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Manuel Torrilhon

Manuel Torrilhon

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Mathematics

D-Index
32
Citations
4877
World Ranking
3169
National Ranking
192

Overview

Manuel Torrilhon is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields, with a significant focus on engineering, mathematics, and physics and astronomy.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows

Torrilhon's research is situated within several subfields such as computational mechanics, applied mathematics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the literature, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Entropic Fokker-Planck kinetic model," 2020, Journal of Computational Physics
  • "Formulation of moment equations for rarefied gases within two frameworks of non-equilibrium thermodynamics: RET and GENERIC," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "On the shock-driven hydrodynamic instability in square and rectangular light gas bubbles: A comparative study from numerical simulations," 2023, Physics of Fluids
  • "Gaussian Process Regression for Maximum Entropy Distribution," 2020, Journal of Computational Physics
  • "Convergence Analysis of Grad's Hermite Expansion for Linear Kinetic Equations," 2020, SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Georgii Oblapenko
  • Satyvir Singh
  • Jonas Bünger
  • Daniel Doehring
  • Neeraj Sarna

The scientist's publications appear regularly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Computational Physics, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Transport, and Physics of Fluids.

Best Publications

  • Regularization of Grad’s 13 moment equations: Derivation and linear analysis

    Henning Struchtrup;Manuel Torrilhon

  • Heliostat field optimization: A new computationally efficient model and biomimetic layout

    Corey J. Noone;Manuel Torrilhon;Alexander Mitsos

  • Regularized 13-moment equations: shock structure calculations and comparison to Burnett models

    M. Torrilhon;H. Struchtrup

  • Modeling Nonequilibrium Gas Flow Based on Moment Equations

    Manuel Torrilhon

  • Boundary conditions for regularized 13-moment-equations for micro-channel-flows

    Manuel Torrilhon;Henning Struchtrup

  • Compact third-order limiter functions for finite volume methods

    Miroslav ada;Manuel Torrilhon

  • A solution algorithm for the fluid dynamic equations based on a stochastic model for molecular motion

    Patrick Jenny;Manuel Torrilhon;Stefan Heinz

  • Fokker–Planck model for computational studies of monatomic rarefied gas flows

    M. H. Gorji;M. Torrilhon;P. Jenny

  • Couette and Poiseuille microflows : Analytical solutions for regularized 13-moment equations

    Peyman Taheri;Manuel Torrilhon;Henning Struchtrup

  • H theorem, regularization, and boundary conditions for linearized 13 moment equations.

    Henning Struchtrup;Manuel Torrilhon

  • A robust numerical method for the R13 equations of rarefied gas dynamics: Application to lid driven cavity

    Anirudh Rana;Manuel Torrilhon;Henning Struchtrup

  • Affordable robust moment closures for CFD based on the maximum-entropy hierarchy

    James Mcdonald;Manuel Torrilhon

  • Higher-order effects in rarefied channel flows.

    Henning Struchtrup;Manuel Torrilhon

  • Two‐Dimensional Bulk Microflow Simulations Based on Regularized Grad’s 13‐Moment Equations

    Manuel Torrilhon

  • Hyperbolic Moment Equations in Kinetic Gas Theory Based on Multi-variate Pearson-IV-distributions

    Manuel Torrilhon

  • Locally Divergence-preserving Upwind Finite Volume Schemes for Magnetohydrodynamic Equations

    Manuel Torrilhon

  • Uniqueness conditions for Riemann problems of ideal magnetohydrodynamics

    M. Torrilhon

  • Non-uniform convergence of finite volume schemes for Riemann problems of ideal magnetohydrodynamics

    M. Torrilhon

  • Application of time reverse modeling on ultrasonic non-destructive testing of concrete

    Erik H. Saenger;Georg Karl Karl Kocur;Roman Jud;Manuel Torrilhon

  • Constraint-Preserving Upwind Methods for Multidimensional Advection Equations

    M. Torrilhon;M. Fey

Frequent Co-Authors

Rémi Abgrall
Rémi Abgrall University of Zurich
Patrick Jenny
Patrick Jenny ETH Zurich
Erik H. Saenger
Erik H. Saenger Ruhr University Bochum
Stefan Seelecke
Stefan Seelecke Saarland University
Ralf Hiptmair
Ralf Hiptmair ETH Zurich
Alexander Mitsos
Alexander Mitsos RWTH Aachen University
C. David Levermore
C. David Levermore University of Maryland, College Park

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