Complex Flow Physics Lab

High-fidelity simulation of complex fluid systems

About the Lab

The Complex Flow Physics Lab (CFPL) focuses on high-fidelity numerical simulations of complex fluid systems, with emphasis on turbulence, multiphysics interactions, and high-performance computing.

Research

Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS)

High-order, high-fidelity simulations of turbulent flows using advanced numerical schemes.

Immersed Boundary Methods (IBM)

Accurate representation of complex geometries in incompressible flow solvers.

High-Performance Computing (HPC)

Scalable multi-GPU and MPI-based simulation frameworks.

Multiphysics & Multiphase Flows

Coupled transport, heat transfer, and interfacial phenomena.

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Recent Publications

Compressibility effects on vortex breakdown in subsonic and supersonic regimes

Shesh N Dhurandhar, Manjul Sharma, Vishnu Mohan, A Sameen

Phys. Fluids, 2026

Bifurcations in narrow-gap spherical Couette flow

JP Ananthu, Manjul Sharma, A Sameen, Vinod Narayanan

J. Fluid Mech., 2025

Breakdown of continuum in lid-rotating rarefied cavity flow

Shesh N Dhurandhar, Vishnu Mohan, Manjul Sharma, A Sameen

Phys. Rev. E, 2025

On the Applicability of the Edac Method to Non-Oberbeck--Boussinesq Regimes in Buoyancy-Driven Flows

Kasturi Srikanth, V Praveen Kumar, T. Jayachandran, A Sameen, Manjul Sharma

Comp. Fluids, 2025

Preferential concentration of particles in a decaying isotropic turbulence in the dilute regime

Abishek Sarkar, Manjul Sharma, Vinod Narayanan

Phys. Fluids, 2025

Join the Lab

We are actively looking for motivated PhD students and research interns interested in computational fluid dynamics, turbulence, and high-performance computing.