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Mathematics

D-Index
44
Citations
10830
World Ranking
1558
National Ranking
92

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
45
Citations
11948
World Ranking
1498
National Ranking
49

Overview

Stefan Turek is affiliated with TU Dortmund University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Engineering, with a particular emphasis on Computational Mechanics. Their research spans a variety of subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes.

The primary topics of Stefan Turek's work focus on advanced computational techniques and numerical methods. These include:

  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Numerical methods for differential equations
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Matrix Theory and Algorithms

The scientist's frequent co-authors have included Charbel Farhat, Cedric Taylor, Nigel Weatherill, Philip Gresho, and David Gartling, each collaborating on numerous projects. Stefan Turek's work has been published repeatedly in prominent venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids (24 publications)
  • PAMM (6 publications)
  • Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics (3 publications)
  • AIP conference proceedings (3 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (3 publications)

Examples of recent papers authored or co-authored by Stefan Turek illustrate their research interests with specific applications and numerical methods:

  • "Arduino-based slider setup for gas-liquid mass transfer investigations: Experiments and CFD simulations," 2020, AIChE Journal
  • "Increased space-parallelism via time-simultaneous Newton-multigrid methods for nonstationary nonlinear PDE problems," 2021, The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
  • "Very fast finite element Poisson solvers on lower precision accelerator hardware: A proof of concept study for Nvidia Tesla V100," 2022, The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
  • "Modeling and validation of a FEM chip formation simulation to expand the numerical work on discontinuous drilling of Inconel 718," 2023, Procedia CIRP
  • "Fourier analysis of a time-simultaneous two-grid algorithm using a damped Jacobi waveform relaxation smoother for the one-dimensional heat equation," 2022, Journal of Numerical Mathematics

The scope of Stefan Turek's research reflects a consistent focus on improving computational efficiency, accuracy, and applicability of numerical methods across engineering disciplines, particularly within fluid dynamics and related computational simulations.

Best Publications

  • Benchmark Computations of Laminar Flow Around a Cylinder

    M. Schäfer;S. Turek;F. Durst;E. Krause

  • Simple nonconforming quadrilateral Stokes element

    R. Rannacher;S. Turek

  • ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARIES AND FLUX AND PRESSURE CONDITIONS FOR THE INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER–STOKES EQUATIONS

    J. G. Heywood;R. Rannacher;S. Turek

  • Proposal for Numerical Benchmarking of Fluid-Structure Interaction between an Elastic Object and Laminar Incompressible Flow

    Stefan Turek;Jaroslav Hron

  • Quantitative benchmark computations of two-dimensional bubble dynamics

    S Hysing;S Turek;D Kuzmin;N Parolini

  • Efficient Solvers for Incompressible Flow Problems: An Algorithmic and Computational Approach

    Stefan Turek

  • Swimming by reciprocal motion at low Reynolds number.

    Tian Qiu;Tung Chun Lee;Andrew G. Mark;Konstantin I. Morozov

  • Efficient Solvers for Incompressible Flow Problems

    Stefan Turek

  • A Monolithic FEM/Multigrid Solver for an ALE Formulation of Fluid-Structure Interaction with Applications in Biomechanics

    Jaroslav Hron;Stefan Turek

  • Benchmark computations based on Lattice-Boltzmann, Finite Element and Finite Volume Methods for laminar Flows

    Sebastian Geller;Manfred Krafczyk;Jonas Tölke;Stefan Turek

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

    D. Kuzʹmin;Rainald Löhner;Stefan Turek

  • Flux correction tools for finite elements

    D. Kuzmin;S. Turek

  • Direct numerical simulation of particulate flow via multigrid FEM techniques and the fictitious boundary method

    Decheng Wan;Stefan Turek

  • a Comparative Study of Time-Stepping Techniques for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations: from Fully Implicit Non-Linear Schemes to Semi-Implicit Projection Methods

    Stefan Turek

  • On the implementation of the κ-ε turbulence model in incompressible flow solvers based on a finite element discretisation

    D. Kuzmin;O. Mierka;S. Turek

  • High-resolution FEM-TVD schemes based on a fully multidimensional flux limiter

    D. Kuzmin;S. Turek

  • CFD modelling of mass transfer with and without chemical reaction in the liquid–liquid slug flow microreactor

    M.N. Kashid;D.W. Agar;S. Turek

  • Using GPUs to improve multigrid solver performance on a cluster

    Dominik Goddeke;Robert Strzodka;Jamaludin Mohd-Yusof;Patrick McCormick

  • Accelerating Double Precision FEM Simulations with GPUs

    Dominik Goddeke;Robert Strzodka;Stefan Turek

  • Numerical Benchmarking of Fluid-Structure Interaction: A Comparison of Different Discretization and Solution Approaches

    S. Turek;J. Hron;M. Razzaq;H. Wobker

  • High-resolution FEM?FCT schemes for multidimensional conservation laws

    D. Kuzmin;M. Möller;S. Turek

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Rannacher
Rolf Rannacher Heidelberg University
Mario Ohlberger
Mario Ohlberger University of Münster
Maxim A. Olshanskii
Maxim A. Olshanskii University of Houston
Christian Becker
Christian Becker University of Cologne
Bernd Markert
Bernd Markert RWTH Aachen University
Giovanni P. Galdi
Giovanni P. Galdi University of Pittsburgh
Manfred Krafczyk
Manfred Krafczyk Technische Universität Braunschweig
Rainald Löhner
Rainald Löhner George Mason University
Norbert Kockmann
Norbert Kockmann TU Dortmund University
Michael Hinze
Michael Hinze University of Koblenz and Landau

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