Magnetic control of bubble flow in liquid metal (magnetohydrodynamics, multiphase flow, flow diagnostics methods, computational fluid dynamics)

Dr Mihails Birjukovs mihails.birjukovs@lu.lv

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mihails-Birjukovs

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AZla0YMAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57203127042

Relevance: metallurgy, chemical engineering, fusion reactor cooling systems, silicon crystal growth, etc. Research topics/directions: 1) Reduced-order CFD models for magnetic control of bubble collective dynamics (explicit CFD models; dimensionality reduction, e.g., via DMD, POD, SINDy; data-driven derivation of MHD Lagrangian motion models) 2) Downscaled experimental diagnostics systems for MHD bubble flow in liquid metal (ultrasound computed tomography & Doppler velocimetry; optical, X-ray and neutron imaging); 3) Advanced image & data analysis methods for multiphase flow (alloy solidification, bubble & particle flow, biophysical systems; segmentation, tracking, velocimetry, shape dynamics analysis, etc.)