S.-T. John Yu

Ph.D., 1988 Penn State University
Associate Professor

Room E 510, Scott Laboratory
(614)292-2902
Yu.274@osu.edu

Research Interest

   Computational Methods for High-fidelity Simulations of Combustion, 
   Detonation, Gas Dynamics, Aero Acoustics, Advanced Propulsion Systems, 
   Cavitation, High-strain-rate Mechanics and Spallation, and MHD

Current Research Sponsors and Projects

• Plume dynamics of pulse detonation engines (PDE), NASA Glenn.
• High accuracy simulations of traveling detonation waves, NASA NRA Glenn.
• Simulations of shock to detonation transition (SDT) by the CESE method, ONR.
• Simulations of unsteady flows in an AF scramjet engine by the CESE method, AFOSR/WPAFB.
• Direct calculation of Electro-Magneto-Gasdynamics (EMGD) for Advanced Propulsion by the CESE Method, NASA GRC.  
• Nonlinear stress in solids for metal forming and joining, NSF

Teaching

• ME503: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
• ME504: Fluid Mechanics
• ME705: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
• ME894J: Group Studies in Mechanical Engineering (CFD)