Projektass. Frank Muldoon, Ph.D.

University Assistant

Computational Fluid Mechanics Group

Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer

Vienna University of Technology

Resselgasse 3 / Stiege 2 / Raum AS 02 11

1040 Wien, Austria

Tel.: +4315880132232

Fax : +4315880132299

Cell: +436765203470

e-mail: frank.muldoon@tuwien.ac.at

Curriculum vitae

Optimization and control of fluid flow and heat transfer problems governed by the Navier-Stokes and energy equations
- o Development of algorithms and strategies appropriate for combining optimization with the steady and unsteady Navier-Stokes and energy equations o Combining optimization with the Navier-Stokes equations for the solution of engineering design problems
  - + Control of unsteady jets-in-crossflow for film-cooling + Optimization and control of turbulent structures for improving mixing in jet engine combustors
Applications of the Direct Numerical Simulation of turbulent flows
- o Investigation of the dynamics of mixing processes of pulsed jets in crossflow for combustor applications o Investigation of the dynamics of pulsed jets in crossflow for film-cooling applications o Turbulence model development using data from Direct Numerical Simulations
Numerical methods for the Direct Numerical Simulation of turbulent flows
- o Mass conserving immersed boundary methods suitable for complex and moving geometries o Efficient solvers suitable for parallel computer architectures
High performance computing
- o Development of software (Tetra) suitable for Direct Numerical Simulation on parallel computer architectures o Interactive and immersive visualization of large-scale simulations

Journal Publications:

- DNS Study of Pulsed Film Cooling for Enhanced Cooling Effectiveness, Frank Muldoon and Sumanta Acharya, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, June 2009, Volume 52, Issues 13-14, pp. 3118-3127 link
- Control of a Simplified Unsteady Film-cooling Flow Using Gradient-based Optimization, Frank Muldoon, AIAA Journal, 2008, Volume 46, Issue 10, pp 2443-2458 link
- A Divergence-Free Interpolation Scheme for the Immersed Boundary Method, Frank Muldoon and Sumanta Acharya, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 2007, Volume 56, Issue 10, pp. 1845 - 1884 link
- A Modification of the Artificial Compressibility Algorithm with Improved Convergence Characteristics, Frank Muldoon and Sumanta Acharya, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 2007, Volume 55, Issue 4, pp. 307-345 link
- Analysis of k-e Budgets for Film Cooling Using Direct Numerical Simulation, Frank Muldoon and Sumanta Acharya, AIAA Journal, 2006, Volume 44, Issue 12, pp 3010-3021 link
- Dynamics of Large-Scale Structures for Jets in a Crossflow, Frank Muldoon and Sumanta Acharya, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 1999, Volume 121, pp 557-587

Conference Publications:

- Computations of Pulsed Film-cooling, Frank Muldoon and Sumanta Acharya, ASME TURBO EXPO 2007, GT2007-28156
- On Active Control of Film-Cooling Flows, Dimitris Nikitopoulos, Sumanta Acharya, Jeremiah Oertling and Frank Muldoon, ASME TURBO EXPO 2006, GT2006-90051
- Mass Conservation in the Immersed Boundary Method, Frank Muldoon and Sumanta Acharya, 2005 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and Exhibition, FEDSM2005-77301
- Direct Numerical Simulation of a Film Cooling Jet, Frank Muldoon and Sumanta Acharya, ASME TURBO EXPO 2004, GT2004-53502
- From RANS to DNS: Application to Film Cooling, Sumanta Acharya, Mayank Tyagi, Asif Hoda and Frank Muldoon, 26th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, 15 - 17th Dec 1999
- Numerical Investigation of the Dynamical Behavior of a Row of Square Jets in Crossflow over a Surface, Frank Muldoon and Sumanta Acharya, ASME TURBO EXPO '98, 98-GT-019

Under review/preparation:

Direct Numerical Simulation of Pulsed Jets in Crossflow, Frank Muldoon and Sumanta Acharya, submitted May 2007 for review by Computers and Fluids Maximization of Mass Flow in a Channel Obstructed by an Infinitely Thin Plate Using a Control Strategy Applied to the Unsteady Navier-Stokes Equations, Frank Muldoon, under external edit Minimization of Torque Acting on an Infinitely Thin Plate Using a Control Strategy Applied to the Unsteady Navier-Stokes Equations, Frank Muldoon, in preparation

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