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These problems arrise in Department of Energy (DOE) mission areas related to energy, environmental, and industrial technology.</p> <p>The work is fundamental in nature and seeks to elucidate the underlying physics of these processes; this will then eventually lead to better engineering models.</p> <p>The diverse range of scientific applications that drive this research typically involve large spatial and temporal scales (e.g., turbulent reacting flows) and always require use of extremely large computing hardware, such as the 150,000-core Hopper system at NERSC.</p> <p> </p></div></section> <div class="IndexList"> <div class="index-list-item first"> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/science/engineering-science/advanced-computational-methods-for-turbulence-and-combustion/" title="Advanced Computational Methods for Turbulence and Combustion"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Bell.png" src="/assets/ScienceAtNERSC/Bell__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.png" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/science/engineering-science/advanced-computational-methods-for-turbulence-and-combustion/" title="Advanced Computational Methods for Turbulence and Combustion">Advanced Computational Methods for Turbulence and Combustion<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> </div> <p class="Summary">Simulation of practical-scale combustion devices is an immense undertaking but the work has enormous implications and NERSC researchers have developed techniques applicable to small-scale and laboratory-scale flames that operate on a wide variety of fuel mixtures. <a href="/science/engineering-science/advanced-computational-methods-for-turbulence-and-combustion/" title="Advanced Computational Methods for Turbulence and Combustion" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="index-list-item last"> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="/science/engineering-science/compressible-turbulence-and-interactions-with-shock-waves-and-material-interfaces/" title="Compressible Turbulence and Interactions with Shock Waves and Material Interfaces"><img width="100" height="100" alt="Lele.jpg" src="/assets/ScienceAtNERSC/Lele__FillWzEwMCwxMDBd.jpg" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="list-text"> <h2 class="article-list-title"><a href="/science/engineering-science/compressible-turbulence-and-interactions-with-shock-waves-and-material-interfaces/" title="Compressible Turbulence and Interactions with Shock Waves and Material Interfaces">Compressible Turbulence and Interactions with Shock Waves and Material Interfaces<span class="more"></span></a></h2> <div class="DateAuthors"> </div> <p class="Summary">Shock/turbulence interaction is a fundamental phenomenon in fluid mechanics that occurs in a wide range of interesting problems in various disciplines, including supernova explosions, inertial confinement fusion, hypersonic flight and propulsion, and shock wave lithotripsy. <a href="/science/engineering-science/compressible-turbulence-and-interactions-with-shock-waves-and-material-interfaces/" title="Compressible Turbulence and Interactions with Shock Waves and Material Interfaces" class="more">Read More »</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> </main> </div>  <div class="footer"> <div class="LastEdited">Last edited: 2024-11-13 16:11:02</div> <div class="footer-wrapper"> <div class="badges"> <a href="http://www.lbl.gov/" title="Visit Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s main website."><img src="/_resources/themes/nersc-sass/images/berkeley-lab-badge.png?m=1732691280" alt="Berkeley Lab logo" /></a> <a href="http://science.energy.gov/" title="Visit the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science website."><img src="/_resources/themes/nersc-sass/images/doe-badge.png?m=1732691280" alt="U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science logo" /></a> </div> 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