Predicting Flow Reversals in a Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulated Thermosyphon Using Data Assimilation

Andrew J. Reagan; Yves Dubief; Peter Sheridan Dodds; Christopher M. Danforth

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148134

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Predicting Flow Reversals in a Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulated Thermosyphon Using Data Assimilation

Andrew J. Reagan ,

* E-mail: andrew.reagan@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Vermont Complex Systems Center, Computational Story Lab, & the Vermont Advanced Computing Core, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States of America
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Yves Dubief,

Affiliation School of Engineering, Vermont Complex Systems Center & the Vermont Advanced Computing Core, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States of America
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Peter Sheridan Dodds,

Affiliation Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Vermont Complex Systems Center, Computational Story Lab, & the Vermont Advanced Computing Core, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States of America
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Christopher M. Danforth

Affiliation Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Vermont Complex Systems Center, Computational Story Lab, & the Vermont Advanced Computing Core, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States of America
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Predicting Flow Reversals in a Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulated Thermosyphon Using Data Assimilation

Andrew J. Reagan,
Yves Dubief,
Peter Sheridan Dodds,
Christopher M. Danforth

Published: February 5, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148134

About the Authors

Andrew J. Reagan

* E-mail: andrew.reagan@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Vermont Complex Systems Center, Computational Story Lab, & the Vermont Advanced Computing Core, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States of America

Yves Dubief

Affiliation School of Engineering, Vermont Complex Systems Center & the Vermont Advanced Computing Core, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States of America

Peter Sheridan Dodds

Christopher M. Danforth

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJR YD PSD CMD. Performed the experiments: AJR. Analyzed the data: AJR YD PSD CMD. Wrote the paper: AJR.

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