Gretar Tryggvason
Encyclopedia
Gretar Tryggvason is currently the Viola D. Hank Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Notre Dame
. He is known for developing a front tracking method to simulate multiphase flow
s and free surface flows. Tryggvason is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Computational Physics
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and numerical methods. He is well known for his research on numerical simulations of vortex flows, multiphase flows, free surface flows, and flows with phase changes. For simulating multiphase flows, he and his co-workers have developed a front tracking method that incorporates an unstructured, moving grid within an underlying Eulerian grid.
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
. He is known for developing a front tracking method to simulate multiphase flow
Multiphase flow
In fluid mechanics, multiphase flow is a generalisation of the modelling used in two-phase flow to cases where the two phases are not chemically related or where more than two phases are present In fluid mechanics, multiphase flow is a generalisation of the modelling used in two-phase flow to...
s and free surface flows. Tryggvason is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Computational Physics
Journal of Computational Physics
The Journal of Computational Physics is a bimonthly scientific journal covering computational physics that was established in 1966 and is published by Elsevier. As of 2011, its editor-in-chief is Gretar Tryggvason . According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2010 impact factor of...
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Area of research
Tryggvason has been a leading worker computational fluid dynamicsComputational fluid dynamics
Computational fluid dynamics, usually abbreviated as CFD, is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems that involve fluid flows. Computers are used to perform the calculations required to simulate the interaction of liquids and gases with...
and numerical methods. He is well known for his research on numerical simulations of vortex flows, multiphase flows, free surface flows, and flows with phase changes. For simulating multiphase flows, he and his co-workers have developed a front tracking method that incorporates an unstructured, moving grid within an underlying Eulerian grid.
Education
- Ph.D. – Brown UniversityBrown UniversityBrown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, Division of Engineering, 1985 - Sc.M. – Brown University, Division of Engineering, 1982
- B.S. – University of IcelandUniversity of IcelandThe University of Iceland is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland, and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' school to a modern comprehensive university, providing instruction for about...
, Mechanical Engineering, 1980