FYS4465 – Dynamics of Complex Media
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The course covers hydrodynamics where capillary and viscous forces play a role. It also covers simulation methods, thermodynamics and statistical physics relevant to porous media.
Learning outcome
After completing this course, you will:
- have knowledge of hydrodynamic and thermodynamic transport processes in porous media.
- have a thorough knowledge of the Navier-Stokes equation and Darcy’s law, and also diffusion and dispersion processes.
- be able to program molecular and Brownian dynamics codes as well as the lattice Boltzmann-model and simple network models that are used to simulate flow in complex geometries.
- know the theory behind the simulation models and have an understanding of how small-scale processes affect processes at larger scales. This includes the understanding of percolation theory.
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Recommended previous knowledge
- FYS3150 – Computational Physics
- FYS2160 – Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
- FYS4130 – Statistical Mechanics
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with FYS9465 – Dynamics of Complex Media.
- 5 credits overlap with FYS4460 – Disordered Systems and Percolation.
- 5 credits overlap with FYS9460 – Disordered Systems and Percolation.
Teaching
The teaching includes 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of group teaching?per week throughout the semester.
Examination
- Theoretical home exam in the middle of the semester, with assessment pass/fail.
- Final written exam in the form of a project assignment, corresponding to 1 week's work, with assessment pass/fail.
Both the home exam and the final project assignment must be passed in the same semester in order to get?a final grade in the course.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: ?FYS9465 – Dynamics of Complex Media
Examination support material
All examination support material?is allowed.
Language of examination
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
In this course, postponed exams are not offered for exam candidates who are ill before the exam or who become ill during the exam. A deferred submission deadline can be offered.
The illness must be documented with a doctor's certificate dated no later than the ordinary submission date. You must submit the doctor's certificate to the course's contact point before the submission deadline for the home exam.
New exams are not offered to candidates who withdraw or do not pass the regular exam.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.