Lagrangian Analysis

 

Introduction

• Massless tracers follow the flow pathlines

• This property allows analyzing different flow configurations     

• The technique is known as Lagrangian Analysis

• Can provide unique insights for turbulent flames and detonations 

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Research Details

• Advection of tracers requires accurate numerical algorithms

• Especially important for highly compressible turbulent flows

• Development of accurate time integration and interpolation methods 

• WENO-based interpolation for highly compressible regimes

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Collaborators

Sai Sandeep Dammati, Texas A&M University 

Luis Bravo, ARL

Peter Hamlington, University of Colorado

Alexei Poludnenko​, University of Connecticut 

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