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D-Index
40
Citations
6738
World Ranking
2018
National Ranking
750

Overview

Charles L. Merkle is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and physics, with specific contributions to subfields such as statistical and nonlinear physics, statistics, probability and uncertainty, computational mechanics, aerospace engineering, and numerical analysis.

Their recent research includes work on model reduction techniques and robust engineering designs across different complex systems. Notable publications feature topics ranging from multi-scale transport problems to reduced order modeling of large-scale systems.

  • Model reduction for multi-scale transport problems using model-form preserving least-squares projections with variable transformation, 2021, Journal of Computational Physics
  • Component-Based Reduced Order Modeling of Large-Scale Complex Systems, 2022, Frontiers in Physics
  • Data-Informed Species Limiters for Local Robustness Control of Reduced-Order Models of Reacting Flow, 2020, AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
  • Model Reduction for Multi-Scale Transport Problems using Model-form Preserving Least-Squares Projections with Variable Transformation, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

The main topics of work include model reduction and neural networks, probabilistic and robust engineering design, nuclear engineering thermal-hydraulics, computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, combustion and flame dynamics, numerical methods for differential equations, and vehicle dynamics and control systems.

  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
  • Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Numerical methods for differential equations
  • Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems

Frequent coauthors include Karthik Duraisamy, Cheng Huang, and Christopher Wentland, reflecting consistent collaboration in their research activities.

  • Karthik Duraisamy
  • Cheng Huang
  • Christopher Wentland

Publications have appeared in a range of respected venues including the Journal of Computational Physics, Frontiers in Physics, AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, and arXiv (Cornell University).

  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Frontiers in Physics
  • AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Reduction of Turbulent Skin Friction by Microbubbles

    N. K. Madavan;S. Deutsch;C. L. Merkle

  • Time-accurate unsteady incompressible flow algorithms based on artificial compressibility

    Charles Merkle

  • Measurements of Local Skin Friction in a Microbubble Modified Turbulent Boundary Layer

    N. K. Madavan;S. Deutsch;C. L. Merkle

  • Application of time-iterative schemes to incompressible flow

    Dochul Choi;Charles L. Merkle

  • Bifurcation of Low Reynolds Number Flows in Symmetric Channels

    Francine Battaglia;Simon J. Tavener;Anil K. Kulkarni;Charles L. Merkle

  • Coupling between hydrodynamics, acoustics, and heat release in a self-excited unstable combustor

    Matthew E. Harvazinski;Cheng Huang;Venkateswaran Sankaran;Thomas W. Feldman

  • Computation of Multiphase Mixture Flows with Compressibility Effects

    Sankaran Venkateswaran;Jules W. Lindau;Robert F. Kunz;Charles L. Merkle

  • Numerical Modeling of the Thermodynamic Effects of Cavitation

    Manish Deshpande;Jinzhang Feng;Charles L. Merkle

  • Microbubble drag reduction in liquid turbulent boundary layers

    Charles L. Merkle;Steven Deutsch

  • Computation of Flows with Arbitrary Equations of State

    Charles L. Merkle;Jennifer Y. Sullivan;Philip E. O. Buelow;Sankaran Venkateswaran

  • Dual time-stepping and preconditioning for unsteady computations

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  • Validation of High-Fidelity CFD Simulations for Rocket Injector Design

    P. Kevin Tucker;Suresh Menon;Charles L. Merkle;Joseph C. Oefelein

  • Cavity Flow Predictions Based on the Euler Equations

    Manish Deshpande;Jinzhang Feng;Charles L. Merkle

  • A set of strongly coupled, upwind algorithms for computing flows in chemical nonequilibrium

    Gregory A. Molvik;Charles L. Merkle

  • Numerical Investigations Into the Mechanisms of Microbubble Drag Reduction

    N. K. Madavan;C. L. Merkle;S. Deutsch

  • Computation of low-speed compressible flows with time-marching procedures

    Charles L. Merkle;Yun-Ho Choi

  • Propulsion-related flowfields using the preconditioned Navier-Stokes equations

    S. Venkateswaran;J. M. Weiss;C. L. Merkle;Y.-H. Choi

  • Computation of low-speed flow with heat addition

    Charles L. Merkle;Yun-Ho Choi

  • Analysis of Self-Excited Combustion Instabilities Using Two- and Three-Dimensional Simulations

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  • A Preconditioned Dual-Time, Diagonalized ADI Scheme for Unsteady Computations

    Philip Buelow;Douglas Schwer;Jinzhang Feng;Charles Merkle

  • Microbubble Drag Reduction

    C. L. Merkle;S. Deutsch

  • Experimental and analytical characterization of a shear coaxial combusting GO2/GH2 flowfield

    M. Foust;M. Deshpande;S. Pal;T. Ni

  • Effect of grid aspect ratio on convergence

    P. E. O. Buelow;S. Venkateswaran;Charles L. Merkle

Frequent Co-Authors

George S. Dulikravich
George S. Dulikravich Florida International University

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