Michael Manhart

Professor Michael Manhart is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) as an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Hydromechanics. His research focuses on fluid mechanics, turbulent flow dynamics, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, particularly in porous media and environmental fluid mechanics.

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His recent publications investigate turbulent flow over random sphere packs, scalar transport at porous-turbulent interfaces, acoustic resonances in HVAC systems, and nonlinear oscillatory flow modeling. He employs advanced numerical techniques like direct numerical simulations (DNS) and large-eddy simulations (LES) to study flow structures, energy budgets, and particle transport mechanisms.

Professor Manhart collaborates with researchers such as Yoshiyuki Sakai, Simon Wenczowski, and Daniel Quosdorf. His work addresses applications in environmental engineering, hydraulic modeling, and industrial fluid dynamics, with a strong emphasis on validating computational models against experimental data (e.g., PIV measurements).

He leads the Professorship for Hydromechanics at TUM, conducting high-fidelity simulations and experimental studies on topics like wall shear stress estimation, sediment erosion around cylinders, and turbulence decomposition in complex flows.