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Curtin University of Technology, Fluid Dynamics Research Group

The Fluid Dynamics Research Groups is a cross-discipline group encompassing

fluid dynamics research at Curtin University. Active areas are heat transfer,
fluid structure interaction, chemical process modelling, biomedical engineering
 and marine vehicle hydrodynamics. Homepage provides information on the
current research as well as links to upcoming seminars and events.

Austria

Vienna University of Technology, Chemical Engineering, CFD-Group

CFD-Simulation of chemical engineering processes.

Canada

University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Fluid Dynamics and Propulsion
Develops CFD methods and models with application to aerodynamic flows.
The web site gives a a brief description of the group's research and a list of
recent publications.

Denmark

Aalborg University Esbjerg, Group for Chemical Fluid Flow Processes (CHEFF)
The Chemical Fluid Flow Processes research group (CHEFF) works on
Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD) analysis of the flow processes which are
relevant for the chemical process industry and the oil-and gas industry. This
includes development of methods, models and computer software as well as
experimental verification (EFD) using laser based techniques. Information
about people and research areas.
Aalborg University, Inst. of Energy Technology, Fluid Mechanics And Combustion
Technology Section
Working with turbulent swirling flows, gas-particle flows, optimization of flow
geometries and combustion modeling. The web site gives information about
people and research areas, animations and downloads.
Risoe National Laboratory
CFD applied to wind turbines. You can find a description of the EllipSus2D/3D
code developed at Risoe and DTU and its applications to general wind turbine
design.
Technical University of Denmark, Department of Biotechnology
 A small group in the department is involved in Hygienic Design of food
processing equipment, by the aid of CFD. Also functional design of food
processing eqiupment using CFD is performed.
Technical University of Denmark, Department of Fluid Dynamics
Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Finland

Center for Scientific Computing (CSC), CFD

Information about specialists and application softwares.
Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Aerodynamics
Research and teaching of aerodynamics (numerical and experimental) and
flight mechanics. Links to pages describing briefly the main areas of interest of
the laboratory. A list of personnel and lately published reports is also available.
Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics
Develops the FINFLO flow simulation software. The main interests of the
laboratory are turbulence modeling, CFD for rotating machinery and modeling
of free surfaces. Project summary, information about personnel, image and
movie gallery.
Helsinki University of Technology, Ship Laboratory
The group of Ship Hydrodynamics develops the FINFLO RANS solver for the
naval applications. Homepage provides information about personnel and the
research projects are briefly described.

France

Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Equipe Modelisation Numerique

Working with incompressible turbulent steady/unsteady flows computations,
Navier-Stokes equations, complex geometries, turbulence models and
validation.
ESTACA
Automotive and Aeronautic engineering school in Paris. In charge of many
research projects in CFD and other areas. Information about the students,
school, areas of studies.

