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Willard Miller, Jr., Principal Investigator

Supercomputing Calculations Involving Reactive Flow and Transport

Chemically reacting flows, and the associated transport of mass, momentum and energy, are fundamental to numerous areas of modern technology. These include the recovery, fabrication, and processing of materials; the design and operation of devices that use fossil or nuclear fuels; and the treatment and disposal of waste and toxins. Forces of economy, safety, efficiency, and a concern for the environment dictate not only that the underlying science be advanced, but also that these advances be rapidly integrated into engineering, design, manufacturing, and operation. It is broadly recognized that this challenge requires an interdisciplinary response, including, in particular, the deployment of modern techniques of applied mathematics-modeling, analysis, and computation.

These researchers have elected to emphasze three topics. Two of these, namely, combusion and natural resources and environment, can be clearly identified as areas of application. The third, multiscale and transition regimes, cuts across applications, focussing instead on processes where traditional and classical transport models no longer apply. Applications include thin, microstructured films, nanometer-scale semiconductor devices, and supercooled fluids. The overall focus of the project is on identifying situations where an infusion of existing mathematical and computational technology can lead to rapid progress as well as recognizing areas where the existing theoretical framework needs to be improved.

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