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.
  • Be able to account for and understand a current research article on the numerical modeling of flow in porous media.

Admission to the course

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.

If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.

Overlapping courses

Teaching

The teaching includes 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of group teaching?per week throughout the semester.

This course also has a mandatory?presentation, where you will present a current research article related to numerical modeling?of?flow in porous media or displacement processes in such. The presentation must be approved before you can sit?the final exam.

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.

This course has a mandatory presentation?that must be approved before you can sit?the final?exam.

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: ?FYS4465 – 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

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.

Last updated from FS (Common Student System) Nov. 5, 2024 3:02:15 PM

Facts about this course

Level
PhD
Credits
10
Teaching
Autumn

If the course is offered, a minimum of four students is required for ordinary lectures to take place. If less than four students participate, an exam will be given, but one should not expect ordinary teaching.

Examination
Autumn
Teaching language
English

Contact

Department of Physics