Ugo Piomelli

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Professor

 

Canada Research Chair in Computational Turbulence
HPCVL-Sun Microsystems Chair in Computational Science and Engineering

McLaughlin Hall, Room 217

130 Stuart St

Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada


Phone: +1 613 533 2758
Fax: +1 613 533 6489
Email: ugo@me.queensu.ca

Research Interests

  • Large eddy and direct simulations
  • Turbulence simulations and modelling
  • Transition modelling
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Geophysical flows
  • Bio fluid dynamics

Selected Publications

  • J. Favier, A. Pinelli and U. Piomelli, "control of the separated flow around an airfoil using a wavy leading edge inspired by humpback whale flippers," Compte Rendus-Mecanique, 2011doi:10.1016/j.crme.2011.11.004.
  • M. Omidyeganeh and U. Piomelli, "Large-eddy simulation of two-dimensional dunes in a steady, unidirectional flow," J. Turbul.12(N42), 1--31, 2011.
  • H. Raiesi, U. Piomelli and A. Pollard, "Evaluation of turbulence models using large-eddy simulation data," ASME J. Fluids Eng. 133 (3), 0212203–1—10, 2011.
  • I. Z. Naqavi and U. Piomelli, "Large eddy simulation of boundary layers with embedded spanwise vortices," Int. J. Comput. Fluid Dyn 24, 10, 467--477, DOI: 10.1080/10618562.2010.545774, 2010.
  • A. Pinelli, I. Naqavi, U. Piomelli, and J. Favier, "Immersed-boundary methods for general finite- difference and finite-volume navier-stokes solvers," J. Comput. Phys. 229, 9073--9091, doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2010.08.021, 2010.
  • R. Y. Cao, T. St. Amand, M. D. Ford, U. Piomelli, C. D. Funk, "The murine angiotensin II-induced abdominal aortic aneurysm model: rupture risk and inflammatory progression patterns," Fronties in pharmacology 1, 9, 1-7, 2010 [More information].
  • Radhakrishnan, S., Piomelli, U. and Keating, A., "Wall-modeled large-eddy simulations of flows with curvature and mild separation.," J. Fluids Eng. 130, 101203-1--8, 2008.
  • U. Piomelli and C. Scalo, "Subgrid-scale modelling in relaminarizing flows," Fluid Dyn. Res. 42, 45510, 2010.
  • M. Li, S. Radhakrishnan, U. Piomelli, and W. R. Geyer, "Large-eddy simulation of the tidal-cycle variations of an estuarine boundary layer," J. Geophys. Res. 2010.  (Accepted)
  • Vanella, M., Piomelli, U. and Balaras, E., "Effect of grid discontinuities in large-eddy simulation statistics and flow fields," J. Turbul. 9, 32, 1-23, 2008.
  • Piomelli, U., "Wall-layer models for large-eddy simulations," Prog. Aerosp. Sci. 44, 6, 437-446, 2008.
  • Ovchinnikov, V., Choudhari, M.M., and Piomelli, U., "Numerical simulations of boundary-layer bypass transition due to high-amplitude free- stream turbulence," J. Fluid Mech 613, 135-169, 2008.
  • Radhakrishnan, S., Piomelli, U. and Keating, A., "Wall-modeled large-eddy simulations of flows with curvature and mild separation.," J. Fluids Eng. 130, 101203-1--8, 2008.
  • Radhakrishnan, S. and Piomelli, U., "Large-eddy simulation of oscillating boundary layers: model comparison and validation," J. Geophys. Res. 113, C02022, 1-14, 2008.
  • De Prisco, G., Piomelli, U., and Keating, A., "Improved turbulence generation techniques for hybrid RANS/LES calculations," J. Turbul. 9, 5, 1-20, 2008 [More information].
  • Radhakrishnan, S., Piomelli, U., Keating, A., and Silva Lopes, A., "Reynolds-averaged and large-eddy simulations of turbulent non-equilibrium flows," J. Turbul. 7, 63, 1-30, 2006 [More information].
  • Ovchinnikov, V., Piomelli, U., and Choudhari, M. M., "Numerical simulations of boundary-layer transition induced by a cylinder wake," J. Fluid Mech. 547, 413-441, 2006 [More information].
  • Silva Lopes, A., Piomelli, U., and Palma, J. M. L. M., "Large-eddy simulation of the flow in an S-duct," J. Turbul. 7, 11, 1-24, 2006 [More information].
  • Keating, A. and Piomelli, U., "A dynamic stochastic forcing method as a wall-layer model for large-eddy simulation," J. Turbul. 7, 12, 1-24, 2006 [More information].
  • Keating, A., De Prisco, G., and Piomelli, U., "Interface conditions for hybrid RANS/LES calculations," Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 2, 777-788, 2006.
  • Keating, A., Piomelli, U., Balaras, E., and Kaltenbach, H.-J., "A priori and a posteriori tests of inflow conditions for large-eddy simulation," Phys. Fluids 16, 12, 4696-4712, 2004.
  • Piomelli, U. and Balaras, E., "Wall-layer models for large-eddy simulations," Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 34, 349-374, 2002.