Dr. Marianne M. Francois

 

Computational Physics and Methods Group, CCS-2

Los Alamos National Laboratory

PO Box 1663,MS B296

Los Alamos, NM87545, USA

E-mail: mmfran@lanl.gov

 

 

 

Research Interests

 

  • Numerical methods for incompressible and compressible flows and heat transfer
  • Interface tracking methods
  • Hydrodynamics instabilities
  • Drop/bubble dynamics

 

Education

 

  • Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 2002.

Dissertation: Computations of Drop Dynamics with Heat Transfer

  • M.S. in Aerospace Engineering with distinction, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, 1998.

Thesis: A Study of the Volume of Fluid Method for Moving Boundary Problems

  • Diplôme d’Ingénieur, France, 1997.

 

 

Publications

Journal
  • Schofield S.P., Garimella R.V, Francois M.M., Loubere R., A second-order accurate material-order-independent interface reconstruction technique for multi-material flow simulations, Journal of Computational Physics, 2008, in press.
  • Caboussat A., Francois M.M., Glowinski R., Kothe D.B., Sicilian J.M. A numerical method for interface reconstruction of triple points within a volume tracking algorithm, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol. 48, pp. 1957-1971, 2008.
  • Schofield S., Garimella R., Francois M.M., Loubere R., Multi-material interface reconstruction with particles and power diagram, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 56, pp. 643-659, 2008.
  • Francois M.M., Cummins S. J., Dendy E.D., Kothe D.B., Sicilian J.M., Williams M.W., A Balanced-Force Algorithm for Continuous and Sharp Interfacial Surface Tension Models within a Volume Tracking Framework, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 213, pp. 141-173, 2006.
  • Cummins S. J., Francois M.M., Kothe D.B., Estimating Curvature from Volume Fractions, Computers and Structures, Vol. 83, pp. 425-434, 2005.
  • Lorstad D., Francois M.M., Shyy W., Fuchs L., Assessment of Volume of Fluid and Immersed Boundary Methods for Droplet Computations, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 46, pp. 109-125, 2004.
  • Francois M.M., Uzgoren E., Jackson J., Shyy W., Multigrid Computations with the Immersed Boundary Technique for Multiphase Flows, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flows, Vol. 14, pp. 98-115, 2004.
  • Francois M.M., Shyy W., Computations of Drop Dynamics with the Immersed Boundary Method. Part 1: Numerical Algorithm and Buoyancy Effect, Numerical Heat Transfer Part B, Vol. 44, pp-101-118, 2003.
  • Francois M.M., Shyy W., Computations of Drop Dynamics with the Immersed Boundary Method. Part 2: Drop Impact and Heat Transfer, Numerical Heat Transfer Part B, Vol. 44, pp.119-143, 2003.
  • Francois M.M., Shyy W., Micro-Scale Drop Dynamics for Heat Transfer Enhancement, Progress in Aerospace Sciences, Vol. 38, pp. 275-304, 2002.
  • Francois M.M., Shyy W., Chung J., Analysis of a Micro-Scale Multi-Phase Device for Enhanced Thermal Management, Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics: an International Journal, Vol. 2, pp. 59-71, 2002.
  • Shyy W., Francois M.M., Udaykumar H.S., N`dri N., Tran-Son-Tay R., Moving Boundaries in Micro-Scale Biofluid Dynamics, Applied Mechanics Reviews, ASME, Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 405-453, 2001.

 

Conference Papers
  • Francois M.M., Lowrie R.B., Dendy E.D., A material interface transition algorithm for multiphase flow, Proceedings of the FEDSM 08, ASME Fluids Engineering Division, Jacksonville, Florida, August 10-14, 2008.
  • Kothe D.B., Francois M.M., Liu P.L.-F., High-Fidelity Modeling of Interfacial Flows. Progress and Challenges, Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Applied Offshore Hydrodynamics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 17-19, 2007.
  • Francois M.M., Dendy E.D., Lowrie R.B., Livescu D., Steinkamp M.J., Effects of different numerical interface methods on hydrodynamics instability, Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing (IWPCTM10), Ed. M. Legrand and M. Vandenboomgaerde, pp. 77-80, 2007.
  • Fung J., Francois M.M., Dendy E.D., Kenamond M., Lowrie R., Calculations of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability: RAGE and FLAG hydrocode comparisons, Proceedings of the Nuclear Explosives Code Developers Conference (NECDC), Los Alamos, 2006.
  • Francois M.M., Sicilian J.M., Kothe D.B., Modeling of thermo-capillary forces within a volume tracking algorithm, Proceedings of the MCWASP Conference on Modeling of Casting, Welding and Advanced Solidification Processes, pp. 935-342, 2006.
  • Francois M.M., Kothe D.B., Cummins S.J., Modeling Surface Tension using a Ghost Fluid Technique within a Volume of Fluid Formulation, Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM04), Warsaw, Poland, August 15-21, 2004.
  • Francois M.M., Kothe D.B., Dendy E., Sicilian J., Williams M., Balanced force implementation of the Continuum Surface Force method into a Pressure Correction Algorithm, Proceedings of the FEDSM03, 4th ASME-JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, July 6-11, 2003.
  • Lorstad D., Francois M.M., Shyy W., Fuchs L., Volume of fluid and immersed boundary investigations of a single rising droplet, AIAA Paper 2003-1282, 41st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meetings and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January 2003.
  • Francois M.M., Shyy W., Numerical simulation of droplet dynamics with heat transfer, Proceedings of the 12th International Heat Transfer Conference, Grenoble, France, Ed. J. Taine, Elsevier, pp. 401-406, August 2002.
  • Francois M.M., Shyy W., Direct simulations of impact dynamics and heat transfer of a liquid drop, Proceedings of the Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM-V), Vienna, Austria, Eds. H.A. Mang, F.G. Rammerstorfer, J. Eberhardsteiner, July 2002.
  • Francois M.M., Shyy W., Chung J., A micro-scale membrane actuated condenser/evaporator for enhanced thermal management, Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer Division, HTD-Vol. 366-2, pp. 353-359, November 2000.
  • Shyy W., Francois M.M., Udaykumar H.S., Cartesian and curvilinear grid methods for multi-domain, moving boundary problems, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods, Lyon, France, October 2000.

 

Patent

 

  • Shyy W., Francois M.M., Chung J.N., Thermal Management Device, U.S. Patent No. 6,598,409, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- Last Updated November 2008 ---