XCP-4: Continuum Models and Numerical Methods

Developing advanced concepts for scientific computing

Providing comprehensive, cross-linked expertise for the development of scientific computing from conception through implementation and application

The Continuum Models and Numerical Methods (XCP-4) group focuses on developing advanced numerical methods for high-speed multimaterial flows and methods for turbulence and multicomponent reactive flows for national security applications.

Our research interests are diverse, and include:

• High-order numerical methods for compressible flow
• Scale bridging algorithms and adaptive refinement techniques
• Numerical methods for fluid-structure interaction problems and interfacial flows
• Physics models for multifluid/multiphase reactive flow
• Turbulence models (RANS, LES, hybrid RANS-LES)
• Models for detonation-to-deflagration transition and for detonation wave propagation in solid elasto-plastic porous medium
• Development, implementation, and validation of solid mechanics models