and complex flows simulations with OpenFOAM - Work in team and write a report describing the results and significance of a simulation of turbulent flow
1. Parallelgruppe
| Semester hours per week | 2 |
|---|---|
| Teaching language | English |
| Responsible |
Dr.-Ing. Manuel Münsch Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter |
Literature references: H. Ferziger, M. Peric, Numerische Strömungsmechanik, Spinger, 2008
Maximum number of participants: 50
| Date and Time | Start date - End date | Cancellation date | Lecturer(s) | Comment | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich Fri, 10:15 - 11:45 | 25.04.2025 - 25.07.2025 | 20.06.2025 |
|
11501.01.105 |
Exercise Aerodynamics
Basic data
| Title | Exercise Aerodynamics |
|---|---|
| Short text | AERO UE |
| Module frequency | nur im Sommersemester |
Parallel groups / dates
1. Parallelgruppe
| Semester hours per week | 2 |
|---|---|
| Teaching language | English |
| Responsible |
Prof. Dr. Philipp Schlatter |
Maximum number of participants: 200
| Date and Time | Start date - End date | Cancellation date | Lecturer(s) | Comment | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich Thu, 10:15 - 11:45 | 24.04.2025 - 24.07.2025 | 01.05.2025 19.06.2025 29.05.2025 |
|
11901.00.227 |
Recorded lectures:
- Inaugural lecture at FAU (June 2024): https://www.fau.tv/clip/id/52952 (unfortunately only for FAU members)
- Computational Fluid Dyamics (30 hours), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2021: https://youtu.be/fU5814e5Wgw?list=PLynK6zufSgTMoulEWZjnKABEp-smrQRrj (including lecture notes)
- Viscous Flow and Stability (30 hours), Univeristy of Bologna, Italy, 2021: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLynK6zufSgTOznXVrq53ReyHv6FE9UBaE&si=RS4nwuDqeBssWdGF
- Turbulence Simulations with Nek5000 (2 hours), Cineca Winter School, 2021: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLynK6zufSgTOD72Y9z6xb7iXpvxVeyNiN&si=aw8We7v8WmjktQzW
- Mekanik I (in Swedish, 48 hours), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2021: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLynK6zufSgTNKdZkS75Jc784UonZRDpXq&si=kHvVpYcXdqG1VG4i
Youtube videos:
- Interview at PASC 2017: https://youtu.be/O5Ll3MCEaIg?si=2bdrxC3cZVA_P-a6
- Interview at PASC 2023: https://youtu.be/yKu6TzDGfTY?si=Hgl4KRuM-iAgLXjl
- Turbulence at the Exascale, Podcast 2021: https://youtu.be/A1YYQgvGBwE?si=2wWk48OfyWX8EdOd
Scientific Animations:
- Gallery of Fluid Motion 2009, Turbulent boundary layer: https://youtu.be/4KeaAhVoPIw?si=ivqLkW7B6cF505b8
- Gallery of Fluid Motion 2009, Jet in Crossflow: https://youtu.be/gTd_jVhYMt0?si=_h1XuxfhDakMovMA
- Gallery of Fluid Motion 2011, Hairpins: https://youtu.be/DX_wPZJYfAQ?si=VOXw8K6Uh8RCdcVl
- Gallery of Fluid Motion 2015, Wing simulations: https://youtu.be/aR-hehP1pTk?si=BDvSGAceXXrwNtEc
- Gallery of Fluid Motion 2021, Effects of Control on Wings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82iTsfk99H4
- Gallery of Fluid Motion 2022, Flettner Rotor: https://doi.org/10.1103/APS.DFD.2022.GFM.V0113
- Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of a starting rotor (Ercoftac Visualisation Award 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix7-pr6dezo
Selected Pictures:
Turbulent pipe flow at Re_tau=10000: Massaro et al. 2025
zoomable picture: link
Vortical structures around a Flettner rotor (Reference Massaro et al., Sci. Rep. 2024):
Streamwise vorticity in a turbulent pipe flow at Reτ=1000 (Reference El Khoury et al. FTaC 2013):
Turbulent boundary layer (Reference Schlatter and Örlü, JFM 2010):
