What to Study

  • Governing equations / mathematical models
  • Non-Newtonian fluid (e.g. ketchup, honey, toothpaste, blood etc.)
  • Numerical approaches based on FEM
  • Methods for unsteady problems
  • Turbulent flows
  • High performance computing for CFD

Terminologies

Turbulence

chaotic, hard to tackle. usually appears with high-speed motions.

Viscosity

A fluid’s internal resistance to flow.

Incompressible Fluids

We consider every type of fluids involved as incompressible, which indicates that we are confronted with a highly-coupled problem. Even a hole on the face with small measure in the sense of can contribute to a completely different solution.

Governing Equations (i)

Fluids vs. Solids

Intermolecular forces Molecular arrangement type of statistics
solid strong ordered quantum
liquid medium partially ordered quantum + classic (what we are interested in)
gas weak completely disordered classic