Germany
FEAST Group

Develops a FEM-solver for incompressible flow called FEATFLOW. Also

publishes the 'Virtual Album of Fluid Motion' which is a very extensive
collection of CFD visualizations. The homepage contains the complete sources
and documentation and all data from the 'Virtual Album' (about 4 GByte!)
Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Institute of Mechanics and
Fluiddynamics
Flows in turbomachinery, multiphase flows, reacting flows, flows in cavities,
also experimental fluid mechanics. Informations about research and teaching,
list of staff, publication index.
HSVA, Hamburg Ship Model Basin
HSVA is working on several CFD topics having a marine background. These
include free surface computations for ships and internal flows, e.g. in tanks,
viscous (RANS) flow around shiphulls at constant forward speed and oblique
flow, propeller applications using potential as well as viscous methods and
several more. The web site presents their services, facilities and staff.
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Hydro Gang
Astrophysical fluid dynamics. Information about people and research projects.
Many sections are still under construction.
RWTH Aachen, Shock Wave Laboratory
Shock waves, turbulent flame propagation, detonations, high temperature gas
dynamics. Information about people, research projects facilities and more.
Technical University Chemnitz, Research Group on Multiphase Flows
Numerical investigation of disperse multiphase flows (e.g. gas-particle, gas-
droplet flows) using 3-dimensional Lagrangian approach (PSI-Cell model).
Development of parallel solution algorithms for calculation of 3-d gas-particle
flows on MIMD parallel computers. Information about people, research work,
some applications, full publication index, some papers available online
(compressed postscript).
Technical University of Berlin, Hermann-Föttinger-Institut für Strömungsmechanik
Turbulence Modeling, Stability, Large-Eddy-Simulation, Swirling Flows,
Parallel Computing, Grid Generation,... Local Information, Links to WWW-
Server, Special-Services
Technical University of Berlin, ISM, Ocean Engineering
 Transient viscous computation (RANSE/VOF) of wave structure interactions,
numerical optimization of offshore structures, numerical wave tanks The web
site includes text information, research-papers, links, pictures and videos.
Technical University of Darmstadt, Mech. Eng., Aerodynamics and Measurement
Techniques
Works with CFD.
TU Berlin, ISM, Ship Hydromechanics
CFD Analysis of propellers and ships. Geometric Modelling, Grid Generation,
solving RANSE equations. Design of an "Segeldynamometer". The site gives
an overview of research fields, organisation, online documents etc.
TU Darmstadt, Institute for Energy and Powerplant Technology
Working with LES/RANS modeling of turbulent combuston, multiphase flows
and also modeling of CVD process. The site includes information about
personnel, research, list of publications and more.
University of Applied Sciences Kiel, CFD Laboratory
CFD for bio-medical devices (incubators, flowsensors), windturbines and
turbomachinery. The site gives gereral information about staff, equipment and
current projects.
University of Duisburg, Combustion and Gas Dynamics, CFD Group
Multiphase Flows, Detonation, Adaptive Mesh Refinement on Structured and
Unstructured Grids, Fundamental Methods in CFD, Ship Flow, Lattice Gas
Methods. Various links describing the CFD related work and projects.
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Fluid Mechanics (LSTM)
A large group working in the fields of CFD viz. fluid-structure interaction,
large eddy simulation (LES), direct numerical simulation (DNS), multiphase
flow modeling, turbulent reactive flow simulations, flow through porous media,
cellular automata, lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM) and high performance
computing (HPC). Web page includes info about research areas, projects,
technical events, short courses, contacts etc.
University of Halle, Department of Engineering Science
Modelling and numerical calculation of multiphase flows based on the Euler-
Lagrange and two-fluid approach. Applicability of 2d and 3d codes to gas-solid
flows, sprays and bubbly flows; coupling with electrostatic field. Relevant
models, turbulent dispersion, wall collision, inter-particle collision including
coalescence. The web-site gives information on running projects, reports and
test cases for download.
University of Hannover - Institute of Fluid Mechanics
The Institute is involved with the numerical simulation of flow and flow-
induced transport processes in hydraulic, coastal, geotechnical, sanitary, ocean
and structural engineering.
University of Stuttgart, Institute for Computer Applications, Numerical Methods for
HPC
Working mainly with numerical methods for partial differential equations.
Typical applications are flow simulations including two-phase flows, porous
media, multigrid, incompressible and compressible flows, non-newtonian flows
and more. Information about research and personnel. Has some full-text
preprints online!
University of Stuttgart, Institute for Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery
Working with incompressible turbulent steady/unsteady flows computations,
RANS, complex geometries, turbulence models, validation, high performance
computing, LES, rotor/stator interactions, cavitation.
University of Stuttgart, Institute for Mechanical Process Engineering, IMVT

CFD used to solve typical problems of mechanical process engineering.

Multiphase flow, bubbly flows, phase change phenomena, two-phase modeling,
DNS. Fluent. The whole site is in German! The website gives information
about research and personnel.
University of Stuttgart, Institute for Nuclear Technology and Energy Systems IKE
Working with multiphase flow, turbulence modeling, turbulence research,
bubbly flows, phase change phenomena, two-phase modeling, DNS, LES,
CFX, boiling, condensation, cavitation and reactor flows. The whole site is in
German!
University of Stuttgart, Institute of Structural Mechanics
Research on fluid structure interaction (besides their traditional research field
which is computational structural mechanics). Finite Elements for instationary,
incompressible Navier-Stokes.
University of Technology, Berlin, CFD-Group
Workiong with CFD, turbulence modelling, fluid-structure interaction,
computational aero acoustics, teaching and industrial projects. The web site
gives information on research and teaching, staff, links and special services.

Greece
National Technical University of Athens, Mechanical Engineering, Fluids Section
Information about research, personnel and laboratories.

Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong, Mech. Eng., Prof. Chwang's Fluid Mechanics Research
Group
Research in water wave mechanics, with emphasis on porous media, ship
waves, solitons and field measurements. List of group members, publications,
facilities and projects.

India

IIT Bombay, Department of Aerospace Engineering, CFD Lab

Develops IITZeus, a versatile multi-block grid generator.
Indian Institute of Science, Dept. of Aerospace Eng.,
Research in areas like algorithm development, fluid-structure interaction, and
solution adaptive grids. They have developed Kinetic Schemes such as Kinetic
Flux Vector Splitting (KFVS) and Least Squares Kinetic Upwind Method
(LSKUM). The web-site provides information about the research activities,
people, publications, events and some CFD related links.

