On September 11, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” held the 23st “Cloud Report” and invited Prof. Spencer Sherwin from Imperial College London, UK, to present a report named “Spectral/hp element methods for CFD: Design, development and application”.
This report was hosted by Associate Prof. Jie Xu, School of Civil Engineering. Prof. Chunning Ji, School of Civil Engineering, attended the report and delivered a welcome speech.
In the report, Prof. Spencer Sherwin introduced the spectral element method of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and its related advantages, which was realized by using an open source finite element analysis software nektar++ developed by the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of Imperial College London, UK. The report also focuses on the current development and application of this method.
The audience at the meeting had a deeper understanding of this project. After the report, Prof. Spencer Sherwin and the audience conducted an online discussion on related issues and took a group photo.
This “Cloud Report” attracted a total of 61 teachers and students from universities including Tianjin University. They all responded enthusiastically to the report.
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Fig.1. Online group photo of some participating teachers and students |
Introduction to Prof. Spencer Sherwin:
Spencer Sherwin is Head of Aerodynamics and Professor of Computational Fluid Mechanics in the Department of Aeronautics and Director of Research Computing Service at Imperial College London. He received his MSE and PhD from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Princeton University. Prior to this he received his BEng from the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London.
Professor Sherwin leads an active research group specializing in the development and application of parallel high order spectral/hp element methods (Nektar) for flow around complex geometries with a particular emphasis on vortical and bluff body flows and biomedical modelling of the cardiovascular system. More recently, he has been closely involved in industrial application of these methods through partnerships with McLaren Racing, Airbus and Rolls Royce. Recently he completed a RAEng/McLaren Racing Fellowship during which spectral/hp element methods were applied to problems of interest of Formula One aerodynamics that promoted the development of wall resolving large eddy simulation capabilities for highly unsteady and separated flows.
Currently Professor Sherwin is Principal Investigator on the EPSRC funded Platform for Research In Simulation Methods. Professor Sherwin is also the academic lead to the Joint PhD program with the University of São Paulo.
(Corresponding：Ziming Lu)
