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Vaughan R. Voller
Professor
Contact Information:
- Office: CivE 167 SAFL 382
- Phone: (612)625-0764
- Fax: (612)626-7750
- E-mail: volle001@umn.edu
Web: http://www.ce.umn.edu/~voller/
Research Interests:
Research interests are in the development of numerical techniques for thermal-fluid and thermo-mechanical problems, with emphasis on problems that involve moving boundaries or free surfaces. Current research includes modeling of stresses and cracking in engineered systems, modeling of free surfaces in sedimentation and basin dynamics, and development of macro-micro models to describe segregation behavior in solidifying metals.
Dr. Voller conducts his research at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory and through the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics.
Selected Publications:
V.R. Voller, “Numerical Methods for Phase Change Problems,” Chapter
19 in Hand Boook for Numerical heat Transfer (eds W.J. Minkowycz,
et al), John Wiley, New York, 2006.
V.R. Voller, J. B. Swenson, W. Kim and C. Paola, “An enthalpy method
for moving boundary problems on the earths surface,” Int. J. Heat
and Fluid Flow, 16, 641-654, 2006.
V.R. Voller, A similarity solution for solidification of an under-cooled
binary alloy, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 49, 1981-1985,
2006.
Wonsuck Kim, Chris Paola, Vaughan R. Voller and John B. “Swenson
Experimental Measurement of the Relative Importance of Controls on Shoreline
Migration,” Journal of Sedimentary Research, 76, 270-283, 2006.
Paola, C. and V.R. Voller. 2005. A generalized
Exner equation for sediment mass balance. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth
Surface, 110.
Voller, V.R. 2004. A Monte Carlo scheme for tracking filling Fronts. J.
Comp. Phys., 200: 399-411.
Voller, V.R., J.B Swenson, and C. Paola. 2004. An analytical solution
for a Stefan problem with variable latent heat. Int. J. Heat Mass Trans.,
47: 5387-5390.
Lima-Vivancos, V. and V.R. Voller. 2004. Numerical methods for modeling
variably saturated flow in layered media. Vadose Zone Journal,
3: 1003-1037.
Timm, D.H., B.B. Guzina, and V.R. Voller. 2003. Prediction of thermal
cracking. Int. J. Solids and Structures 40: 125-142.
Voller, V.R. and F. Porte-Agel. 2002. Moore's law and numerical modeling. J.
Comp. Physics 179: 698-703.
Education:
- B.Sc., 1975, Applied Mathematics, University of East Anglia, U.K.
- M.Sc., 1976, Applied Mathematics, University of East Anglia, U.K.
- Ph.D., 1980, Numerical Modeling, Sunderland Polytechnic, U.K.
Experience:
- Post Doctoral Fellow, Mineral Resources Research Center (MRRC), University of Minnesota, 1980-82
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Greenwich (UK), 1982-85
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