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Ylva Odemark

M.Sc., Lic.
Phone: +46 8 790 61 92
Fax: +46 8 20 51 31
E-mail: ylva@mech.kth.se
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Education

Master of Science in Engineering Physics 2008 at KTH
Thesis: Large eddy simulations of thermal mixing in a T-junction

Professional history

PhD student, KTH Mechanics 2010-
Research Engineer, Vattenfall Research & Development 2008-2010

Research and Professional Activities

Wakes behind wind turbines, tip vortex development and wake flow interactions

Publications

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Year Title
2012 An experimental study on the stability of the tip vortices behind a small-scale model wind turbine
23rd International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Beijing, August 19-24 2012  
2012 A wind tunnel study on the effects of forest turbulence on wind turbine outputs
The Science of Making Torque from Wind, Oldenburg, October 9-11 2012  
2011 An experimental study on wake evolution and trailing vortex instabilities
Proceedings of Wake Conference, Visby, June 8-10 2011  
2011 An experimental study on tip vortex instabilities and breakdown
Svenska mekanikdagarna, Göteborg, June 13-15 2011  
2011 Peer learning with small means: A case study of implementing peer learning in a laboratory exercise
Proceedings of the 7th International CDIO Conference, Copenhagen, June 19-23 2011  
2011 Flow mixing inside a control-rod guide tube - Experimental tests and CFD simulations
Nuclear Engineering and Design 241 4803-4812
2011 Wake evolution and trailing vortex instabilities
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, November 20-22 2011  
2010 Flow mixing inside a control-rod guide tube - Part II: Experimental tests and CFD-simulations
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Xi'an, May 17-21 2010  
2010 Optimization and control of wind farms: Tip vortex breakdown and wake flow interaction
Poster presentation, Vindkraftsforskning i fokus, Göteborg, November 24-25 2010  
2009 High-cycle thermal fatigue in mixing Tee´s: New Large eddy simulations validated against new data obtained by PIV in the Vattenfall experiment
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Brussels, July 12-16 2009  
2008 Large eddy simulations of thermal mixing in a T-junction
Master thesis, KTH Mechanics  

Internal reports

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Year Title Type
2012 Wakes behind wind turbines - Studies on tip vortex evolution and stability Licentiate thesis
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Last changed: 2006-08-24