Dr.-Ing. Kay Schäfer
- Doctoral Researcher
- room: 610
- phone: +49 721 608-43030
- fax: +49 721 608-45147
- kay schaefer ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
Projects
Turbulent secondary flows over spanwise inhomogeneous walls
Research Interests
- Turbulent Flows
- Heat and Mass Transfer
- Environmental Flows
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- High-Performance Computing
Miscellaneous
- PhD student representative of graduate school for climate and environment - GRACE
Supervised Student Theses
Master theses by Jonathan Kostelecky (2020): "Secondary motions of Prandtl‘s second kind in turbulent channel flow"
Bachelor theses by Agnes Krimmel (2020): "Data-driven analysis of large-scale secondary motions"
Master theses by Jonathan Neuhauser (2021): "On the impact of spanwise inhomogeneous boundary conditions on secondary flows in turbulent channels"
Master theses by Linus Wrba (2021, extern): "LES of a wind turbine in the atmospheric boundary layer: parameter studies on inflow conditions"
Bachelor theses by Riko Haase (2021): "Analysis of the dynamics of secondary motions by data-driven methods"
Journal Publications
2023
Turbulent large-scale structures over heterogeneous surfaces. PhD dissertation
Schäfer, K.
2023, March 22. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000156539
Schäfer, K.
2023, March 22. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000156539
2022
The effect of spanwise heterogeneous surfaces on mixed convection in turbulent channels
Schäfer, K.; Frohnapfel, B.; Mellado, J. P.
2022. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 950, Art.Nr. A22. doi:10.1017/jfm.2022.773
Schäfer, K.; Frohnapfel, B.; Mellado, J. P.
2022. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 950, Art.Nr. A22. doi:10.1017/jfm.2022.773
Simulation of turbulent flow over roughness strips
Neuhauser, J.; Schäfer, K.; Gatti, D.; Frohnapfel, B.
2022. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 945, Art.-Nr.: A14. doi:10.1017/jfm.2022.536
Neuhauser, J.; Schäfer, K.; Gatti, D.; Frohnapfel, B.
2022. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 945, Art.-Nr.: A14. doi:10.1017/jfm.2022.536
Modelling spanwise heterogeneous roughness through a parametric forcing approach
Schäfer, K.; Stroh, A.; Forooghi, P.; Frohnapfel, B.
2022. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 930, A7. doi:10.1017/jfm.2021.850
Schäfer, K.; Stroh, A.; Forooghi, P.; Frohnapfel, B.
2022. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 930, A7. doi:10.1017/jfm.2021.850
2020
Rearrangement of secondary flow over spanwise heterogeneous roughness
Stroh, A.; Schäfer, K.; Frohnapfel, B.; Forooghi, P.
2020. Journal of fluid mechanics, 885, R5. doi:10.1017/jfm.2019.1030
Stroh, A.; Schäfer, K.; Frohnapfel, B.; Forooghi, P.
2020. Journal of fluid mechanics, 885, R5. doi:10.1017/jfm.2019.1030
Secondary flow and heat transfer in turbulent flow over streamwise ridges
Stroh, A.; Schäfer, K.; Forooghi, P.; Frohnapfel, B.
2020. International journal of heat and fluid flow, 81, Article No.108518. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2019.108518
Stroh, A.; Schäfer, K.; Forooghi, P.; Frohnapfel, B.
2020. International journal of heat and fluid flow, 81, Article No.108518. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2019.108518
Conference Contributions
2024
The influence of streamwise-aligned ridges on the dynamics of convective rolls
Schäfer, K.; Frohnapfel, B.; Mellado, J. P.
2024, September 17. 1st European Fluid Dynamics Conference (EFDC1 2024), Aachen, Germany, September 16–20, 2024
Schäfer, K.; Frohnapfel, B.; Mellado, J. P.
