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Citations
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2349
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding technical leadership in the formalization, development, and validation of novel largeeddy simulation strategies, and for their application to transitional and turbulent flows

Overview

Fernando F. Grinstein is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Within these broad fields, their work is focused on subfields such as Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Ocean Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics of their research include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics, Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows, Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis, Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics, and Combustion and Flame Dynamics.

Their publication record features notable papers such as:

  • Coarse grained simulations of shock-driven turbulent material mixing, 2021, Physics of Fluids
  • Effect of the numerical discretization scheme in Shock-Driven turbulent mixing simulations, 2020, Computers & Fluids
  • Dynamic bridging modeling for coarse grained simulations of shock driven turbulent mixing, 2020, Computers & Fluids
  • Modeling and simulation of transitional Taylor-Green vortex flow with partially averaged Navier-Stokes equations, 2021, Physical Review Fluids
  • Impact of numerical hydrodynamics in turbulent mixing transition simulations, 2021, Physics of Fluids

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Grinstein include Filipe S. Pereira, Daniel Israel, R. M. Rauenzahn, Sharath S. Girimaji, and Juan A. Sáenz.

Publication venues where Grinstein has most frequently contributed include Computers & Fluids, Physics of Fluids, Default Digital Object Group, Journal of Verification Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, and Physical Review Fluids.

Fernando F. Grinstein was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2011, recognized for technical leadership in the development and validation of large-eddy simulation strategies and their application to transitional and turbulent flows.

Best Publications

  • New Insights into Large Eddy Simulation

    J P Boris;F F Grinstein;E S Oran;R L Kolbe

  • Implicit large eddy simulation : computing turbulent fluid dynamics

    Fernando F. Grinstein;Len G. Margolin;William J. Rider

  • Flow control with noncircular jets

    E. J. Gutmark;F. F. Grinstein

  • Monotonically integrated large eddy simulation of free shear flows

    C. Fureby;F. F. Grinstein

  • Large Eddy simulation of high-Reynolds-number free and wall-bounded flows

    Christer Fureby;Fernando F. Grinstein

  • Modeling turbulent flow with implicit LES

    L. G. Margolin;W. J. Rider;F. F. Grinstein

  • Vortex dynamics and entrainment in rectangular free jets

    Fernando F. Grinstein

  • Dynamics of coherent structures and transition to turbulence in free square jets

    F. F. Grinstein;C. R. DeVore

  • Simulation of transition and turbulence decay in the Taylor–Green vortex

    Dimitris Drikakis;Christer Fureby;Fernando F. Grinstein;David Youngs

  • Recent Progress on MILES for High Reynolds Number Flows

    F. F. Grinstein;C. Fureby

  • Near field dynamics of subsonic free square jets. A computational and experimental study

    F. F. Grinstein;E. Gutmark;T. Parr

  • Three-dimensional numerical simulations of unsteady reactive square jets☆☆☆

    F.F. Grinstein;K. Kailasanath

  • Self-induced vortex ring dynamics in subsonic rectangular jets

    Fernando F. Grinstein

  • LES studies of the flow in a swirl gas combustor

    F.F. Grinstein;C. Fureby

  • An experimental and computational study of a multi-swirl gas turbine combustor

    C. Fureby;F.F. Grinstein;G. Li;E.J. Gutmark

  • Simulations of Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities in planar shock-tube experiments

    F. F. Grinstein;A. A. Gowardhan;A. J. Wachtor

  • Numerical simulations of asymmetric mixing in planar shear flows

    F. F. Grinstein;E. S. Oran;J. P. Boris

  • From canonical to complex flows: Recent progress on monotonically integrated LES

    F.F. Grinstein;C. Fureby

  • Flow dynamics in a swirl combustor

    Fernando F Grinstein;Ted R Young;Ephraim J Gutmark;Guoqiang Li

  • Estimating the effective Reynolds number in implicit large-eddy simulation.

    Ye Zhou;Fernando F. Grinstein;Adam J. Wachtor;Brian M. Haines

  • Streamwise and spanwise vortex interaction in an axisymmetric jet. A computational and experimental study

    F. F. Grinstein;E. J. Gutmark;T. P. Parr;D. M. Hanson‐Parr

Frequent Co-Authors

Christer Fureby
Christer Fureby Lund University
Jay P. Boris
Jay P. Boris United States Naval Research Laboratory
Elaine S. Oran
Elaine S. Oran Texas A&M University
Ephraim Gutmark
Ephraim Gutmark University of Cincinnati
Sharath S. Girimaji
Sharath S. Girimaji Texas A&M University
Dimitris Drikakis
Dimitris Drikakis University of Nicosia
Fazle Hussain
Fazle Hussain Texas Tech University
Hukam Chand Mongia
Hukam Chand Mongia Purdue University West Lafayette
Suresh Menon
Suresh Menon Georgia Institute of Technology
Suresh K. Aggarwal
Suresh K. Aggarwal University of Illinois at Chicago

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