Our group’s research focus broadly on computational and modeling techniques for solving fluid dynamics, heat/mass transfer, interfacial transport and moving boundaries, combustion, materials processing, parallel computing, biological flight, battery mechanics, design optimization, and micro-scale biofluid dynamics.

A key feature of our group’s research is that our interest encompasses fundamental and application, including

  1. development of original and novel numerical and modeling techniques for multidisciplinary problems related to thermo-fluid dynamics;
  2. computational and modeling techniques typically developed to a point that they form a complete capability to tackle original physical issues;
  3. consistent emphasis on close collaboration between theory/computation and experiment;
  4. extension of scientific research to address engineering issues arising from optimization, assessment and design tool development.

In the methodology area, original contributions have been made in Navier-Stokes algorithms as well as lattice Boltzmann equation methods. Issues addressed include convection, pressure treatment, boundary conditions, grid generation and adaption, compressibility, geometry, curvilinear grid with structured and unstructured layout, Cartesian grid method, and computational moving boundary techniques for cavitation, crystal growth and solidification, fluid-structure interaction, and multiphase fluid dynamics and heat/mass transfer.

A host of physical and engineering problems have been investigated, including those arising from air-breathing and rocket propulsion, fluid machinery and power generation, high temperature discharge lamp, macro- and micro-segregation during solidification processing, microgravity transport, dielectric barrier discharge plasma, cryogenic and isothermal cavitation dynamics, cellular dynamics and large blood vessels, and design optimization of injectors, diffusers, turbines, and micro air vehicles.

Books published by our group:

  1. Shyy, W., Lian, Y., Tang, J., Viieru, D., and Liu, H. (authors), “Aerodynamics of Low Reynolds Number Flyers”, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008.
  2. Shyy, W., Thakur, S.S., Ouyang, H., Liu, J. and Blosch, E. (authors), “Computational Techniques for Complex Transport Phenomena”, Cambridge University Press, New York, (1997, paperback 2005).
  3. Shyy, W., Udaykumar, H.S., Rao, M.M. and Smith, R.W. (authors), “Computational Fluid Dynamics with Moving Boundaries”, Taylor & Francis, Washington, DC, (1996, revised printing 1997, 1998&2001); Dover, New York, 2007.
  4. Shyy, W. (author), “Computational Modeling for Fluid Flow and Interfacial Transport”, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, (1994, revised printing 1997); Dover, New York, 2006.