Levent Aydınbakar

Research Areas

• Space–time variational multiscale (ST-VMS) methods
• Isogeometric analysis
• Turbulent and turbomachinery flows
• Fluid–structure interaction
• Open-source CFD (OpenFOAM)
• Viscoplastic and multiphase flows

Education

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (CFD)Waseda University, Japan · 2021
• M.Sc. in Computational Fluid DynamicsCranfield University, United Kingdom · 2016
• B.Sc. in Mechanical EngineeringEskişehir Osmangazi University, Türkiye · 2011

Selected Publications

• A non-isothermal viscoplastic VOF solver in OpenFOAM: formulation, verification, and dam-break validation for yield-stress multiphase flowsL. Aydınbakar — International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2026DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2026.105818
• A new software for calculating the differential scattering parameters for radiation applications: DSPCalM. Büyükyıldız, L. Aydınbakar, M. Abu Al Sayyed, A. Levet — Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 2025
• InChaP: a simple software for computation of charged particle interaction parametersA. Çiçi, B. Morkoç, H. Dağ, L. Aydınbakar, M. Abu Al Sayyed, M. Büyükyıldız — Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2025
• Space–time VMS isogeometric analysis of the Taylor–Couette flowL. Aydınbakar, K. Takizawa, T. E. Tezduyar, T. Kuraishi — Computational Mechanics, 2021DOI: 10.1007/s00466-021-02004-6
• U-duct turbulent-flow computation with the ST-VMS method and isogeometric discretizationL. Aydınbakar, K. Takizawa, T. E. Tezduyar, D. Matsuda — Computational Mechanics, 2021DOI: 10.1007/s00466-020-01965-4

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