This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $303,199 to Clemson University to develop new and efficient numerical methods for solving fluid-structure interaction (FSI) and fluid-poroelastic structure interaction (FPSI) problems. The research aims to enhance simulation capabilities across diverse applications from hemodynamics to subsurface flow by formulating a monolithic system, deriving...
This $319,951 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences, supports the development and analysis of new computational methods for studying complex fluid systems on deforming surfaces. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year award include: Developing and analyzing a finite element method for tangential fluid systems on moving surfaces, a multi-component surface flow problem, and a fluid-elastic interface model to...
This Project Grant award of $554,609 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of a novel computational framework called "Immersed Boundary-Modeled Large Eddy Simulations" at Arizona State University (ASU). The framework aims to accurately predict the dynamics of turbulent fluid flows past complex and deforming surfaces, which are relevant to applications such as sediment transport, biomedical flows, and bio-inspired...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program award of $175,000 will fund the development of an open-source, GPU-enabled computational fluid dynamics (CFD) framework at the University of Wyoming. The project aims to create advanced numerical methods and software for accurately and efficiently simulating fluid dynamics problems, with a focus on modeling compressible Navier Stokes equations using the high-order accurate discontinuous...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $292,686 to Brandeis University to develop and apply coarse-grained models for simulating the behavior of fluid suspensions, such as biological fluids like blood, in confined geometries. The project aims to study the fluid dynamics of suspensions in the presence of boundaries and accelerate simulations of these phenomena. Key activities include...
This $499,543 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports the development of novel, high-fidelity computational tools for simulating the interaction between extreme hydrodynamic conditions and coastal structures. The research, conducted by The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Stony Brook University), aims to advance mathematical methods, algorithms, and software to enable more...
This $220,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to advance the understanding of how soft, deformable particles, such as oil droplets and cells, move through complex environments consisting of narrow constrictions and obstacles. The award to Emory University will systematically investigate the flow of bubbles and droplets through obstacle arrays, studying the effects of particle surface tension, obstacle density, size, and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $499,993 to the University of Massachusetts to investigate fluid-structure interactions (FSI) between flexible structures and inertial-viscoelastic flow. The goal is to conduct numerical simulations and synergistic experiments to understand the influence of viscoelasticity on the dynamics of flexible structures like flags, sheets, and cantilevered beams in high-Reynolds number flows....
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $294,473 to the University of South Carolina to develop and analyze efficient, robust, and accurate structure-preserving linear schemes for simulating diffuse-interface models of incompressible two-phase flows with matched densities. The key research activities include: 1) developing and analyzing energy-stable, decoupled linear schemes for fluid dynamics...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $456,872 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Illinois to conduct research on the role of complex fluids in the flow and instabilities of particle-laden liquids. The project aims to improve the understanding of particle behavior and flow characteristics in complex fluid environments, with applications in areas such as microfluidic devices, inkjet printing, and enhanced oil recovery. The research combines...