Francis H. Harlow

Francis Harvey Harlow is an American theoretical physicist known for his work in the field of fluid dynamics.^[1] He was a researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico. Harlow is credited with establishing the science of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as an important discipline.^[2]

He is known for his fundamental contributions to the development of several CFD algorithms for computer simulation of fluid flows, including Particle-In-Cell (PIC), Fluid-In-Cell (FLIC), and Marker-and-Cell (MAC) methods. Harlow is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Awards and honors

Harlow is a fellow of the American Physical Society since 2003. He was selected "For his contributions to our understanding of low-speed, free-surface, and turbulent flow through computational modeling, and his invention of completely original methods to address these issues."^[3] In 2004, he received Los Alamos Medal, the highest honor given to an individual or small group by LANL.^[2]

Selected papers

• Harlow, Francis H. (1964). "The particle-in-cell computing method for fluid dynamics". Methods Comput. Phys. 3: 319–343. Bibcode:1964SSRv....3..319B. doi:10.1007/BF00230516. 
• Harlow, Francis H.; J. Eddie Welch (1965). "Numerical Calculation of Time-dependent Viscous Incompressible Flow of Fluid with Free Surface" (PDF). Phys. Fluids (American Institute of Physics) 8 (12): 2182–2189. Bibcode:1965PhFl....8.2182H. doi:10.1063/1.1761178. 
• Harlow, Francis H.; John P. Shannon (1967). "The Splash of a Liquid Drop". J. Appl. Phys. 38 (10): 3855–3866. Bibcode:1967JAP....38.3855H. doi:10.1063/1.1709031. 
• Daly, Bart J.; Francis H. Harlow (1970). "Transport Equations in Turbulence". Phys. Fluids (American Institute of Physics) 13 (11): 2634. 
• Harlow, Francis H.; Anthony A. Amsden (1971). "A numerical fluid dynamics calculation method for all flow speeds". J. Comput. Phys. (Academic Press) 8 (2): 197–213. Bibcode:1971JCoPh...8..197H. doi:10.1016/0021-9991(71)90002-7. 

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