Michigan
Technological University
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Michigan
Technological University
Department of Mathematical Sciences |
Franz X. Tanner
Center for Applied Mathematics
In his current research, Franz Tanner focuses on the modeling and the numerical simulation of phase-transition processes in high-density sprays and the description of non-equilibrium turbulence in reacting multiphase flows. In this context he has developed an atomization and drop breakup model for the simulation of flow, spray and combustion processes in diesel engines. Further, improvements to the widely used RNG-k-epsilon turbulence model have been developed in collaboration with the Engine Research Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, by utilizing non-equilibrium turbulence considerations based on the theory of rapidly distorting flows.
Future research will focus on the improvement of the solution algorithms
and the further development of the mathematical and physical descriptions
of the phase-transition phenomena, the turbulence model and the combustion-related
pollutant formation.