Interview with Dr. Elaine Oran: Computer Simulation - Past, Present, and Future

Posted on July 10th, 2009 by Masha Petrova

This week, it is my pleasure to present to you my interview with Dr. Elaine Oran.

Elaine has over 40 years of experience working with computer simulation in the engineering industry. She is an author of an engineering textbook “Numerical Simulation of Reactive Flow” and a prestigious researcher at the Naval Research Lab.

In this interview, she shares with us her views on computer simulation and gives important advice to engineers thinking of becoming more involved with computer simulation and modeling. Listening to what this veteran expert has to say on the subject, is a MUST for any engineering professional. Read more »

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Little-known but useful software tools for modeling reactive flows – FlameMaster and DARS

Posted on June 24th, 2009 by Masha Petrova

In this post I would like to discuss two software tools which, while not as popular as Fluent, STAR-CD or CHEMKIN, can come very handy for some applications. For researchers on a budget, which probably means all of you reading this, these tools are either free, or are much cheaper than their competition. Since there is no such thing as free lunch – there are some downsides to keep in mind, which I’ll review as well. The tools that I would like to discuss here are FlameMaster and DARS, respectively.

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