Computational Multiphysics Lab
What do we do?
A warm welcome to the Computational Multiphysics Lab!
With a pragmatic approach to solving complex engineering problems using computers, our lab focuses on the development of cutting-edge simulation techniques for multiphysics problems at the interface between solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, electromagnetism and chemical transport. We proposed state-of-the-art simulation frameworks for fluid-structure interaction, incompressible solid mechanics, electromechanics, magnetomechanics and morphoelasticity. Our expertise also includes research software development for FEA, CFD and Multiphysics, including parallelisation for HPC.
We mostly develop in-house codes in C++, FORTRAN, MATLAB and Julia. We also use other (opensource and commercial) software such as OpenFOAM, ANSYS and Abaqus.
A glimpse into our research so far
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FSI of flexible lightweight structures (CutFEM)
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Fluid-Structure-Control Interaction (CutFEM)
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Two oscillating rigid bodies in fluid flow (CutFEM)
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Extremely large deformations of thin leaflet (FDM)
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Elastodynamics of truly incompressible Ogden type solid
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Wave propagation in truly incompressible (plane strain) solid
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Electroactive polymeric gripper
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Dynamic buckling of Electroactive Polymers
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Morphoelasticity of flower petals
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Magnetoviscoelastic polymeric gripper
Recent news
April 2022
Our review paper on vapour droplet dispersion models used in CFD. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214785322023562April 2022
Delivered an invited talk on "Advanced Computational Methods for Smart Soft Multifunctional Composites" at Robert Gordon University.
March 2022
Delivered an invited talk on "Computational FSI - Challenges and recent developments" at the University of Manchester.
March 2022
The application for the EPSRC Access to HPC call has been successful.