Fluid Physics

Fluid Physics – Prof. dr. D Lohse

Masters involved: Applied Physics
Contributing Institutes: IMPACT, MESA+, BMTI

Fluid Physics is one of the largest disciplines of classical physics. The fascinating phenomena that are encountered in liquids and gases, ranging from the almost mathematical beauty of a droplet falling from a faucet to the chaos of large scale turbulence, have challenged and continue to challenge the worlds finest physicists, mathematicians and engineers.

In the Fluid Physics programme three groups are involved: the Physics of Fluids group (PoF), the Physics of Complex Fluids group (PCF), and the Computational Biophysics group (CBP). Both in their research and in education the groups aim at a full understanding of the underlying physical phenomena. We accomplish this understanding from a combined approach of the problems at hand, using a mixture of experimental, theoretical and numerical points of view.