Ireland

University College Dublin, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Subsonic/transonic flow prediction with control; convective heat transfer
cooling of electrical/electronic equipment The web site includes details of
ongoing research, research facility, publications.
University of Limerick, John Holland Research Centre

The John Holland Research Centre (JHRC) works on CFD analysis of the flow
processes which are relevant for the chemical process industry and the alumina
refining industry. This includes development of methods, models and computer
software to simulate multiphase flows, flashing flows and crystallisation. The
website provides information about people and research areas.

Italy
Istituto Ricerche Sulla Combustione, CNR

Gas explosion and combustion. Premixed and non-premixed flame

Politecnico di Milano, Internal Combustion Engine Group
Develops a 1D code named GASDYN. It uses a 1D thermo-fluid dynamic
model for the simulation of the whole engine, including the after-treatment
system.
University of Trieste, Naval Architecture, Ocean & Environmental Eng. - Applied
Physics
Buoyant flows (natural convection in enclosures and mixed convection in
channels); cooling of electronic equipment; heat transfer augmentation; CFD
for incompressible, time-dependent flows. Description of the aims of the
research, with still images and short animations. Links to relevant sites.
University of Udine, Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Environmental and Process Fluid Dynamics. Turbulent transport in the
environment and in industrial facilities. Turbulence Control by EHD forces.
The site provides information on research and teaching with online documents.

Japan

Tohoku University , Institute of Fluid Science

Extreme fluid phenomena, functional fluids, control systems of flow and heat
transfer. Information about research and a scientific gallery.
University of Tokyo, Mechanical Engineering, Turbulence and Heat Transfer Lab
Turbulence modeling, Structures and Transport Mechanisms, Control of
Turbulence Phenomena. Information about people and current research. Online
bibliography.

Korea

Seoul National University, Dept of Mech. Eng., Center for Turbulence and Flow
Control Research
Turbulence controls for drag reduction, noise reduction, heat-transfer
enhancement, and mixing enhancement. The web site gives information about
research activity, publications and animation of fluid flows.

Netherlands
Delft University of Technology, Aerospace Engineering, Aerodynamics Group

Fundamental and applied research in aerodynamics of aircraft and spacecraft.

Theoretical (analytic and numerical) and experimental methods for flow
analysis, simulation and prediction. Overview of research, education, facilities
and people.
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Applied Physics, Section Heat Transfer
Working with turbulent combustion, natural and forced convection and
turbulence modeling. Information about people, research and courses.
Delft University of Technology, Kramers Laboratorium voor Fysische Technologie
Computational and experimental studies of flow, heat and mass transfer in
chemical process equipment. The web-site give information about people,
research, education and facilities.
Eindhoven University of Technology, Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Turbulence, Vortex Dynamics, Gas Dynamics, Aeroacoustics, Combustion.
Information about research, publications and people.
Eindhoven University of Technology, Thermo Fluids Engineering
The main goal of the Thermo Fluids Engineering Division is to contribute to
the development of new equipment in which fluid flows, mass transfer, heat
transfer and chemical reactions play a prominent role. The website gives
information on research, education, people and publications.
J.M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Dynamics
Turbulence, multiphase flow, free surface flow, CFD modeling, compressible
flow. General information and introductions to the research areas.
University of Groningen, Dept. of Mathematics, Computational Mechanics Group
Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow, free-surface. liquid dynamics,
(industrial) applications of CFD Movie gallery of various simulations,
background information on methods used, list of publications.

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Propulsive Wing, LLC

Propulsive Wing offers CFD consulting services to both industry and

government customers. We aim to include fluid simulations both in research
projects, as well as integrated within the product design cycle. Overview of
company, CFD consulting abilities.
Norway

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Computational Fluid Dynamics in

Hydraulic Engineering
CFD in hydraulic engineering: sediment transport, intakes, flood waves, water
quality in lakes etc. The site contains examples with color graphics,
downloadable CFD modeling freeware, downloadable class notes for CFD in
hydraulic engineering, links to other software and examples of CFD in
hydraulic engineering.

Russia

IBRAE RAS, Lab of Computational Heat and Hydrodynamics

A small department working in several CFD related areas like CAD, numerics
and grid generation: orthogonal and/or TFI multiblock grids, cartesian
hiearchical local-refinement grids, CAD interfacing and tetra meshing.
Russian Academy of Science, Special Research Bureau, Computational Fluid
Mechanics & Ocean. Lab
Hydroacoustic, hydrophysics and hydrometeorology experiments,
computational fluid mechanics, tidal and sea current simulation, storm
seakeeping of ship, design sea researches equipment. The web site has abstracts
of marine researches & design facilities.

Singapore

Nanyang Technological University, Aerospace Division

CFD of aerospace applications.

South Africa

University of Pretoria, Mechanical Engineering, CFD Lab

Research in Atmospheric Flow Modelling, Industrial CFD processes, Vehicle
Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer, Aerodynamic Application and Flow
Optimisation. List of people, publications and examples of projects.

