Committee Chair

Newman, James C., III

Committee Member

Anderson, W. Kyle; Hyams, Daniel G.; Matthews, John V., III; Sreenivas, Kidambi; Webster, Robert S.

Department

Dept. of Computational Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

An increased focus on domestic security in recent years has brought attention to several important application areas where computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has the ability to make a significant impact. In particular, disaster mitigation and post-event forensic activities are of interest. This work investigates a procedure built on gradient based design methods to allow for the solution of the so-called inverse chemistry problem in urban environments. The inverse chemistry problem consists of computing a release location based on the sensing of chemical byproducts of the release and the ability to compute an accurate flow field on the geometry of interest. In this study, Washington DC is simulated under conditions of a hazardous plume. A CFD solver is implemented which allows for the solution of the preconditioned finite-rate Navier-Stokes equations as well as the in situ computation of design gradients.

Degree

Ph. D.; A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Date

8-2014

Subject

Fluid dynamics -- Data processing; Computer simulation; Chemical detectors; Biosensors

Keyword

CFD, Navier-Stokes, Gradient, Design, Urban, Reacting

Document Type

Masters theses

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

xviii, 143 leaves

Language

English

Rights

https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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