Deborah
Levin
Professor
Aerospace
Engineering
Summary of Research
I do research in modeling and simulation of two-phase particulate flows related to unsteady shocked flows such as blast wave systems and laboratory measurements in electrostatic discharge (ESD)s. The simulations performed in my group use the FLASH code with a particulate Lagrangian tool that we have developed. Our flow simulations can be used to simulate these canonical type flows to estimate particulate – surface impact energies which are relevant to warhead design technologies.
Internship Opportunities:
It is anticipated that the intern will be doing some computer coding most likely in C++. Two research areas that would be consistent with internships are described below.
1) Simulations of vertical type shock tube measurements. As a precursor to these experiments that will be performed in the Glumac group, interns will modify the geometry of our previous ESD cases to evaluate lifting mechanisms for different particulate sizes.
2) Development of mobility models for non-spherical particulates. Our direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) model will be run for simple and complex particulate shapes at different Mach and Reynolds numbers.
Contact Information:
217 300 0872
321B Talbot Laboratory