Fluid Mechanics

Tim Flint

Email: timflint@stanford.edu

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I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University working with Professor Parviz Moin . My PhD research is on the receptivity of the flow field around high-speed bodies. I hope to understand how free-stream disturbances excite instabilities that may grow and become relevant to boundary layer transition in high-speed flight.



Research interests

  • Linear stability theory.

  • Global stability analysis.

  • Receptivity using adjoint methods.

  • High-speed flows.

  • Numerical methods.

  • High-performance computing.

  • Turbulence.

  • Boundary layer transition.

Numerical methods for high-speed flows

Temperature field around a blunt cone at Mach 6.

Flint & Hack 2018, CTR Annual Research Briefs.

Global stability analysis

Global eigenmode of an under-expanded supersonic jet, including the nozzle.

Karp, Flint, & Hack 2020, AIAA

Nasal airway simulation

The flow-field within the nasal airway of a subject with empty nose syndrome.

Flint et al. 2016, CTR Annual Research Briefs.

Bio-inspired wings

Vorticity field around a pitching, corrugated, airfoil inspired by the wings of the dragonfly.

Flint et al. 2017, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow.