Demystifying the Transition of Fundamental Aeronautical Flows with Very-Large-Scale Simulation

19 November 2013
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Demystifying the Transition of Fundamental Aeronautical Flows with Very-Large-Scale Simulation
Xiaohua Wu, PhD
Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Royal Military College of Canada

Abstract:
With the supercomputing power supplied by Compute Canada, and the numerical tool developed at Stanford University, we are able to explore the physics of transition in unprecedented detail (4 billion mesh points per simulation) for the canonical boundary layer and the Osborne Reynolds pipe flow. The results suggest that a partial unification may be achievable for boundary layer bypass transition, the secondary instability of boundary layer natural transition, and the Osborne Reynolds pipe transition.

BIO:  B.Sc. from University of Science and Technology of China; Ph.D from University of Manitoba; Research Associate in Stanford University. Assistant Professor (2006), Associate Professor (2008), Professor (2012); Tier-2 Canada Research Chair in Aeronautical Fluid Mechanics (2007-2017).