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Thamilmani

CFD Researcher

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About Me

Experience

6 Years

Research Scholar

IIT Bombay

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CFD Researcher. I am passionate about turbulence and heat transfer applications. I constantly dabble with problems that are challenging and exciting to solve. Currently pursuing PhD at IIT-Bombay on modelling flow behavior and heat transfer at supercritical pressures.

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Skills

Computational Fluid Dynamics

ANSYS Fluent

Advanced

Python

Advanced

ANSYS CFX

Intermediate

High Performance Computing

Advanced

C

Advanced

OpenFOAM

Intermediate

Workflow Automation

PyFluent

Advanced

ROCKS Cluster management

Advanced

BASH scripting

Advanced

Wokrflow Integration

Intermediate
I build

CLI Tools

foamToFluent2D
CLI

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foamToFluent2D CLI

I built a CLI tool that converts 2.5D meshes generated via OpenFOAM blockmesh into 2D meshes for ANSYS Fluent Simulations.

  • Written in Python and Works on structured meshes so far.

  • Direct Conversion from Polymesh to 2D Fluent Mesh.

  • Conversion faster than OpenFOAM in-built foamToFluentMesh utility. More info on development journey can be found here.

  • Check out the Github repository here.

residual_hpc
CLI

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residual_hpc CLI

I built a CLI tool that can monitor Residuals and Report files for ANSYS Fluent simulations running through a HPC Cluster.

  • Python Utility auto updates residual monitor of running simulations at a regular frequency.

  • Can be installed and started with just SSH Credentials to be entered only once at the beginning and encrypted securely.

  • Report Files can be monitor separately for the running simulations in addition to the residue.

  • Check out the Github repository here.

supercritical
CLI

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supercritical CLI

A CLI handling full-fledged simulation workflow right from modelling and meshing, case creation, job handling in Cluster, monitoring, postprocessing and report generation.

  • Full-fledged Python module that can be extended to any usecase for running simulations in ANSYS Fluent with and without UDFs also.

  • Modelling and Meshing are automated through blockmesh in OpenFOAM and separate mesh-dependency utility is also present.

  • ANSYS Fluent v21R2 and OpenFOAM are essential to run the package.

  • In-built terminal based residual monitor, Separate Post-processing utility and Variable property generation module.

  • Separate commands for Job handling, submitting, deleting, clearing up files in Cluster.

  • Contact me for a demo or building one for your usecases.

Publications

"Study on Convective Heat Transfer of Supercritical Water in Annular Square Channel"

Thamilmani Murugan, Arun K. Raj, Amit Agrawal, Sandip K. Saha

Heat Transfer Engineering, Jan 2023

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"Numerical studies on flow over multiple cylinders in tandem arrangement: Effect of number of cylinders"

Thamilmani M, Amit Agrawal, Ajit Kumar R, Ajith Kumar S

FMFP International Conference, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, December 2020

"Studies on the inward spherical solidification of a phase change material dispersed with macro particles"

N. Lakshmi Narasimhan, V. Veeraraghavan, G. Ramanathan, B. Sanjay Bharadwaj, M. Thamilmani

The Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 15, pp. 158-171, Feb, 2018.

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My previous

Experience

Project Officer

Conducted simulations on gas-turbine blade cooling and characterization of wing-tip vortices at COPT, IIT Madras under Prof. BVSSS Prasad (July - Dec 2018)

Research Consultant

Conducted thermodynamic system analysis and feasibility study at Tabrej Design Life Pvt. Ltd., Thane (Dec 2022 - Feb 2023)

Freelance Consultant

Freelancing on multiple other CFD Projects for research and individual projects through cfd-online forum since Jan 2025 under Thedal Flow Code.

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