Suresh Murugaiyan

Publications

Asterisk (*) denotes equal contribution (co-first authors).
For the most up-to-date list, please see my Google Scholar profile.

Journal Articles and Preprints

2026
Neural-Network-based Viscosity Closure for Non-Newtonian Multiphase Flows
Suresh Murugaiyan, Claire L. Nelson, Dhruv Gamdha, Austin Cunniff, Cheng-Hau Yang, Abraham Wiletsky, Kaitlyn W. Dilley, Patrick Babb, Andrew Rhode, Christopher M. Bates, Angela A. Pitenis, Michael L. Chabinyc, Adarsh Krishnamurthy, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
Accepted, Transport Phenomena (De Gruyter Brill), 2026. arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.30659
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Predicting Time-Dependent Flow Over Complex Geometries Using Operator Networks
Ali Rabeh, Suresh Murugaiyan, Adarsh Krishnamurthy, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 456 (2026), 118931
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A Helmholtz–Leray Projection Method with Variational Multiscale Stabilization for the Navier–Stokes Equations
Biswajit Khara*, Suresh Murugaiyan*, Makrand Khanwale, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
* Equal contribution (co-first authors).
Under review, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.00843 (2026)
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2025
A Semi-Implicit Variational Multiscale Formulation for the Incompressible Navier–Stokes Equations via Exact Adjoint Linearization
Biswajit Khara*, Suresh Murugaiyan*, Suriya Dhakshinamoorthy, Makrand Khanwale, Ming-Chen Hsu, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
* Equal contribution (co-first authors).
Under review, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.21773 (2025)
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2024
Numerical Modeling of Liquid Wall Flows for Fusion Energy Applications Using Maxwell–Navier–Stokes Equations
Suresh Murugaiyan, Stefano Brizzolara
arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.11865 (2024)
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Theses

2024
Modeling the Dynamics of Liquid Metal in Fusion Liquid Walls Using Maxwell–Navier–Stokes Equations
Suresh Murugaiyan
Ph.D. Dissertation, Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech (2024)
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2017
Modeling Requirements to Value Formulation in the Design of Large-Scale Complex Engineered Systems: A Satellite System Case Study
Suresh Murugaiyan
M.S. Thesis, Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University (2017)
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Conference Presentations

2025
A Pressure Projection Approach within the Variational Multiscale Framework for Navier–Stokes Equations
Suresh Murugaiyan, Biswajit Khara, Mehdi Shadkhah, Ming-Chen Hsu, Adarsh Krishnamurthy, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
78th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Houston, Texas, USA, November 2025
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Characterization of Non-Newtonian Materials Using Droplet Rise Simulations
Suresh Murugaiyan, Cheng-Hau Yang, Dhruv Gamdha, Adarsh Krishnamurthy, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
18th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM18), Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 2025
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Towards High-Fidelity 3D Fluid Simulations: Neural Operators with Physics Constraints for Flow Around Complex Geometries
Ali Rabeh, Suresh Murugaiyan, Adarsh Krishnamurthy, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian
18th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM18), Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 2025
2019
Large Eddy Simulation of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence
Suresh Murugaiyan, Bhuvana Srinivasan, Stefano Brizzolara
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 2019
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Response of the Free Surface of an Electrically Conducting Liquid to a Magnetic Field
Suresh Murugaiyan, Colin Adams, Bhuvana Srinivasan, Stefano Brizzolara
72nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, Washington, USA, November 2019
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2018
Incompressible Flow of Conducting Fluids in Presence of Electric and Magnetic Fields Using Electric Potential Formulation
Suresh Murugaiyan, Bhuvana Srinivasan, Stefano Brizzolara
12th European Fluid Mechanics Conference (EFMC12), Vienna, Austria, September 2018
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2016
A Comprehensive Study on Modeling Requirements into Value Formulation in a Satellite System Application
Suresh Murugaiyan, Hanumanthrao Kannan, Bryan L. Mesmer, Ali E. Abbas, Christina L. Bloebaum
14th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2016), Huntsville, Alabama, USA, March 2016