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Fluid Mechanics

The Computational Flow Physics and Modeling Lab at UW–Madison investigates the dynamics and physics of unsteady fluid flows. Our research has applications in aeronautics, propulsion, bio-inspired flows, environmental flows, and renewable wind/tidal energy.

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Computation and Modeling

We utilize and develop various computational techniques, often using high-performance computing, to simulate complex, three-dimensional, and turbulent flows. To analyze and better understand the physics, we also leverage machine learning and data-driven approaches to construct simple or reduced-order models of the fluid flows.

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