STRATA
Supercomputing for Stratified Turbulence Research Advancing Theory and Application
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Questions may be directed to Miles Couchman or Steve de Bruyn Kops
About
The objective of this group is to generate and analyze fully-resolved direct numerical simulations of stratified turbulence, across a variety of flow configurations and parameters, in order to better understand fundamental turbulent processes influenced by buoyancy and their importance to geophysical, industrial, and environmental applications. Current research themes include:
- Exascale computing using the Frontier supercomputer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) to resolve flow dynamics in previously-inaccessible regions of parameter space
- Probing the coupling between large and small-scale flow structures to inform reduced-order modelling
- Development of data-driven and machine-learning techniques to extract physical insight from petabyte-scale datasets
People
This work is collaborative across multiple international research groups, including those of:
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US): Steve de Bruyn Kops
- Duke University (US): Andrew Bragg
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US): Murali Gopalakrishnan Meena, Wes Brewer, Aditya Kashi, Isaac Lyngass, Pei Zhang
- Imperial College London (UK): Adrien Lefauve
- York University (Canada): Miles Couchman
Groups interested in collaboration are encouraged to reach out.
Funding
We gratefully acknowledge support from the:
- INCITE Leadership Computing Program
- High Performance Computing Modernization Program
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
