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  • 2008 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Rainald Löhner is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States and has a substantial body of work primarily within the field of Engineering. Their research contributions focus extensively on computational methods in fluid dynamics and related disciplines, with significant expertise in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Model Reduction and Neural Networks, and Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies.

The scientist's research spans several subfields of study, including:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Neurology
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Civil and Structural Engineering

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
  • International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Löhner's collaborative work is notable with frequent co-authors such as Harbir Antil, Sergio R. Idelsohn, Perumal Nithiarasu, Wolfgang A. Wall, and Charbel Farhat.

The scientist has produced numerous academic papers. Among their recent works are:

  • High-Fidelity Simulation of Pathogen Propagation, Transmission and Mitigation in the Built Environment (2021), published in Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering
  • Deep learning or interpolation for inverse modelling of heat and fluid flow problems? (2021), published in International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
  • An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for fluid-structure interactions due to underwater explosions (2023), published in International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow

In addition to their own authored works, they have contributed to multi-author publications like "A Multiscale Approach for the Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Flows with Droplets" (2021) and "Study of underwater explosion near rigid cylinder column with numerical method" (2023).

Main topics covered in their research include:

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes

Rainald Löhner was recognized as a Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) in 2008, marking a formal acknowledgment by the professional community focused on computational mechanics.

Best Publications

  • Generation of three-dimensional unstructured grids by the advancing-front method

    Rainald Löhner;Paresh Parikh

  • Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics Techniques: An Introduction Based on Finite Element Methods

    Rainald Löhner

  • Finite Element Flux-Corrected Transport (FEM-FCT) for the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations

    Rainald Löhner;Ken Morgan;Jaime Peraire;Mehdi Vahdati

  • An adaptive finite element scheme for transient problems in CFD

    R. Löhner

  • A Fast, Matrix-free Implicit Method for Compressible Flows on Unstructured Grids

    Hong Luo;Joseph D. Baum;Rainald Löhner

  • The solution of non‐linear hyperbolic equation systems by the finite element method

    Rainald Lohner;K. Morgan;O. Zienkiewicz

  • A Hermite WENO-based limiter for discontinuous Galerkin method on unstructured grids

    Hong Luo;Joseph D. Baum;Rainald Löhner

  • Running unstructured grid‐based CFD solvers on modern graphics hardware

    Andrew Corrigan;Fernando F. Camelli;Rainald Löhner;John Wallin

  • Conservative Load Projection and Tracking for Fluid-Structure Problems

    Juan Raul Cebral;Rainald Lohner

  • Improved ALE mesh velocities for moving bodies

    Rainald Löhner;Chi Yang

  • A discontinuous Galerkin method based on a Taylor basis for the compressible flows on arbitrary grids

    Hong Luo;Joseph D. Baum;Rainald Löhner

  • Three-dimensional grid generation by the advancing front method

    R. Lohner

  • Flux-corrected transport : principles, algorithms, and applications

    D. Kuzʹmin;Rainald Löhner;Stefan Turek

  • Adaptive h‐refinement on 3D unstructured grids for transient problems

    Rainald Löhner;Joseph D. Baum

  • On the computation of multi-material flows using ALE formulation

    Hong Luo;Joseph D. Baum;Rainald Löhner

  • Comparisons of model simulations with observations of mean flow and turbulence within simple obstacle arrays

    S.R Hanna;S Tehranian;B Carissimo;B Carissimo;R.W Macdonald

  • From medical images to anatomically accurate finite element grids

    Juan Raul Cebral;Rainald Löhner

  • An adaptive finite element procedure for compressible high speed flows

    Rainald Lohner;K. Morgan;O. Zienkiewicz

  • Some useful data structures for the generation of unstructured grids

    Rainald Löhner

  • Progress in grid generation via the advancing front technique

    Rainald Lohner

  • Blood Flow Modeling in Carotid Arteries with Computational Fluid Dynamics and MR Imaging

    Juan R. Cebral;Peter J. Yim;Rainald Löhner;Orlando Soto

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong Luo
Hong Luo North Carolina State University
Eugenio Oñate
Eugenio Oñate Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Eric Loth
Eric Loth University of Virginia
Kenneth Morgan
Kenneth Morgan Swansea University
Peter L. Choyke
Peter L. Choyke National Institutes of Health
Wolfgang A. Wall
Wolfgang A. Wall Technical University of Munich
Sergio Idelsohn
Sergio Idelsohn Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Steven R. Hanna
Steven R. Hanna Harvard University
Zdzislaw Jackiewicz
Zdzislaw Jackiewicz Arizona State University
Stefan Turek
Stefan Turek TU Dortmund University

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