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Overview

Cyrus K. Aidun is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research predominantly intersects the fields of engineering and medicine. Within these areas, they have focused extensively on computational mechanics and biomedical engineering, as well as pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and hematology as subfields.

Their work addresses several main topics, including fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, combustion and flame dynamics, blood properties and coagulation, lattice Boltzmann simulation studies, fluid dynamics and mixing, platelet disorders and treatments, and particle dynamics in fluid flows.

Throughout their career, Aidun has published multiple papers in notable scientific venues. These include Physical Review E, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Chemical Engineering Science, Journal of Biomechanics, and Blood Advances. The specific publication venues where they have published most frequently include:

  • Physical Review E
  • Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
  • Chemical Engineering Science
  • Journal of Biomechanics
  • Blood Advances

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on the biomechanics and fluid dynamics related to blood flow and platelet activity. Selected works include:

  • Mechanobiology of shear-induced platelet aggregation leading to occlusive arterial thrombosis: A multiscale in silico analysis, 2021, Journal of Biomechanics
  • SIPA in 10 milliseconds: VWF tentacles agglomerate and capture platelets under high shear, 2021, Blood Advances
  • Heterogeneous partition of cellular blood-borne nanoparticles through microvascular bifurcations, 2020, Physical Review E
  • Mixing behavior in a confined jet with disparate viscosity and implications for complex reactions, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Computational Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulation of Heart Valves in Patient-Specific Left Heart Anatomies, 2022, Fluids

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research, working frequently with several coauthors. These include Devesh Ranjan, Mustafa Usta, Irfan Khan, Zixiang Liu, and Gokul Pathikonda.

Best Publications

  • Lattice-Boltzmann Method for Complex Flows

    Cyrus K. Aidun;Jonathan R. Clausen

  • Direct analysis of particulate suspensions with inertia using the discrete Boltzmann equation

    Cyrus K. Aidun;Yannan Lu;E.-Jiang Ding

  • Lattice Boltzmann simulation of solid particles suspended in fluid

    Cyrus K. Aidun;Yannan Lu

  • Global stability of a lid‐driven cavity with throughflow: Flow visualization studies

    C. K. Aidun;N. G. Triantafillopoulos;J. D. Benson

  • Simulating deformable particle suspensions using a coupled lattice-Boltzmann and finite-element method

    Robert M. MacMECCAN;J. R. Clausen;G. P. Neitzel;C. K. Aidun

  • The dynamics and scaling law for particles suspended in shear flow with inertia

    E-Jiang Ding;Cyrus K. Aidun

  • Extension of the lattice-boltzmann method for direct simulation of suspended particles near contact

    E-Jiang Ding;Cyrus K. Aidun

  • Determination of Critical Parameters in Platelet Margination

    Daniel A. Reasor;Marmar Mehrabadi;David N. Ku;Cyrus K. Aidun

  • Simulating 3D deformable particle suspensions using lattice Boltzmann method with discrete external boundary force

    Jingshu Wu;Cyrus K. Aidun

  • A direct method for computation of simple bifurcations

    Maxim Poliashenko;Cyrus K. Aidun

  • Coupling the lattice-Boltzmann and spectrin-link methods for the direct numerical simulation of cellular blood flow

    Daniel A. Reasor;Jonathan R. Clausen;Cyrus K. Aidun

  • Parallel performance of a lattice-Boltzmann/finite element cellular blood flow solver on the IBM Blue Gene/P architecture

    Jonathan R. Clausen;Daniel A. Reasor;Cyrus K. Aidun

  • On the orientation of stiff fibres suspended in turbulent flow in a planar contraction

    Mehran Parsheh;Matthew L. Brown;Cyrus K. Aidun

  • Effect of fluid inertia on the dynamics and scaling of neutrally buoyant particles in shear flow

    Tomas Rosén;Fred Lundell;C. K. Aidun

  • The rheology and microstructure of concentrated non-colloidal suspensions of deformable capsules

    Jonathan R. Clausen;Daniel A. Reasor;Cyrus K. Aidun

  • Characteristics of fiber suspension flow in a rectangular channel

    Hanjiang (John) Xu;Cyrus K. Aidun

  • A method for direct simulation of flexible fiber suspensions using lattice Boltzmann equation with external boundary force

    Jingshu Wu;Cyrus K. Aidun

  • A Numerical Investigation of Blood Damage in the Hinge Area of Aortic Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valves During the Leakage Phase

    B. Min Yun;Jingshu Wu;Helene A. Simon;Shiva Arjunon

  • Experimental investigation of the swirling flow and the helical vortices induced by a twisted tape inside a circular pipe

    Radu Cazan;Cyrus K. Aidun

  • Capsule dynamics and rheology in shear flow: Particle pressure and normal stress

    Jonathan R. Clausen;Cyrus K. Aidun

Frequent Co-Authors

Ajit P. Yoganathan
Ajit P. Yoganathan Georgia Institute of Technology
Yogendra Joshi
Yogendra Joshi Georgia Institute of Technology
Fotis Sotiropoulos
Fotis Sotiropoulos Pennsylvania State University
Jeffrey F. Morris
Jeffrey F. Morris City College of New York
Lars Wågberg
Lars Wågberg Royal Institute of Technology
Doff B. McElhinney
Doff B. McElhinney Stanford University
John B. McLaughlin
John B. McLaughlin Clarkson University
Hjalmar Brismar
Hjalmar Brismar Royal Institute of Technology
David L. Woods
David L. Woods University of California, Davis
Yulin Deng
Yulin Deng Georgia Institute of Technology

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