Vortex and Particulate Flow Laboratory


The Vortex and Particulate Flow Laboratory specializes in fluid dynamics research related to vorticity and particulate transport in incompressible fluids. Specific areas of fundamental research thrust include vortex-structure interaction; turbulent vortex-dominated flows; particulate transport, collision and adhesion; multiscale computational methods; vorticity-based computational methods; and thin-film flows. Targeted application areas include bio-fluid flows (blood, digestive); environmental flows (sediment transport, pump intakes); energy production (biofuel combustion); vehicle flow fields (cooling systems, tire spray); and rotorcraft aerodynamics (rotor wake vortices, wake-tail interaction).

Contact:
Jeffrey S. Marshall
Professor
School of Engineering
307 Votey Hall
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
 

Phone: (802) 656-3826
FAX: (802) 656-3358
jeffm@cems.uvm.edu

Current Graduate Students:
Jennifer Chesnutt (Ph.D.)
Greg Hewitt (M.S.)
 Simtha Renjitham (Ph.D.)
Auston Maynard (accel M.S.)

Collaborators and Joint-Training Students:
Ben Yergey (MS student, Bucknell University)
Guanqing Liu (PhD student, Tsinghua University)
John Mousel (PhD student, University of Iowa)
Prof. Shuiqing Li (Tsinghua University)
Prof. Laura Beninati (Bucknell University)
Prof. Albert Ratner (University of Iowa)
Prof. H.S. Udaykumar (University of Iowa)
Dr. John Grant (Alion Corporation)

Research Projects:

Book: Inviscid Incompressible Flow (John Wiley & Sons, 2001)

Curriculum Vitae

Facilities include high-speed computer workstations and the Microscale Optical Diagnostics Laboratory at the University of Vermont.

Sponsors: Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, NASA, Hitachi Corporation, University of Iowa Utilities Group, Caterpillar Corporation, IBM, U.S. Department of Transportation, National Park Service, Vermont Univ. Transportation Center