H. S. Udaykumar

Research Links:
http://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/people/details.php?id=125

Research Highlights

Joined the College of Engineering: 1999

Education:
PhD, University of Florida (1994)
MS, University of Florida (1990)
BTech, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (1988)

Special Fields of Knowledge:
Computational Fluid dynamics moving Boundary Problems in Fluid Mechanics, Biofluid Mechanics, Materials Processing

Present Research Interests:
Computational fluid dynamics, moving boundary problems in materials processing, biofluid dynamics and multimaterial flows, Heart Valve Dynamics, Mechanics of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract, Metal-matrix composite manufacture, Munitions delivery, impact and penetration into targets.

Selected Publications:
L. Mao, H. S. Udaykumar and J. O. M. Karlsson, 2003, "Simulation of micro-scale interaction between ice and biological cells," Int. J. Heat and Mass Transf., Vol. 46, pp. 5123-5136.

L. Tran and H. S. Udaykumar, 2003, "A particle-levelset based sharp interface Cartesian grid method for impact, penetration and void collapse," J. Comp. Phys, Vol. 193, pp. 469-510.

R. Mittal, V. Seshadri and H. S. Udaykumar, 2003,"Flutter, Tumble and Vortex Induced Autorotation," J. Theoret and Comput Fluid Dynamics., Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 165-170.

S. V. Marella and H. S. Udaykumar, 2003, "Computational analysis of the deformability of leukocytes modeled with viscous and elastic structural components," Physics of Fluids, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 244-264.

J. W. Garvin and H. S. Udaykumar, 2003, "Drag on a particle being pushed by a solidification front and its dependence on thermal conductivities," J. Crystal Growth, Vol. 267, pp. 724-737.