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Peter Wapperom
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Assistant Professor
Mathematics Department
Virginia Tech
Email: wapperom@math.vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-7252
FAX: (540) 231-5960
Office: 572 McBryde Hall
Address: 460 McBryde Hall
Department of Mathematics
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0123
Course Information Spring 2008
Research interests
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Numerical methods, Complex fluids,
Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Previous research
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3D transient pseudo-spectral simulations in undulating channel geometries.
Parallellization using MPI, 3D Fast Fourier transforms.
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Micro-macro and macro computations of time dependent viscoelastic flows.
This includes kinetic theory models for polymer solutions and models
based on reptation theory for polymer melts.
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Hybrid finite element/volume method for viscoelastic flows.
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CFD of nonisothermal wire coating processes.
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Nonisothermal modeling and numerical simulation of viscoelastic fluids.
Thermodynamics, streamline integration.
Personal
Some of my colleagues at VT working in my field:
Prof. Don Baird,
Chemical Engineering
Prof. Yuriko Renardy,
Mathematics
Prof. Michael Renardy,
Mathematics
Previous collaborators:
Prof. Antony N. Beris,
Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Delaware, USA
Prof. Roland Keunings, Division
of Applied Mechanics, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Prof. Ole Hassager, Dept.
of Chemical Engineering, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark
Prof. Mike Webster, Dept.
of Computer Science, University of Wales Swansea, Wales, UK
Dr. Martien Hulsen,
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands
Revision Date: August 2002