Research
RESEARCH THRUSTS IN CCL
The general areas of research in CCL are in Turbulent, Turbulent Combustion and Numerical Algorithms. More specifically, studies employ large-eddy simulations (LES) and sometimes Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) and direct numerical simulations (DNS) to study effects of turbulence-chemistry-flame.
- Near-wall Turbulence Modeling for Complex Flows.
- Two-Phase Turbulent Reacting Flows, e.g., Spray Combustion, Liquid Jet Break up, Solid Particle Combustion
- High-pressure Combustion, e.g., Supercritical and Real Gas effects in Rocket Engines
- Detonation in Multi-phase (gas-solid-liquid) Reacting Flows
- Supersonic Combustion Ramjets (SCRAMJET)
- Plasma Modeling for Ignition and Combustion Control
- Multi-block (structured and unstructured) parallel solver development including adaptive mesh refining, multi-grids, and high-order, time/space-accurate schemes
Current Active Research Projects:
- Near-Wall Turbulence Modeling for High Reynolds Number Flows (Funded by Office of Naval Research)
- Bluff-Body Stabilized Premixed Flame in Swirling Flows (Funded in part by Pratt & Whitney and NASA Glenn Research Center)
- Supersonic Fuel-Air Mixing and Combustion (Funded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research)
- LOX/GOX-GH2 Combustion in a Rocket Engine (Funded by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
- Detonations in Multi-Phase Reacting Flows (Funded in part by Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Office of Naval Research and Eglin Air Force Base)
- Artificial Neural Network Modeling for Kinetics Modeling in LES (Funded in part by NASA Glenn Research Center and Office of Naval Research)
- Magnetohydrodynamics, Plasma Turbulence and Combustion Control (Funded in part by NSF, AFOSR, DTRA)
