Possible research titles

• Development of the numerical algorithms for the simulations of flows of chemically reactive media (gaseous or heterogeneous) and its application to the study of the fundamental and practical problems.

Supervisor’s research interests

The research focuses on the development of the numerical algorithms for the simulations of flows of chemically reactive media (gaseous or heterogeneous) and its application to the study of the fundamental and practical problems. The examples include the simulation of the shock wave – coal dust layer interaction during the accident in the mine or the initiation of the supersonic combustion (detonation) in the chamber of the novel propulsion system.

Research highlights

Student gets the practical skills in solving recent CFD problems in the field of compressible flows using high-performance computing.

Main publications

• Utkin, P.S. Numerical simulation of shock wave – dense particles cloud interaction using Godunov solver for Baer-Nunziato equations // International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. – 2019. – V. 29, No. 9. – P. 3225 – 3241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/HFF-10-2018-0587
• Lopato, A.I., Utkin, P.S. Numerical study of detonation wave propagation in the variable cross-section channel using unstructured computational grids // Journal of Combustion. – 2018. – V. 2018. – Article ID 3635797. – 8 P. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3635797
• Lopato, A.I., Utkin, P.S. Towards second-order algorithm for the pulsating detonation wave modeling in the shock-attached frame // Combustion Science and Technology. – 2016. – V. 188, No. 11 – 12. – P. 1844 – 1856. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2016.1212570
• V. Elesin, D. Sidorenko, P. Uthin. Three-dimensional Cartesian grid method for the simulations of flows with shock waves in the domains with varying boundaries. August 2020 (https://www.researchgate.net/journal/International-Journal-of-Computational-Methods-0219-8762) DOI:10.1142/S0219876220500462 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219876220500462)
• P. Utkin, A. Lopato, A. Vasil’ev. Mechanisms of detonation initiation in multi-focusing systems. November 2020 (https://www.researchgate.net/journal/Shock-Waves-1432-2153).DOI:10.1007/s00193-020-00969-6 (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00193-020-00969-6)