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Massimo Germano

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Overview


Massimo Germano was graduated in Physics at the University of Torino in 1965. In the same year he joined the Politecnico of Torino where he was finally appointed as Full Professor in Gasdynamics from 1981 to his retirement in 2012. His publications are devoted to many aspects of the fluid dynamics, they are mainly theoretical but always with a precise interest in the possible applications. Main results are the following. A system of orthogonal coordinates has been introduced in the study of the flow in helical pipes and more generally in pipes provided with a variable curvature and torsion of the central axis. This system of coordinates has been applied in many computations and it has contributed to clarify the effect of the curvature and the torsion on the axial and the secondary flows. In the field of turbulence modeling a new operational multiscale approach based on the generalized central moments and their properties has been produced. Principal application has been the dynamic procedure that significantly improves existing subgrid scale models for the Large Eddy Simulation of turbulent flows.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering · 2017 - Present Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

Recent Publications


Mixed Averaging Procedures

Journal Article Flow Turbulence and Combustion · April 1, 2024 The statistical operators typically applied in postprocessing numerical databases for statistically steady turbulence are a mixture of physical averages in homogeneous spatial directions and in time. Alternative averaging operators may involve phase or ens ... Full text Cite

Effect of Variable Density on Subgrid Scales

Chapter · January 1, 2024 Variable density flows are very common in nature, in technology and in industry. The numerical simulation of complex flows of applicative interest and with relevant variable density flows requires the truncation of turbulent scales of the resolved velocity ... Full text Cite

Turbulence Without Fluctuations

Chapter · April 29, 2023 Fluctuations are very important in statistics, but their use in the study of turbulent flows,particularly in the formulation and the analysis of Large Eddy Simulations, is not so essential. In the paper some historical and personal recollections on that ar ... Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Turin (Italy) · 1965 M.S.