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Praveen Ramaprabhu

CNLS Postdoctoral Research Associate
X-4/CNLS

Fluid Dynamics

Praveen Ramaprabhu

Office: TA-3, Bldg. 1690, Rm 123
Mail Stop: B258
Phone: (505) 667-6871
Fax: (505) 665-2659

praveen@lanl.gov
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Research highlight
Educational Background/Employment:
  • B.S. Anna University (India), 1996
  • M.S. U. Houston, 2000
  • Ph.D Texas A&M U., 2003

Research Interests:

  • Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov flows
  • Multiphase flows
  • Modeling of turbulent processes and large-scale computing

Selected Recent Publications:

  1. P. Ramaprabhu, G. Dimonte, The single-mode dynamics of Rayleigh-Taylor flows at any density ratio, to appear in Phys. Rev. E.
  2. P. Ramaprabhu, G. Dimonte, M.J. Andrews, The effect of initial conditions on the growth of the turbulent Rayleigh-Taylor mix, to appear in J. Fluid Mech.
  3. G. Dimonte et al., A comparative study of the turbulent Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability using high-resolution 3D numerical simulations: The Alpha-Group collaboration, Phys. Fluids 16(5), 1668-1693 (2004).
  4. P. Ramaprabhu, M.J. Andrews, Experimental investigation of Rayleigh-Taylor mixing at small Atwood numbers, J. Fluid Mech. 502, 233 (2004).
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