Density gradient
Jet fluid (passive scalar)
LES of jet mixing
in supersonic crossflows
Kawai & Lele, AIAA J. 2010
Center for Next Generation Aircraft Research
Society for high Reynolds number aerodynamics
Welcome to Kawai-Asada / Kuya Laboratory
Welcome to Kawai Laboratory (Aerodynamic Design Research Group) at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University.
Our research draws from theoretical analysis, computational physics, data science, and high-performance computing to develop novel high-fidelity numerical simulation techniques for uncovering the fundamental flow physics underlying complex compressible, multi-scale and, multi-physics flows in aerospace engineering and also for developing next-generation aircraft aerodynamic design tools. Our research interests broadly include in the fields of fluid mechanics, with an emphasis on compressible flow, turbulence, shock waves, mixing and combustion, high-fidelity numerical methods, physical modeling, machine learning, uncertainty quantification, and other related topics in the aerospace engineering. Details of the on-going and past research topics are in Research.
Our group is also working on MEXT Program for Promoting Researches on the Supercomputer Fugaku, Research toward DX in aircraft development led by digital flight. Using the supercomputer Fugaku, this research demonstrates the aircraft digital flight using high-fidelity simulation and data-driven science. In collaboration with the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, we also promote innovative DX in the future aircraft design process and apply the results of this research to a wide range of industrial products.
Compressible flow physics and computational engineering in the Kawai Laboratory
Welcome to Kawai Laboratory (Aerodynamic Design Research Group) at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University.
Our research draws from theoretical analysis, computational physics, data science, and high-performance computing to develop novel high-fidelity numerical simulation techniques for uncovering the fundamental flow physics underlying complex compressible, multi-scale and, multi-physics flows in aerospace engineering and also for developing next-generation aircraft aerodynamic design tools. Our research interests broadly include in the fields of fluid mechanics, with an emphasis on compressible flow, turbulence, shock waves, mixing and combustion, high-fidelity numerical methods, physical modeling, machine learning, uncertainty quantification, and other related topics in the aerospace engineering. Details of the on-going and past research topics are in Research.
Our group is also working on MEXT Program for Promoting Researches on the Supercomputer Fugaku, Research toward DX in aircraft development led by digital flight. Using the supercomputer Fugaku, this research demonstrates the aircraft digital flight using high-fidelity simulation and data-driven science. In collaboration with the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, we also promote innovative DX in the future aircraft design process and apply the results of this research to a wide range of industrial products.
Compressible flow physics and computational engineering in the Kawai Laboratory
What's New
| 2023.04.08 |
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Check out our new paper, "FFVHC-ACE: fully automated Cartesian-grid-based solver for compressible large-eddy simulation" published in AIAA Journal. This paper discusses our fully automated, high-fidelity compressible LES solver FFVHC-ACE. |
| 2023.04.01 |
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Welcome to new faculty member, Shigetaka Kawai (Project Researcher), and six new graduate students! people in our group. The 2023 fiscal year has begun. |
| 2023.03.31 |
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Check out our new paper, "Identifying the Self-Sustaining Mechanisms of Transonic Airfoil Buffet with Resolvent Analysis" published in AIAA Journal. This paper analyses the LES data of the transonic airfoil buffet with resolvent analysis and identifies the self-sustaining shock oscillation mechanism. |
| 2023.03.24 |
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Our research proposal, "Research toward DX in aircraft development led by digital flight" (Project Leader: Soshi Kawai), has been selected for the MEXT Program for Promoting Research on the Supercomputer Fugaku. |
| 2022.03.24 |
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Dr. Hirai received the Dean's Award of the Graduate School of Engineering at Tohoku University. Congratulations! |
| 2022.03.24 |
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Congratulations! Two students completed the doctoral course, five students completed the master's course, and one student completed the bachelor's course. |
| 2023.03.10 |
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Nasukawa presented his work at Symposium on Shock Waves in Tsukuba, Japan. |
| 2023.02.17 |
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Kawai visited UCLA, USA, and gave a seminar talk. |