Multiphase Flow Research

Madhusudan Pai

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Publications

Ph.D. THESIS

M. G. Pai. Probability density function formalism for multiphase flows. 2007.

JOURNAL ARTICLES and RESEARCH BRIEFS

M. G. Pai, O. Desjardins and H. Pitsch. Detailed numerical studies of primary breakup of liquid jets in crossflow. (In preparation)

M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. Transport due to fluctuations in clustering particle systems. (In preparation)

M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. A new Dual-timescale Langevin model for particle-laden turbulent flows. (In preparation)

M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. A comprehensive probability density function formalism for multiphase flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics , 628, 181-228.

M. G. Pai, O. Desjardins and H. Pitsch. Detailed numerical simulations of primary breakup of liquid jets in crossflow. Annual Research Briefs. Center for Turbulence Research. 2008.

M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. Modeling droplet dispersion and interphase turbulent kinetic energy transfer using a new Dual timescale Langevin model. Intl. J. Multiphase Flow , 33(3), 2007.

M. G. Pai, S. Subramaniam, J. B. Lechman, G. S. Grest and R. O. Fox, Fully-coupled Direct Simulation of Dense Multiphase Flow. Center for Synthesis and Processing Research Briefs , 2006.

M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. Modeling interphase turbulent kinetic energy transfer in Lagrangian-Eulerian spray computations. Atomization and Sprays , 16(7), 2006.

M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. Accurate numerical solution to the spray equation using particle methods. Atomization and Sprays , 16(2), 2006.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

M. G. Pai, H. Pitsch, and O. Desjardins. Detailed numerical simulations of primary atomization of liquid jets in crossflow. Proceedings of 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL. AIAA, 2009.

M. G. Pai, O. Desjardins and H. Pitsch. Modeling primary breakup of liquid jets in crossflow using detailed numerical simulations. 61th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, The American Physical Society, San Antonio, TX, November 2008.

S. Subramaniam and M. G. Pai. Transport due to fluctuations in granular systems and its implication for continuum modeling. 17th Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics conference, Brazil, 2008.

M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. Second-order transport due to fluctuations in clustering particle systems. 60th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, The American Physical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2007.

M. G. Pai, R. Garg and S. Subramaniam. Relative acceleration of particle pairs in flows past random arrays of spheres. 59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, The American Physical Society, Tampa, FL, November 2006.

Y. Xu, M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. The effect of upstream turbulence on flow through random arrangements of spheres. 59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, The American Physical Society, Tampa, FL, November 2006.

S. Subramaniam and M. G. Pai. Relaxation of number density waves in freely-cooling granular systems. 59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, The American Physical Society, Tampa, FL, November 2006.

J. B. Lechman, G. S. Grest, M. G. Pai and S Subramaniam. Feasibility of a Coupled Discrete-Time Immersed Boundary-Discrete Element Method for Numerical Simulation of Granular Multiphase Flow. AIChE. Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, November 2006.

M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. Investigating effects of neighbor droplets on single droplet heat and mass transfer using an Assumed Point Field Formalism. Poster Session. ILASS Americas. 19th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems. Toronto, Canada, May 2006.

M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. A new dual-timescale Langevin model for particle-laden turbulent flows. 58th Annual Meeting, Division of Fluid Dynamics, The American Physical Society, Chicago, IL, November 2005.

M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. A new coupled Langevin model for dilute droplet-laden turbulent flows. ILASS Americas. 18th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems. Irvine, CA, May 2005.

R. Garg, M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. DNS of passive scalar transport in particle-laden turbulent flows. Poster Session. 57th Annual Meeting, Division of Fluid Dynamics, The American Physical Society, Seattle, WA, November 2004.

Y. Xu, M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. A new model for dilute particle-laden turbulent flows. Poster Session. 57th Annual Meeting, Division of Fluid Dynamics, The American Physical Society, Seattle, WA, November 2004.

M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. Analysis of turbulence models in Lagrangian-Eulerian spray computations. ILASS Americas. 17th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems. Arlington, VA, May 2004.

M. G. Pai. Accurate numerical implementation of the spray vaporization model in a spray simulation code. Bergles Symposium, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, October 2003.

M. G. Pai and S. Subramaniam. Accurate Numerical Solution of Spray Vaporization Models Using Particle Methods. ILASS Americas. 16th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems. Monterey, CA, May 2003.

Research topics

  • Primary breakup of liquid jets
  • Statistical representation of multiphase flows
  • Granular flows

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  • Center for Turbulence Research
  • Stanford University

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