South Korea
Seoul Nat'l Univ., Mech. Eng., Turbomachinery Lab
CFD and experimental research for turbomachinery applications. Focusing on
centrifugal and axial pumps, compressors, fans, diffusers, etc. Validating and
assessing CFD techniques by comparing with experiments. The web site gives
information about research topics, profiles of professor and members and
contact information.
Yeungnam Univ., Computer Applied Fluid Laboratory
[CFD] - INS, SIMPLE, PISO, FEM, [Solid Modeler] - IGES, NURBS, [Grid
Generation] - Algebraic, Analytic [Mesh Generation] - Delaunay, Advancing
Front. Free download of simulation software for educational purposes
(GENGRID V1.1, FEMFLOW V1.0, VISFLOW V1.0, etc.). Only precompiled
binaries, no source. The site gives a short presentation of the lab, activites and
members.

Spain

SEECAT - South European Center for Advanced Transport Phenomena

A research group within the Escola Tecnica Superior D'Enginyeria Quimica,
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. The main areas of research are:
Turbulent flows, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer and Combustion Modeling.
General Information about SEECAT.
Technical University of Catalonia, Laboratory for Thermal Engineering and Energy
Technology
Working on CFD applied to the design and optimization of thermal systems.
The web site gives a brief overview of the research, facilities, personnel and
publications.

Sweden

Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Thermo and Fluid Dynamics

Fluid Mechanics and Turbulence, Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, Gas-
dynamics and Turbomachinery, Multiphase Flow and Combustion Modeling.
Information about research and personnel.
Luleå University of Technology, Division of Fluid Mechanics
Research in hydrodynamic stability, flows in paper making and direct strip
casting of steel. Information about people, research and courses. A bit thin.
Switzerland

EPFL, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Thermodynamics and Turbomachinery

Working with flutter, losses, turbine heat transfer and parallel computing.
Information about personnel, research, facilities and publications. Some full
papers are available directly online.
EPFL, Mechanical Engineering, Hydraulic Machines and Fluid Mechanics
The Fluid Mechanics Lab (LMF) works with CFD. Information about the
organization, people and some publications.
ETH Zurich, Air&Climate Group
A small research group working with CFD applications in and around
buildings. Subjects of recent research are: Spreading of smoke in case of fire,
industrial ventilation applications (reinforced exhaust systems), sedimentation
of particles. The web site gives general information about the work of the
group, papers and abstracts and a link-page.
ETH Zurich, Departement of Mechanical and Process Engineering
Different groups working with fluid dynamics, energy systems, combustions,
turbomachinery and more. More information can be found at each group's
homepage.
ETH Zurich, Institute of Fluid Dynamics
Working with industrial safety and environmental protection problems and
turbulent flows. CFD using both RANS, LES and DNS.
ETH Zurich, Laboratory for Energy Conversion
Gives a short summary of their research and personnel.
ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies

Patient-specifc investigation of blood and cerebrospinal fluid flow with the aid
of MRI and CFD, as well as fundamental computational and experimental
research in micro- and nanoscale thermodynamics and fluiddynamics. The
website gives a description of the research, a gallery, and an overview of the
people involved. They also have many papers available online.
ETH Zurich, Nuclear Energy Systems Laboratory
Performs research in the field of single and multi-phase flows in nuclear power
installations. Information about research and peronnel.

Taiwan
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, CFD Lab

Bio-medical CFD, industrial ventilation, pseudospectral method, free surface

flow, fluid-structure interaction The website provides information about
projects, members, details of application and manuscripts.

U.K.

Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering Department, Loughborough University

Works with CFD and aerodynamics focused on automotive and
turbomachinery applications. The web site gives and overview of the
department, research and staff.
City University, Civil Engineering, CFD Group

Development and application of turbulence models and solution procedures to

problems in heat and fluid flow. Has animations, images and papers online.
Cranfield University, College of Aeronautics, Centre for CFD
Research into CFD algorithm development, Newton-like methods, convergence
acceleration, transonic shock control, hypersonic heating, shock boundary layer
interaction. turbulence modelling, supersonic vortical flows etc List of people
involved in CFD, publications, current research and specialist short course
available.
Cranfield University, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Combustion Modeling

Combustion and flame modeling for turbomachinery applications. Information

about people, research projects, courses and links to other related sites.
Cranfield University, Fluid Mechanics and Computational Sciences Group (FMaCS)

