Research Topics

  1. Momentum/Mass/Heat Transfer and Reaction/Combustion in Turbulent Flows -> Ongoing Project
  2. Particles/Bubbles/Droplets Motions in Turbulent Flows
  3. Turbulent Structure and Scalar (Heat and Mass) Transfer across the Gas-Liquid interface
  4. Analysis of complex turbulent flow fields generated by the motion of object
  5. Detonation-turbulence interaction

1. Momentum/Mass/Heat Transfer and Reaction/Combustion in Turbulent Flows

jet engine
Numerical simulation of a jet engine (LES)
rocket engine
Numerical simulation of a rocket engine (LES)
Numerical simulation of thruster engine
Numerical simulation of a thruster engine (LES)

see also : hpci

2. Particles/Bubbles/Droplets Motions in Turbulent Flows

Atomization and evaporationof droplets in crossflow(DNS)
Outer flow of a droplet (DNS) Outer flow of a droplet (DNS)
Outer(left) and inner(right) flows of a droplet (DNS)
Collision growth of cloud droplets (DNS)
Evaporation and combustion of fuel droplets (DNS)

3. Turbulent Structure and Scalar (Heat and Mass) Transfer across the Gas-Liquid interface

Wind-driven gas-liquid two-phase flow (DNS)
scalar transport(left figure) and wave shape(right figure)

4. Analysis of complex turbulent flow fields generated by the motion of object

Numerical simulation of flow field generated by cyclorotors
(Left: flight image, Right: LES)

5. Detonation-turbulence interaction

without turbulence with turbulence