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doc. Ing. Václav Uruba, CSc.

Phone +420 266 053 414 E-mail uruba@it.cas.cz Room M2501 Department D1 - Fluid Dynamics Position head of department Research area turbulence, dynamics of nonlinear systems, experimental methods Personal webpage
Curriculum vitae
Education
1981    Ing.                      Applied Mechanics       Czech tech.uni.
1990    CSc.(PhD)         Applied Mechanics       Czechoslovak AS
2007    Doc.(as.prof.)    Applied Mechanics       Czech tech.uni.

Employment
1981-1984     Institute of motor vehicles research                      researcher
1984-1987     Institute of Thermomechanics CZ AS                   regular doctor student
1987-1995     Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR                  scientific worker
1995-              Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR, (v.v.i.)      head of research department

Fellowships
1993-1994    CEAT Université de Poitiers, Francie          9 months
2006               Queens University, Belfast, UK                    2 months

Interests
Fluid dynamics, shear layers, turbulence, coherent structures, turbulent diffusion, dynamical systems, experimental methods in fluid dynamics.
View author's publications in the ASCR database
Selected publications
Uruba, V., Knob, M., 2008, “Dynamics of flow near a separation point”. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. Vol.8, pp.10021-10024.

Knob, M., Uruba, V., 2008, “The relationship between the vortical structure and the wall shear stress in a blind trough cavity subject to a jet impingement”. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. Vol.8, pp.10621-10622.

Jonáš, P., Mazur, O., Uruba, V., 2008, “Investigation of the effect of the wall roughness and free stream turbulence on the boundary layer development”. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. Vol.8, pp.10615-10616.

Jonáš, P., Elsner, W., Mazur, O., Uruba, V., Wysocki, M., 2007, “A preliminary study of the effect of the external stream structure on turbulent spots generation during by-pass transition”. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. Vol.7, No.4, pp.4100023-4100024.

Uruba, V., Knob, M., Popelka, L., 2007, “Control of a boundary layer separation”. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. Vol. 7, pp. 4140019-4140020.

Uruba, V., Jonáš, P., Mazur, O., 2007, „Control of a channel-flow behind a backward-facing step by suction/blowing“. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. Volume 28, Issue 4, pp.665-672.

Uruba, V., 2006, “Order, disorder, chaos and turbulence” (in Czech), Essentia, http://www.essentia.cz, 10p.

Uruba, V., 2005, “Flow control using synthetic jet actuators”. Engineering Mechanics, vol. 12, No. 1, pp.41-62.

Uruba, V., 2005, “An accident in exact science” (in Czech), Essentia, http://www.essentia.cz, 10p.

Uruba, V., Jonáš, P., Mazur, O., Bezpalcová, K., 2004, “Physical modelling of point source dispersion inside athmospheric boundary layer”, PAMM - Proc. Appl. Math. Mech, Wiley-VCH Verlag, vol.4, pp.498-499.

Uruba, V., Jonáš, P., Mazur, O., 2003, “Jet in crossflow: a few remarks on the crossflow structure influence”. In: Manipulation and control of jets in crossflow, edited by A.R.Karagozian, L.Cortelezzi, A.Soldati, Wien New York, Springer, pp.77-86.

Jonáš, P., Mazur, O., Uruba, V., 2000, “On the receptivity of the by-pass transition to the length scale of the outer stream turbulence”, Eur. J. Mech. B - Fluids 19 (2000), pp707-722.
Projects
2010-2014 GAP101/10/1230Dynamic of secondary flows in channels
2008-2012 GA101/08/1112Boundary layers separation control
2006-2009 OC 114Fyzikální modelování transportních procesů v mikrometeorologických proudech
2005-2007 GA101/05/0675Theoretical and experimental optimalization of vascular reconstruction in the view of hemodynamics
2004-2008 IAA2076403Active Flow Control Using Synthetic Jets
2001-2003 GA101/01/0449Diffuser flow with specific boundary conditions
2000-2004 OC 715.90Urban meteorology applied to air-polution problems
Teaching
CTU Prague
Turbulence
Shear flows
Fluid Dynamics

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