Regular biography
Georgios Fourtakas is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at The University of Manchester. His research focuses on meshless methods and computational fluid dynamics, with an emphasis on smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). He is involved in developing DualSPHysics, a widely used SPH solver for engineering applications. His work includes studies on non-Newtonian flows, sediment transport, and high-performance computing techniques such as GPU-CUDA and MPI. Fourtakas has contributed to projects related to nuclear thermal hydraulics, clean energy, and environmental flows. He is also engaged in academic collaborations and peer review activities.
Scholar-generated biography
Georgios Fourtakas is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, specializing in Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), meshless methods, and smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). His research focuses on developing and applying SPH techniques to simulate complex fluid-structure interactions, multiphysics problems, and sediment transport phenomena. He has contributed significantly to the advancement of SPH models for multi-phase flows, erosion, scouring, and porous media. His work includes the development of boundary conditions, GPU-accelerated simulations, and coupling SPH with finite element methods. Fourtakas' research has been applied to various fields, including environmental engineering, biomedical simulations, and renewable energy systems.