2023

Lab out with visitor Yash Kulkarni 
12/01/2023
It is great that Yash Kulkarni visits our group
again this year. We have a great lap out lunch 
with him! 







CTF Lab presents research in APS DFD 2023
11/19-21/2023
CTF lab has made four presentations in American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics the annual meeting. Congratulations to Tanjina and Topu, who have done a great job in conducting and presenting your research works!
 

New paper published in Atomization & Sprays
10/31/2023
A new paper from our group, entitled "A detailed numerical investigation of two-phase flows inside a planar flow-blurring atomizer", is published in the journal Atomization & Sprays. This work is in collaboration with Dr Lulin Jiang at Baylor University. 

New paper published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
09/19/2023
A new paper from our group, entitled "Simulation and modeling of the vaporization of a freely moving and deforming drop at low to moderate Weber numbers", is published in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. This work is in collaboration with a former member of our group, Dr Boyd, and also Prof Becker at University of Canterbury, New Zealand. 

New paper published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
09/16/2023
A new paper from our group, entitled "Detailed numerical investigation of the drop aerobreakup in the bag breakup regime", is published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Congratulations to Topu!  

Welcome new lab members!
08/15/2023
A warm welcome to two new members, Graham Garcia and Sadegh Ahmadi, who will join our lab this Fall. Graham has been working with us since he was a undergrad student at Baylor University and he will continue his PhD study with our group at University of South Carolina! Sadagh has been working in our group as a volunteer in the summer and he will officially start working with us for PhD in this fall! It is great to have both of you! 

New project supported by NASA
08/02/2023
The CTF Lab receives a new research grant from NASA’s Physical Sciences Research Program. Here is the quote from the NASA website: "Another selected investigation proposes a numerical simulation to model multiphase flow using data from Capillary Channel Flow – Phase Separation – Experiment Unit. Multiphase flow and heat transfer in confined geometries are important but challenging to simulate. This study proposes a multi-scale computational model that will enable efficient and accurate simulations of such flows in microgravity. Multiphase flows are critical for the design and operation of fluid and thermal systems in spacecraft; and this effort will help establish a multi-scale simulation infrastructure, which will enable simulation of thermal management systems in microgravity environments. The proposed simulation results will help inspire new experiments in the future. The project is led by Prof. Yue Ling (University of South Carolina)."

New paper published in Computers & Fluids
03/30/2023
A new paper from our group, entitled "A consistent volume-of-fluid approach for direct numerical simulation of the aerodynamic breakup of a vaporizing drop", is published in the Computers and Fluids. Congratulations to Bradley!