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68
Citations
19460
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433
National Ranking
13

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  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development of novel numerical methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics, and for their successful application to elucidate dynamics of turbulent boundary layers and shockturbulence interactions

Overview

Nikolaus A. Adams is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a strong emphasis on computational mechanics.

The scientist's work encompasses several subfields including:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Combustion and flame dynamics

Some of the most recent papers by Nikolaus A. Adams are:

  • Physics-informed neural networks for inverse problems in supersonic flows, 2022, published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Near-surface dynamics of a gas bubble collapsing above a crevice, 2020, published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • A shock-stable modification of the HLLC Riemann solver with reduced numerical dissipation, 2020, published in Journal of Computational Physics
  • JAX-Fluids: A fully-differentiable high-order computational fluid dynamics solver for compressible two-phase flows, 2022, published in Computer Physics Communications
  • Smoothed particle hydrodynamics: Methodology development and recent achievement, 2022, published in Journal of Hydrodynamics

Nikolaus A. Adams frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Stefan Adami
  • Steffen J. Schmidt
  • Xiangyu Hu
  • Deniz A. Bezgin
  • Josef Winter

The scientist's research outputs have been published in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

In addition to journal publications, Nikolaus A. Adams has contributed to book publications. One noted work is titled Future Space-Transport-System Components under High Thermal and Mechanical Loads, published in 2020 by Springer International Publishing.

Nikolaus A. Adams received the Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) award in 2011, recognized for the development of novel numerical methods for computational fluid dynamics and their application to the study of turbulent boundary layers and shock-turbulence interactions.

Best Publications

  • A generalized wall boundary condition for smoothed particle hydrodynamics

    S. Adami;X.Y. Hu;N.A. Adams

  • A multi-phase SPH method for macroscopic and mesoscopic flows

    X. Y. Hu;N. A. Adams

  • An approximate deconvolution procedure for large-eddy simulation

    S. Stolz;N. A. Adams

  • Large-Eddy Simulation for compressible flows

    E. Garnier;N. Adams;Pierre Sagaut

  • An approximate deconvolution model for large-eddy simulation with application to incompressible wall-bounded flows

    S. Stolz;Nikolaus A. Adams;Leonhard Kleiser

  • A High-Resolution Hybrid Compact-ENO Scheme for Shock-Turbulence Interaction Problems

    N.A. Adams;K. Shariff

  • An incompressible multi-phase SPH method

    X. Y. Hu;N. A. Adams

  • A family of high-order targeted ENO schemes for compressible-fluid simulations

    Lin Fu;Xiangyu Y. Hu;Nikolaus A. Adams

  • An adaptive central-upwind weighted essentially non-oscillatory scheme

    X. Y. Hu;Q. Wang;N. A. Adams

  • Physics-informed neural networks for inverse problems in supersonic flows

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  • An adaptive local deconvolution method for implicit LES

    Stefan Hickel;Nikolaus A. Adams;J. Andrzej Domaradzki

  • A new surface-tension formulation for multi-phase SPH using a reproducing divergence approximation

    S. Adami;X. Y. Hu;N. A. Adams

  • A conservative interface method for compressible flows

    X.Y. Hu;B.C. Khoo;N.A. Adams;F.L. Huang

  • Direct simulation of the turbulent boundary layer along a compression ramp at M = 3 and Reθ = 1685

    Nikolaus A. Adams

  • Introduction of a New Realistic Generic Car Model for Aerodynamic Investigations

    Angelina I. Heft;Thomas Indinger;Nikolaus A. Adams

  • The approximate deconvolution model for large-eddy simulations of compressible flows and its application to shock-turbulent-boundary-layer interaction

    S. Stolz;N. A. Adams;L. Kleiser

  • Positivity-preserving method for high-order conservative schemes solving compressible Euler equations

    Xiangyu Y. Hu;Nikolaus A. Adams;Chi-Wang Shu

  • A transport-velocity formulation for smoothed particle hydrodynamics

    S. Adami;X. Y. Hu;N. A. Adams

  • Analysis of unsteady behaviour in shockwave turbulent boundary layer interaction

    Muzio Grilli;Peter J. Schmid;Stefan Hickel;Nikolaus A. Adams

  • Large-eddy simulation of shock-wave/turbulent-boundary-layer interaction

    Maxim S. Loginov;Nikolaus A. Adams;Alexander A. Zheltovodov

  • Numerical modelling and investigation of symmetric and asymmetric cavitation bubble dynamics

    E. Lauer;X.Y. Hu;S. Hickel;N.A. Adams

  • Analysis of unsteady behaviour in shock-wave turbulent-boundary-layer interaction

    M. Grilli;P. J. Schmid;S. Hickel;N. A. Adams

  • An adaptive local deconvolution method for implicit LES with optimized spectral eddy viscosity

    Stefan Hickel;Nikolaus A. Adams;J. Andrzej Domaradzki

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiangyu Hu
Xiangyu Hu Technical University of Munich
Thomas Sattelmayer
Thomas Sattelmayer Technical University of Munich
Pierre Sagaut
Pierre Sagaut Aix-Marseille University
Wolfgang Schröder
Wolfgang Schröder RWTH Aachen University
Bernhard Weigand
Bernhard Weigand University of Stuttgart
Huiying Wu
Huiying Wu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Gianluca Iaccarino
Gianluca Iaccarino Stanford University
Wolfgang A. Wall
Wolfgang A. Wall Technical University of Munich
Neil D. Sandham
Neil D. Sandham University of Southampton

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