Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Driven by the exponential growth of computational power, scientific computing is now radically transforming our research philosophy by enabling the simulation of many complex flow phenomena across a broad range of scales in natural and engineered systems with an unprecedented degree of realism. Coupled with our state-of-art measurement techniques and unique experimental facilities, SAFL's simulation-based expertise has uniquely positioned the laboratory to make far-reaching advances in the major societal problems of our time in energy and the environment.
SAFL Affiliated Faculty
Peter Kang
Lian Shen
Vaughan Voller
SAFL Researchers
Bill Herb
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MINUHET software tool available for practitioners to better assess temperature impacts of stormwater runoff in trout streams
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MINUHET is a stand-alone software tool use to simulate the flow of stormwater surface runoff and its associated heat content through a small watershed. Interested practitioners can download the software on this page.
SAFL team designs flume to support juvenile fish studies
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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) tasked SAFL researchers with the design of a race-track style flume, with the geometry and hydraulic conditions for early life stages of pallid sturgeon, an ancient but endangered fish species which historically inhabited the Missouri and lower Mississippi rivers