Specialises in computational fluid dynamics and computational

micro/nanotechnology. The computational models and methods developed by
the group are relevant to applications in mechanical, aerospace, biotechnology,
nanotechnology and acoustics problems.
Imperial College, CFD Research Group, Thermofluids, Mech Eng.
This is the home page for Prof.Gosman's CFD research group. They work on
all areas of CFD, including turbulence modelling (RAS, LES) and combustion,
multiphase and free surface flow. Contains information about the research, and
 about FOAM, a general-purpose CFD code written in C++ using OOP
techniques. Types of info provided : Technical and scientific info about
research in the group. Papers/preprints. Details about students and postdocs.
Imperial College, Department of Aeronautics
Research programs in Aircraft Aerodynamics, Hypersonic Aerodynamics,Bluff
Body Aerodynamics, Road Vehicle Aerodynamics, Boundary Layers,
Atmospheric Dispersion, Wind Turbine Aerodynamics, Marine Technology,
CFD, Aerospace Vehicle Design, Control and Optimization Theory.
Information about people, research programs and courses.
Manchester Metropolitan University, Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Flow
Analysis
Research in aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, shock waves, explosion hazards,
fluid structure interactions and Groundwater. Has a lot of information online -
people, research areas, bibliographies, animations and more.
Oxford University, Institute for Computational Fluid Dynamic
Working with CFD algorithms. Just a brief introduction to the institute.
The University of Greenwich, Fire Safety Engineering Group
Working with simulation of fire related phenomena including radiation
modelling, combustion modelling, fire-sprinkler interaction, knowledge based
techniques for CFD, and multi-phase flow. Products are: SMARTFIRE: An
interactive fire field modelling CFD environment. EXODUS: An evacuation
modelling system. Site gives a complete overview of research interests,
learning opportunities, product development news and short courses.
UMIST Mechanical Engineering CFD Group

The UMIST CFD Group is engaged in a broad range of fundamental and

applied research projects, with the main theme being turbulence modeling and
simulation in complex flows. The home page contains information about this
research and its relevance to Fluids Engineering, about the group and about the
environment in which the research progresses. The page also contains research
briefs and a list of selected publications covering 1995-8.
University of Bradford, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Has a small fluid dynamics and heat transfer group working mainly with two-
phase flows and multi-element airfoils. Introduction to their research and
information about personnel and selected publications.
University of Bristol, Civil Engineering, Water Resources Mangagement Group
 CFD modelling in environmental water engineering with special emphasis on
water quality in lakes. Examples of research on CFD modelling of circulation
and algae in lakes and reservoirs.
University of Glasgow, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, CFD Group

Research into development and application of numerical methods for fluid flow
problems. Applications include fundamental studies of vortical flows, shocks,
fluid structure interactions etc. as well as higher level problems such as
fixedwing aircraft, helicopters, and turbomachinery. The web site gives
summaries of research areas, downloadable reports, lecture notes and
information for students.
University of Greenwich, Centre for Numerical Modeling and Process Analysis
Specialising in fire safety, parallel processing, algorithms and others.
Information about people and research areas.
University of Hertfordshire, School of Engineering, CFD Group
Working in the areas of wall laws and boundary conditions; ventilation of the
human lung; high pressure gas leak jets; and the natural ventilation of modules
on offshore gas and oil rigs. Information & background of all the group
members; short summaries of the projects and work taking place; what codes
and hardware are being used.
University of Leeds, CFD Centre
This is a multidisciplinary centre for research, comprising the Departments of
Applied Mathematical Studies, Chemical Engineering, Earth Sciences, Fuel
and Energy, Mechanical Engineering and the Schools of Chemistry and
Computer Studies.
University of Nottingham, Division of Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Divisional research covers a wide range of studies including Coastal
Engineering, Wind Engineering, River Hydraulics and Urban Drainage, using a
variety of numerical models. The web site provides divisional information, staff
lists, research project information, links to important sites of interest, available
research positions etc.
University of Southampton, Computational Engineering and Design Centre
Development of parallel CFD codes within a centre dedicated to parallel
computation of a wide range of engineering disciplines. Of particular interest is
an unstructured, incompressible solver written in C++.
University of Southampton , Inter-Departmental CFD Group
 Pointers to CFD-related research at the University of Southampton. Includes
research in the Departments of Aeronautics, Ship Science, Mechanical
Engineering, Applied Maths, Electronics and Computer Science, Geography
and Oceanography.
University of Surrey, Mech. Eng., Fluid Dynamics Group
Experiments on environmental flows including stratified and separated flows,
large-eddy simulation of spatially developing flows, transition and
turbomachinery; flow measurement, discrete vortex methods. Information
about research areas, people and facilities.
University of Sussex, ThemoFluid Mechanics Research Centre

A research laboratory specialising in rotating flow and heat transfer. A

particular focus is flow and heat transfer research in gas turbine engines,
especially the internal air system, and other rotating machinery applications as
well as large and small scale research programmes on flow and heat transfer.
Research activity is concerned mainly with a range of heat transfer and fluid
dynamics problems associated with advanced gas turbine engines The website
gives general information about the research group, activities and recent and
current projects.

U.S.A.

Brown University, Center for Fluid Mechanics

Information about research projects, people and more. A very nice site !
Caltech, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories
Bluff body flows; Vortex methods; Combustion; Shock waves; Other projects
in fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, and jet propulsion. Information on faculty,
students and seminars at GALCIT. Short summaries for all current research
projects, more extensive information on some.
Center for Turbulence Research

A research consortium for fundamental study of turbulent flows. It is jointly

operated by Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center.
Information about research projects and associated scientists and organizations.
You can also find a lot of full-text publicatios available directly online - nice!
Clark Atlanta University, Computation and Modeling Laboratory
 High performace computing for free-surface flows, large-scale parallel finite
element simulations. The web-site includes a research summary, project
descriptions , list of members, publications and sponsors.
Computational Thermo-Fluids Group
Working with numerical simulation of complex transport phenomena ranging
from solidification and materials processing to membrane and sail
aerodynamics; from Stokes flow, (creeping flow) to high Mach number
turbulent reacting flows. Information about the people involved in the various
research activities.
Florida State University, Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, CFD
Group
Working with unsteady flows with large scale separation, computational
combustion, acoustics and unsteady biofluid mechanics. Information about
research programs and people.
George Mason University, Institute for Computational Science and Informatics, CFD
Group

Latest trends in grid generation, reactive flows, CFD/CSD coupled codes.

Group Description, current projects, publications.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Water
Resources Group
Computatational Fluid Dynamics, with emphasis on hydraulic and
environmental flows.
Georgia Tech, Aerothermodynamics Research & Technology Laboratory (ARTLab)

High speed aerodynamics/aerothermodynamics, rotary wing aerodynamics,

reacting flows, chemically and vibrationally excited flows, propulsion/airframe
integration.
Georgia Tech, Computational Combustion Laboratory

Part of Georgia Tech's School of Aerospace Engineering - Combustion

Research Facility. CCL is a center for the modeling and analysis of complex
combustion dynamics in turbulent flows.
Illinois Institute of Technology, Fluid Dynamics Research Center
Information about facilities.
Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research
 Turbulent and Shear Flows, Vortex Dynamics, Ship Hydrodynamics, CFD,
Hydraulics. Information about current research programs and the senior
research staff.
Iowa State University, Computational Fluid Dynamics Center
Research personnel, courses, images, information and CFD links at Iowa State
University.
Kettering University, Computational Plasma Dynamics Laboratory
Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element methods, Electric Propulsion, External and
Internal Flow, Solar Physics, Turbulence, Vehicle deicing defogging. The
homepage provides the information about the people in the group and their
computational research activities.
Michigan State University, Mechanical Engineering, CFD Lab
Automotive research, physical modeling, large eddy simulation, multi-phase
flow, material processing, geometry modeling and grid generation,
computational aeroacoustics, parallel computing,high-order methods. The web-
site presents research projects and capabilities.
Mississippi State University, Eng. Research Center for Computational Field
Simulation
Focuses primarily on CFS with a heavy emphasis in CFD. Grid generation,
visualization,algorithms, and more! Information about research, laboratories,
education, publications and more. Not only CFD things.
MIT, Computational Aerospace Sciences Laboratory
A small research laboratory in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Working with parallel computers, visualization, internal and external flows,
fluid-structure interaction and optimization. Information about personnel,
software and some publications.
Ohio State University, Fluids Group
Information about faculty and research areas.
Ohio Supercomputer Center, CFD
Not really a home page, just a description of what they are doing.
Penn State University, Aerospace Engineering
Information about education, research programs, facilities and more.
Penn State University, Mechanical Engineering
A huge site with information about personnel, facililties and research.
Princeton University, MAE, CFD Lab for Engineering Analysis and Design (LEAD)
Numerical analysis of complex fluid flows using high performance computers.
Headed by Prof. Jameson and Prof. Martinelli ! Information about people,
research and some publications. Still not very complete.
Princeton University, MAE, Gas Dynamics Lab
Research in high Re pipe flows, Taylor-Couette flows, combustion and mixing,
compressible turbulence and transition in supersonic flows. Information about
people, research and facilities. Looks good.
Princeton University, MAE - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Has several research programs related to CFD and fluid flow. Information
about events, people, education and research.
Princeton University, MAE, Moody Hydrodynamics Lab
Not much information yet (18/10 1995).
Rice University, Team for Advanced Flow Simulation and Modeling (T*AFSM)
T*AFSM is an inter-institutional group of researchers focusing on development
of advanced computational methods and tools for flow simulation and
modeling. The web site gives research highlights for "Targeted Challenges"
and many other complex, real-world applications, all displayed with graphics
and brief description of advanced computational methods used. Internship
programs based on challenging problems and use of advanced computational
methods and hardware.
Rutgers University, Computational Fluid Dynamics Lab
Most sections still under construction (14/6 1996).
Southern Research

A diversified network of collaborative centers for scientific research and

technology development. Working with life sciences research, life sciences
contract services, engineering, and environment and energy industries.
Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering
A very large department. Both the Applied Mechanics Division and the
Thermosciences Division works with CFD related things. Information about
research, personnel, publications, courses and more.
Texas A&M University, Computational Mechanics Laboratory
Research primarily in the areas of mechanics of fluids and solids and
thermodynamics. Work carried out is in the area of computational modeling of
viscoelastic fluid flow for polymer processing, finite elasticity and plasticity to
 study large deformation materials processing applications like superplasticity
and defects in semiconductor materials. The Lab is supervised by Prof. J.N
Reddy, who holds the Oscar S Wyatt Jr. chair in Mechanical Engineering.
Summary of the various areas of research carried on in the Lab.
Texas Tech University, Mechanical Engineering
Automobile aerodynamics is the main area of research in this laboratory.
Acoustics effect of fluid fluid interaction is also being studied. Graduate
students pages, Abstracts of Publications and some Pictures are avilable.
The George Washington University, Flow Simulations and Analysis Group
Information on current research in the area of turbulent and transitional flows,
Cartesian grid methods, biofluid mechanics, turbomachinery flows,
microfluidic actuators, active flow control, fluid-structure interaction and
biomimetic propulsion. The website includes a list of research personnel,
affliates and publications.
University of Arizona, Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Main areas of research are: Investigation of instability mechanisms and

transition to turbulence of wall�bounded and free shear flows using temporal
and spatial Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS), development and testing of
turbulence models, investigation of active flow control mechanisms for
turbulent flows using DNS, LES and RANS modeling.
University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering, CFD Lab

Fluid dynamics of vortices, turbulence and hydrodynamic stability in

geophysical and astrophysical settings. Numerical studies most often use
spectral methods. Links to project descriptions, movies, publications.
University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics Lab
Experiments related to fluid mechanics. Information about staff, students,
research and more.
University of California, Davis, CFD Center
Research in heat transfer, combustion, turbulent large eddy simulation, grid
generation, solution adaptive gridding and more. Founded in 1992. Information
about people and courses.
University of California Irvine, Mech. & Aerosp., Multiphase Heat Transfer and Fluid
Dynamics
 Research related to droplet and spray vaporization and combustion, liquid-
metal droplet solidification in materials processing, aerosol condensation and
liquid atomization. Information about research and people.
University of California, Los Angeles, MANE Department, CFD Lab
Has three groups working with turbulence, hypersonic and computational
aerodynamics and combustion. Information about research, personnel and
more. Some groups have full-text publications available online!
University of California, San Diego, CFD Research Group
DNS of Turbulent Compressible Flows. Current projects includes: Combustion,
Sound Generation, Stratified Flows and Compressibility Effects. The site gives
references, simulation results and numerical methods.
University of Colorado at Denver, Center for Computational Mathematics (CCM)
Working with CFD applications. Areas of research include porous media flow,
iterative methods, finite element methods, parallell computations and
adaptivity. The web site gives a brief summary of their research and personnel.
You can find further information in the personal home pages.
University of Florida, Computational Thermo-Fluids Group
Research includes: Shock Induced Combustion, Gas-Turbine Combustor Flow
Modeling, and Aeroelastic Analysis of a Membrane Wing in Viscous Flows.
This site contains links to Professors, Post Docs., and Graduate Students
working within this group along with a description of their research.
University of Houston, Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Fluid Dynamics and
Turbulence
Links to the Aerodynamics and Turbulence Laboratory and the Vortex
Technology Center , where you can find information about research, peronnel,
facilities and more
University of Illinois, Continuous Casting Consortium
The Consortium develops comprehensive mathematical models of the
continuous casting of steel slabs. The site give information about the
Consortium's objectives, members, projects and publications.
University of Illinois, Large Scale Computational Fluid Science Group
CFD in both geophysical and engineering applications. Basic mechanisms at
work in transitional and turbulent flows. Information about people, research
areas and publications.
University of Illinois, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Information about research, personnel, courses and more.
University of Kentucky, Mechanical Engineering, Advanced CFD Group

Computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer and combustion; numerical

analysis and dynamical systems. Emphasis on developing and applying
methods for large-eddy simulation of incompressible turbulent flows,
especially those involving additional physics. The web site gives an overview
of personnel and resources, descriptions of current research, publications &
lecture notes. A very nice web-site with many papers available in pdf format!
University of Maryland, Aerospace Engineering, Rotorcraft CFD and Acoustics
Group
CFD applied to helicopter rotors. Acoustics effects. Information about
personell and research projects.
University of Maryland, Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel
Introduction to the facilities, personnel and more - nice !
University of Maryland, Mechanical Engineering, CFD Lab
Turbulence and LES simulations. Information about personnel, facilities and
research activities.
University of Maryland, Mechanical Engineering, Turbulence Research Lab
Information about personnel and facilities. A bit thin.
University of Miami, Aerodynamics and CFD Lab

High order schemes for LES/DES of turbulence, fluid-structural interaction,

turbomachinery aeroelasticity, flow control of wind tunnel tests and CFD
simulation, hypersonic flows simulation, etc.
University of Miami, Aerodynamics and CFD Lab

A small depratment working with CFD method development, optimization,

fluid-structure interaction and various aerospace applications. The web-site
gives an overview of their research areas. They also have many papers
available directly online. Well worth a visit!
University of Michigan, W.M. Keck CFD Laboratory

Algorithm development, convergence acceleration, extended hydrodynamics,

magnetohydrodynamics, non-dissipative methods, solution-adaptive grids,
vortex breakdown. Information about research activities, people, facilities,
courses and more. Many nice images !
University of Minnesota, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
CFD projects related to DNS of the motion of particles in liquids and finite
element simulation of flow problems.
University of Minnesota, Mechanical Engineering, Thermodynamics and Heat
Transfer
Research in convective heat and mass transfer, transitional and turbulent flows,
thermal biomedicine, two-phase flows, flow control and more. Information
about current research, people and labs.
University of Notre Dame, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Research in aerospace sciences, thermal & fluid sciences. Information about

people, research projects facilities and more. Lots of well structured
information.
University of Southern California, Aerospace Engineering, Fluid Mechanics
Traditionally strong in the study of fluid dynamics and turbulence, has more
recently expanded in the areas of CFD and partially ionized nonequilibrium gas
flows. The Center for Modeling and Simulation are working mainly with CFD.
Information about research, applications and personnel.
University of Tennessee - Knoxville, CFD Laboratory

In short, they work with: Computational Mechanics, Numerical Heat Transfer,

Ventillation (CFD), Free Surface Hydrodynamics (CFD), Turbulence
Modelling, Finite Element Methods. The web site gives an overview of the
department, research, personnel and more. You can find many full-text
publication available directly online. They also offer graduate courses over the
internet. This is a very nice web site!
University of Texas, Advanced Computational Engineering Lab
A small group working with 3D viscous flow simulations using unstructured
grids. Has information about people and publications available online !
University of Texas at Arlington, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, CFD Lab
A small department working with LES and hybrid RANS/LES methods. They
also develop numercial schemes and study blade-vortex information. The web-
site gives further information about current research project, personnel and
includes a list of publications (some available directly online).
University of Texas, Computational Fluid Dynamics Lab
Research topics related to the numerical approximation of transport processes.
Summaries of research projects (including supercomputing, parallel iterative
 solver development, and semiconductor research), bios of lab personnel, and a
range of ftp offerings.
University of Utah, CFD Lab
Working with turbulent mixing and the linear eddy model. Information about
research and personnel.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Engine Research Center
A U.S. Army Center of Excellence devoted to fundamental research on spark
ignition and diesel engines. The ERC's projects involve fluid mechanics, heat
transfer, combustion, sprays, emissions and health effects, lubrication, and
powertrain systems. Particular emphasis has been placed on the application of
optical diagnostic methods to engines, and computational fluid modeling of
engine processes.
Utah State University, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., CFD Lab
Applied CFD; wing-tip vortex flows, vortex breakdown, mixed convection,
HVAC applications. The site gives information about personnel, facilities,
interests and results.
Virginia Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics Group
Turbomachinery flows, 3-D CFD, Turbulence modelling, Supersonic inlets, Jet
mixing. Pictures and descriptions of teaching and research projects. See also
the Mechanical Engineering Homepage.
West Virginia University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, CFD Lab
Working a lot with LES, dynamic turbulence combustion and multi-phase
flows. Thje web-site gives information about personnel, projects and more.

Venezuela

Simon Bolivar University (USB), Center for Fluid Mechanics and Applications
(CEMFA)
Main areas of research and consulting in CFD are: Multiphase Flow (e.g.,
Static Mixers, Gas-Liquid Compact Separators), River Hydraulics (Free
Surface Flows approaching a Dam, Solid Transport in Rivers), CHT
(e.g.,Viscous Flow around an Electric Motor), Transitional Flow (e.g., T-S
waves generation and propagation within an Airfoil Cascade), Compressible
Flow (e.g., Flow through a Gas-Lift Valve), etc. The web site includes
information about recent publications and projects.

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