My research has been primarily in the field of computational fluid dynamics; both fundamental studies of
turbulence and turbulent mixing as well as various applied problems in external aerodynamics. Recently I have
begun to focus on novel combinations of data-driven methods and numerical simulation for the purpose of
surrogate modelling and prediction of physical systems.
Below is a summary of my research output to date. Most of this information can also be found on my
various online profiles:
Google Scholar | Scopus | Web of Science | ORCID | ResearchGate
Grants:
- Thornber, B., Kirkpatrick, M., Williamson, N., Armfield, S., Manchester, I., Groom, M., Chauhan, K.
Zecevic, V., Cleary, M., Dunn, M., Hill, A. and Ilaya, O., Guwara: a suite of faster-than-realtime urban
wind and plume transport models, 2022-2025.
- Funding organisation: Defence Materials Technology Centre.
- Amount: $833k AUD.
- Wang, Z., Groom, M., Lawson, N. and Wong, K., Accelerating academic discovery and education
outcomes, 2022.
- Funding organisation: James N Kirby Foundation.
- Amount: $47k AUD.
- Manchester, I., Thornber, B. and Groom, M., A subjectively tuned KC-30 wake field model,
2021-2022.
- Funding organisation: Thales Australia.
- Amount: $44k AUD.
- Groom, M., Early-career funding for individuals interested in improving the long-term future,
2021.
- Funding organisation: Open Philanthropy.
- Amount: $30k AUD.
- Thornber, B., Vio, G. and Groom, M., CH-47F Phase 2 Transient Blade Sail Analysis, 2017-2018.
- Funding organisation: Defence Science and Technology Group.
- Amount: $60k AUD.
Publications:
- Pascoe, B., Groom, M., Youngs, D.L. and Thornber, B. (2024). Impact of axial strain on linear, transitional and self-similar turbulent mixing layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 999, A24.
- Groom, M., and Thornber, B. (2023). Numerical simulation of an idealised Richtmyer–Meshkov
instability shock tube experiment. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 964, A21.
- Zhou, Y., Williams, R.J.R., Ramaprabhu, P., Groom, M., Thornber, B., Hillier, A., Mostert, W.,
Rollin, B., Balachandar, S., Powell, P.D., Mahalov, A. and Attal, N. (2021). Rayleigh–Taylor and
Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities: A journey through scales. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 423,
132838.
- Groom, M. and Thornber, B. (2021). Reynolds number dependence of turbulence induced by the
Richtmyer–Meshkov instability using direct numerical simulations. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 908,
A31.
- Groom, M. and Thornber, B. (2020). The influence of initial perturbation power spectra on the growth
of a
turbulent mixing layer induced by Richtmyer–Meshkov instability. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 407,
132463.
- Zhou, Y., Groom, M., and Thornber, B. (2020). Dependence of Enstrophy Transport and Mixed Mass on
Dimensionality and Initial Conditions in the Richtmyer–Meshkov Instability Induced Flows. Journal of
Fluids
Engineering, 142(12), 121104.
- Groom, M. and Thornber, B. (2019). Direct numerical simulation of the multimode narrowband
Richtmyer–Meshkov instability. Computers & Fluids, 194, 104309.
- Thornber, B., Groom, M. and Youngs, D. (2018). A five-equation model for the simulation of miscible
and viscous compressible fluids. Journal of Computational Physics, 372, 256-280.
Conferences:
- Groom, M. and Thornber, B., Numerical Simulation of an Idealised Richtmyer–Meshkov Instability Shock
Tube Experiment, 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2022.
- Groom, M. and Thornber, B., Numerical Simulation of the Broadband RMI and Comparison with Shocktube
Experiments, 17th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, Atlanta,
Georgia, 2022.
- Groom, M. and Thornber, B., Numerical simulation of the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability evolving from
broadband initial perturbations, APS March Meeting 2022, Chicago, Illinois, 2022.
- Groom, M. and Thornber, B., Comparison of High-Resolution Reconstruction Schemes in Unsteady Low
Mach Number Flows, 7th International Conference on Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Problems,
Trento, Italy, 2021.
- Groom, M. and Thornber, B., A Comparative Study of High-Resolution Upwind Methods in Unsteady Low
Mach Number Flows, 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2020.
- Groom, M. and Thornber, B., Direct numerical simulation of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability with
broadband
initial perturbations, 72nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle,
Washington, 2019.
- Groom, M., Widjaja, R., Ain, H., Thornber, B. and Vio, G., Aero-elastic analysis of shipboard
helicopter engagement and disengagement operations, 10th Australian Pacific Vertiflite Conference on VTOL
Technology, Melbourne, Australia, 2019.
- Groom, M. and Thornber, B., Anisotropy in the 3D multimode Richtmyer-Meshkov instability, 21st
Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 2018.
- Groom, M. and Thornber, B., Direct Numerical Simulation of Multimode Narrowband Richtmyer-Meshkov
Instability, 16th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing,
Marseille, France, 2018.
- Groom, M., Thornber, B. and Romenski, E., Hyperbolic governing equations for miscible and viscous
compressible fluids, 10th International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Barcelona, Spain,
2018.
- Groom, M., Youngs, D. and Thornber, B., Development and validation of a five-equation multicomponent
model with viscous, thermal and species diffusion, 6th International Conference on Turbulent Mixing and
Beyond, Trieste, Italy, 2017.
- Groom, M., Thornber, B. and Youngs, D., A five-equation model for the simulation of miscible,
compressible fluids including molecular species transport, 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on
Combustion, Sydney, Australia, 2017.
- Groom, M., Thornber, B., Vio, G.A. and Widjaja, R., Isolated rotor engagement and disengagement
simulations in ship airwake, 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Perth, Australia, 2016.