This $299,990 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will support research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to improve understanding of chaotic fluid convection dynamics. The three-year award beginning April 1, 2022 will use dynamical systems theory and large-scale computing to study fluid dynamics in a shallow heated layer and identify building blocks of fluid motion. Researchers will develop statistical descriptions based on insights from exact coherent structures and covariant Lyapunov vectors describing state space geometry. Outcomes include guidance for theoretical ideas across fluid systems and other large dissipative systems. The project also supports student training and an undergraduate course on dynamical systems applications in fluid dynamics.
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