The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Merced to conduct a hybrid experimental and numerical study of vortex mechanics. The goal is to develop new vortex models that incorporate features like internal vortex structure and coupling to other flows, in order to improve prediction and control of fluid behavior in a wide range of contexts. This 3-year project will validate the new vortex models through experiments on streamwise vortices...
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) received a $299,632 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a reliable and efficient LIUTEX-based sub-grid model for Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of turbulent flows. The project aims to (1) create a new LIUTEX-based sub-grid model, (2) develop a dynamic LIUTEX-based sub-grid model, (3) test the new models in various computational fluid dynamics cases, and (4) evaluate the performance...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) provides $523,552 to the University of Texas at Austin to develop advanced computational models for simulating complex turbulent fluid flows. The research aims to create reliable, broadly applicable turbulence models for use in Large Eddy Simulation (LES) to enable more practical and accurate simulations across fields like aeronautics, propulsion, power generation, and wind energy. In...
This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049), will fund research into the dynamics and scattering of vortices and vortex rings. The grantee, New Jersey Institute of Technology, will mathematically investigate phenomena in the interactions of point vortices and vortex rings, including generalized problems of leapfrogging vortices involving three or more...
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...
The University of Texas at Dallas received a $239,535 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on March 1, 2021 to support research titled "Asynchronous-Coupled Large-Eddy Simulation of Langmuir Turbulence and the Atmospheric Surface Layer." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering innovation and excellence. The three-year project ending February 29,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) has awarded a $349,999 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin to develop reliable Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence models that can generalize to complex turbulent flows. The objective is to improve the predictive capabilities of computational fluid dynamics simulations, which have applications in aerospace, automotive, power generation, and wind energy sectors. The approach involves developing...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $460,698 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The award is supporting research from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024 under the NSF Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041). Specifically, the University is developing data-driven model reduction and real-time estimation and control techniques for coherent structures in turbulent flows. The NSF Engineering Program seeks to...
This Project Grant award for $257,457 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences supports research by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to investigate three key problems in fluid mechanics. The overarching objective is to utilize a novel mathematical framework developed by the Principal Investigator to study the spatial intermittency of turbulent flows, which is critical for understanding phenomena like vortex structures in turbulence. The three...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $266,011 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "EAGER: TIME-RESOLVED MEASUREMENTS AND CONTROL OF VORTEX BREAKDOWN VIA HEAT ADDITION." The two-year award beginning December 15, 2021 will fund research at the University of Maryland to conduct time-resolved measurements and develop control methods for vortex breakdown using heat addition. The Engineering...