2024, September 17. 1st European Fluid Dynamics Conference (EFDC1 2024), Aachen, Germany, September 16–20, 2024
2023
Secondary motion impact on momentum and heat transfer in a fully developed turbulent channel flow
Stroh, A.; Deyn, L. H. von; Schäfer, K.; Forooghi, P.; Frohnapfel, B.
2023, September 11. 10th International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer (THMT 2023), Rome, Italy, September 11–15, 2023
Stroh, A.; Deyn, L. H. von; Schäfer, K.; Forooghi, P.; Frohnapfel, B.
2023, September 11. 10th International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer (THMT 2023), Rome, Italy, September 11–15, 2023
2022
Slip-type boundary conditions for turbulent flows over heterogeneous roughness
Neuhauser, J.; Schäfer, K.; Gatti, D.; Frohnapfel, B.
2022. Proceedings of TSFP-12 (2022) 12th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP12) Osaka, Japan, July 19–22, 2022
Neuhauser, J.; Schäfer, K.; Gatti, D.; Frohnapfel, B.
2022. Proceedings of TSFP-12 (2022) 12th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP12) Osaka, Japan, July 19–22, 2022
Dynamics of secondary motions in turbulent channels with streamwise ridges
Schäfer, K.; Frohnapfel, B.; Gatti, D.
2022. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (2022) Osaka
Schäfer, K.; Frohnapfel, B.; Gatti, D.
2022. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (2022) Osaka
2021
Parametric forcing approach for secondary motions formation over inhomogeneous rough surfaces
Stroh, A.; Schäfer, K.; Frohnapfel, B.; Forooghi, P.
2021. ETMM13 Proceedings
Stroh, A.; Schäfer, K.; Frohnapfel, B.; Forooghi, P.
2021. ETMM13 Proceedings
Comparison of Different Solvers and Geometry Representation Strategies for Dns of Rough Wall Channel Flow
Theobald, F.; Schäfer, K.; Yang, J.; Frohnapfel, B.; Stripf, M.; Forooghi, P.; Stroh, A.
2021. 14th WCCM & ECCOMAS Congress 2020 : virtual congress, 11-15 January, 2021 / IACM, ECCOMAS. Ed.: F. Chinesta, International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE). doi:10.23967/wccm-eccomas.2020.089
Theobald, F.; Schäfer, K.; Yang, J.; Frohnapfel, B.; Stripf, M.; Forooghi, P.; Stroh, A.
2021. 14th WCCM & ECCOMAS Congress 2020 : virtual congress, 11-15 January, 2021 / IACM, ECCOMAS. Ed.: F. Chinesta, International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE). doi:10.23967/wccm-eccomas.2020.089
2020
Direct Numerical Simulations of a Turbulent Flow over Wall-Mounted Obstacles - A Comparison of Different Numerical Approaches
Schäfer, K.; Forooghi, P.; Straub, S.; Frohnapfel, B.; Stroh, A.
2020. Direct and Large Eddy Simulation XII. Ed.: M. García-Villalba, 91–96, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-42822-8_12
Schäfer, K.; Forooghi, P.; Straub, S.; Frohnapfel, B.; Stroh, A.
2020. Direct and Large Eddy Simulation XII. Ed.: M. García-Villalba, 91–96, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-42822-8_12
2019
Investigation of turbulent budgets in channels with secondary motions induced by streamwise-aligned ridges
Schäfer, K.; Stroh, A.; Frohnapfel, B.; Gatti, D.
2019. 11th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP11), Southampton, UK, July 30 - August 2, 2019
Schäfer, K.; Stroh, A.; Frohnapfel, B.; Gatti, D.
2019. 11th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP11), Southampton, UK, July 30 - August 2, 2019
Secondary flow impact on velocity and thermal fields of a structured turbulent channel flow
Stroh, A.; Schafer, K.; Forooghi, P.; Frohnapfel, B.
2019. Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Wicklow, IR, July 22-24, 2019
Stroh, A.; Schafer, K.; Forooghi, P.; Frohnapfel, B.
2019. Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Wicklow, IR, July 22-24, 2019