Plats: KTH
Tid: 09.00-16.30
Kommande
SVC Research school Autumn 2026
The autumn research school will take place from 19 to 23 October. The first part of the week (October 19-21) is an Introduction to rock foundations for dams. The second part of the week is an Introduction to fluid dynamics in water turbines.
Introduction to rock foundations for dams contains the following sections:
• Introduction and Background
• Rock as a construction material
• Stability of concrete dams founded on rock
• Reliability of dams including FORM and Monte Carlo simulations
• Design of grout curtains
After completion of the course the student will:
- Understand the fundamental differences between rock as a construction material and other types of manufactured materials such as steel and concrete
- know the fundamentals of stability analyses of concrete dams founded on rock
- be able to calculate the reliability of the dam using first order reliability based methods and Monte Carlo simulations
- Know the basics in the design of grout curtains under dams
- Be able to perform basic calculations for the design of grout curtains under dams
Examiner is Fredrik Johansson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Read the full course here: Course plan Rock Foundations
Introduction to fluid dynamics in water turbines contains the following sections:
• 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
After completion of the course the student will:
- know the fundamental of fluid mechanics in turbomachinery
- understand the basics of design and analysis of water turbines
- be familiar with dimensional analysis and scaling effects of water turbines
- be able to make a global estimation of the turbine system, using the Bernoulli equation
- have the basic knowledge about the cavitation process in water turbines and how to avoid it
- know the basics of how to study water turbines using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Examiner is Håkan Nilsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Fluid Dynamics
Read the full course here: Course plan FluidDynamics
Cost and registration
Language: Swedish/English
Date and Time: 19th – 23th of October
Preliminary start and end time of each courses
Monday 08.15 to Wednesday 11.45, Wednesday 13.00 to Friday 16.00
Place: KTH
Cost
Free for Students and partners of the Center and for international PhD students and students.For others: 5000 SEK excluding VAT.
Please note: If a course is overbooked, priority will be given to students and participants from the Center’s partner organizations.
Registration
Send an email to: Professor Michel Cervantes, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology
Contact
Send an email to: Professor Michel Cervantes, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology
