G A L C I T [Caltech] - Fluid Mechanics Reseach Conference

G A L C I T
Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology

[Fluid Mechanics Research Conference]

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Tuesdays, 4:00 p.m.
Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall
101 Guggenheim

Organized by Hans Hornung

2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003 | 2001-2002 | 2000-2001

2001 - 2002

October · November · December · January · February · March · April · May

[Seminars Are Announced Weekly]
The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for students, postdoctoral scholars, visitors, and faculty to present the results of ongoing research projects. It is intended to be a relatively informal forum for presenting unfinished work and ideas about future work.

October

October 2
Michael Johnson
Subsonic Diffuser Control with Chemical Reaction
Scott Jackson
Initiation for Pulse Detonation Engines

October 9
Sanjay Kumar
An Experimental Study of Richtmyer Meshkov Instability
David Jeon
Putting the 'D' in DDPIV

October 16
Gabriel Acevedo-Bolton
Fluid Mechanics of Cardiovascular Function
Tait Pottebaum
Heat Transfer in Flows Past Heated, Oscillating Cylinders

October 23
Trent Mattner
Rayleigh-Taylor Instability/Impinging Jet Flow
Matthew Ringuette
Leading Edge Vortex Formation Number and Flapping Wing Tip Vortex

October 30
Jimmy Fung
Modeling Diffuser Flows and Flow Separation
Joern van Keuk
Some Experiences with Upwind-Methods for Numerical Simulations of Flows at M>1 Robustness and (or?) Accuracy

November

November 6
Ivan Marusic
Experimental Study of Near-wall Models for LES
Vincent Wheatley
DNS of the Weak Shock Driven Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability

November 14 (Wednesday)
Keith Higgins (Guest Speaker)
Merging of Burgers Vortices (Special time 4:15 p.m.)

November 20
No Seminar this week

November 27
James Faddy
Numerically Modeling Aircraft Trailing Vortices
Patrick Hung
Chemical Kinetics and Fuego

December

December 4

Nicolas Ponchaut
Transverse Injection in Supersonic Flow
Brian Kern
A Quadrature-Phase Rotation-Shearing Interferometer for Imaging through Turbulence

January

January 8
Richie Wirz
Development and Testing of a 3-cm Micro-Ion Thruster
John Dabiri
Kinematics and Vortex Dynamics of the Hydrozoan Jelly Ejection Mechanism

January 15
Carlos Pantano
DNS and LES Modeling of Nonpremixed Turbulent Combustion
Eric Wintenberger
The GALCIT 6 inch Shock Tube - version 2002

January 22
Daniel Lieberman
Detonation Initiation by a Hot Turbulent Jet
Elijah Sansom
Nanofluidics: Experimental Study on Fluid Flow Interaction with Carbon Nanotubes

January 29 (Special Seminar)
Anatol Roshko
Roots of Galcit

February

February 5
Albert Ratner
Comparison of Chemiluminescence, OH PLIF, and NO PLIF for Determination of Flame Response to Acoustic Waves
Nikoo Saber
Outlook for Cardiac Flow Modeling

February 12
Konstantin Matveev
Designing Advanced Marine Vehicles
Kumar Bobba
Do we need Instabilities for Turbulence?

February 19
No Conference this week (Qualifying Exams)

February 26
Demosthenes Kivotides
Vortex Dynamical Turbulence
Philippe Chatelain
Face-Centered Cubic Lattices and Particle Redistribution in Vortex Methods

March

March 5
Michael Rubel
Numeric Time Integration by Dead Reckoning, continued
Paul O-Gorman
Stretched Spiral Vortices and The Velocity-Scalar Cross Spectrum

March 12
H. Hornung
E. Timofeev (Guest Speaker)
R. Tahir (Guest Speaker)
S. Molder
Surfacing the Shockwaves

April

April 2
David Hill
On Dispersion Relations in LES Calculations
Gerard O'Reilly
Compressible Stuart Vortices Revisited

April 9
Jeffrey Bergthorson
An Experimental Study of C1-C2 Hydrocarbon Flames
Marcia Cooper
Thermal and Catalytic Cracking for Pulse Detonation Engine Applications

April 16 (CANCELED)

April 23
Joanna Austin
Combustion Mechanisms in Detonation Fronts
Marco Arienti
Analysis of Numerical Simulations of Detonation Diffraction

April 30
Kevin Parkin
Propulsion by Microwave Absorption
Gerd Meier
Methods for Spreading the Core of a Trailing Vortex

May

May 7
Tony Chao
Fracture threshold and strain response of tubes under detonation loading
Tait Pottebaum
Wake modes and heat transfer of transversely oscillating cylinders

May 14
Scott Jackson
Imploding Detonations for Pulse Detonation Engines
Trent Mattner
Mixing by Rayleigh-Taylor Instability

May 21
Ben Lin
Investigating Blood Flow Through Heart Valves
Joern van Keuk
Numerical Simulation of Chemically Reacting Hypervelocity Flows

May 28
Demosthenes Kivotides
From vortex reconnections to vortex turbulence
Benoit-Emmanuel Gurret
Investigations on 3D coverage statistics of iso-scalar surfaces in turbulent flow

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	G A L C I T Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology
[Fluid Mechanics Research Conference]
[top] [top] [top] [top]	Tuesdays, 4:00 p.m. Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall 101 Guggenheim Organized by Hans Hornung 2005-2006 \| 2004-2005 \| 2003-2004 \| 2002-2003 \| 2001-2002 \| 2000-2001 2001 - 2002 October · November · December · January · February · March · April · May [Seminars Are Announced Weekly] The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for students, postdoctoral scholars, visitors, and faculty to present the results of ongoing research projects. It is intended to be a relatively informal forum for presenting unfinished work and ideas about future work. October October 2 Michael Johnson Subsonic Diffuser Control with Chemical Reaction Scott Jackson Initiation for Pulse Detonation Engines October 9 Sanjay Kumar An Experimental Study of Richtmyer Meshkov Instability David Jeon Putting the 'D' in DDPIV October 16 Gabriel Acevedo-Bolton Fluid Mechanics of Cardiovascular Function Tait Pottebaum Heat Transfer in Flows Past Heated, Oscillating Cylinders October 23 Trent Mattner Rayleigh-Taylor Instability/Impinging Jet Flow Matthew Ringuette Leading Edge Vortex Formation Number and Flapping Wing Tip Vortex October 30 Jimmy Fung Modeling Diffuser Flows and Flow Separation Joern van Keuk Some Experiences with Upwind-Methods for Numerical Simulations of Flows at M>1 Robustness and (or?) Accuracy November November 6 Ivan Marusic Experimental Study of Near-wall Models for LES Vincent Wheatley DNS of the Weak Shock Driven Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability November 14 (Wednesday) Keith Higgins (Guest Speaker) Merging of Burgers Vortices (Special time 4:15 p.m.) November 20 No Seminar this week November 27 James Faddy Numerically Modeling Aircraft Trailing Vortices Patrick Hung Chemical Kinetics and Fuego December December 4 Nicolas Ponchaut Transverse Injection in Supersonic Flow Brian Kern A Quadrature-Phase Rotation-Shearing Interferometer for Imaging through Turbulence January January 8 Richie Wirz Development and Testing of a 3-cm Micro-Ion Thruster John Dabiri Kinematics and Vortex Dynamics of the Hydrozoan Jelly Ejection Mechanism January 15 Carlos Pantano DNS and LES Modeling of Nonpremixed Turbulent Combustion Eric Wintenberger The GALCIT 6 inch Shock Tube - version 2002 January 22 Daniel Lieberman Detonation Initiation by a Hot Turbulent Jet Elijah Sansom Nanofluidics: Experimental Study on Fluid Flow Interaction with Carbon Nanotubes January 29 (Special Seminar) Anatol Roshko Roots of Galcit February February 5 Albert Ratner Comparison of Chemiluminescence, OH PLIF, and NO PLIF for Determination of Flame Response to Acoustic Waves Nikoo Saber Outlook for Cardiac Flow Modeling February 12 Konstantin Matveev Designing Advanced Marine Vehicles Kumar Bobba Do we need Instabilities for Turbulence? February 19 No Conference this week (Qualifying Exams) February 26 Demosthenes Kivotides Vortex Dynamical Turbulence Philippe Chatelain Face-Centered Cubic Lattices and Particle Redistribution in Vortex Methods March March 5 Michael Rubel Numeric Time Integration by Dead Reckoning, continued Paul O-Gorman Stretched Spiral Vortices and The Velocity-Scalar Cross Spectrum March 12 H. Hornung E. Timofeev (Guest Speaker) R. Tahir (Guest Speaker) S. Molder Surfacing the Shockwaves April April 2 David Hill On Dispersion Relations in LES Calculations Gerard O'Reilly Compressible Stuart Vortices Revisited April 9 Jeffrey Bergthorson An Experimental Study of C1-C2 Hydrocarbon Flames Marcia Cooper Thermal and Catalytic Cracking for Pulse Detonation Engine Applications April 16 (CANCELED) April 23 Joanna Austin Combustion Mechanisms in Detonation Fronts Marco Arienti Analysis of Numerical Simulations of Detonation Diffraction April 30 Kevin Parkin Propulsion by Microwave Absorption Gerd Meier Methods for Spreading the Core of a Trailing Vortex May May 7 Tony Chao Fracture threshold and strain response of tubes under detonation loading Tait Pottebaum Wake modes and heat transfer of transversely oscillating cylinders May 14 Scott Jackson Imploding Detonations for Pulse Detonation Engines Trent Mattner Mixing by Rayleigh-Taylor Instability May 21 Ben Lin Investigating Blood Flow Through Heart Valves Joern van Keuk Numerical Simulation of Chemically Reacting Hypervelocity Flows May 28 Demosthenes Kivotides From vortex reconnections to vortex turbulence Benoit-Emmanuel Gurret Investigations on 3D coverage statistics of iso-scalar surfaces in turbulent flow
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