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Nathaniel Morgan

Los Alamos National Laboratory
Verified email at lanl.gov
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Reduction of dissipation in Lagrange cell-centered hydrodynamics (CCH) through corner gradient reconstruction (CGR)

DE Burton, NR Morgan, TC Carney… - Journal of Computational …, 2015 - Elsevier
This work presents an extension of a second order cell-centered hydrodynamics scheme on
unstructured polyhedral cells [13] toward higher order. The goal is to reduce dissipation, …

A Lagrangian discontinuous Galerkin hydrodynamic method

X Liu, NR Morgan, DE Burton - Computers & Fluids, 2018 - Elsevier
We present a new Lagrangian discontinuous Galerkin (DG) hydrodynamic method for solving
the two-dimensional gas dynamic equations on unstructured hybrid meshes. The physical …

A three-dimensional finite element arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian method for shock hydrodynamics on unstructured grids

J Waltz, NR Morgan, TR Canfield, MRJ Charest… - Computers & …, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (ALE)
method for shock hydrodynamics on unstructured grids. The method is based on an FE …

A high-order Lagrangian discontinuous Galerkin hydrodynamic method for quadratic cells using a subcell mesh stabilization scheme

X Liu, NR Morgan, DE Burton - Journal of Computational Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a Lagrangian discontinuous Galerkin (DG) hydrodynamic method that is up to
third-order accurate using subcell mesh stabilization (SMS) for compressible flows on …

On the origins of Lagrangian hydrodynamic methods

NR Morgan, BJ Archer - Nuclear Technology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The intent of this paper is to discuss the history and origins of Lagrangian hydrodynamic
methods for simulating shock-driven flows. The majority of the pioneering research occurred …

[HTML][HTML] An approach for treating contact surfaces in Lagrangian cell-centered hydrodynamics

NR Morgan, MA Kenamond, DE Burton… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
A new method is presented for modeling contact surfaces in Lagrangian cell-centered
hydrodynamics (CCH). The contact method solves a multi-directional Riemann-like problem at …

A 3D finite element ALE method using an approximate Riemann solution

VP Chiravalle, NR Morgan - International Journal for Numerical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian finite volume methods that solve a multidimensional Riemann‐like
problem at the cell center in a staggered grid hydrodynamic (SGH) arrangement have …

Compatible, energy conserving, bounds preserving remap of hydrodynamic fields for an extended ALE scheme

DE Burton, NR Morgan, MRJ Charest… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
From the very origins of numerical hydrodynamics in the Lagrangian work of von Neumann
and Richtmyer [83], the issue of total energy conservation as well as entropy production has …

[HTML][HTML] Viscoplastic self-consistent formulation as generalized material model for solid mechanics applications

…, D Dunning, G Shipman, M Knezevic, N Morgan - … in Engineering Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The viscoplastic self-consistent (VPSC) formulation is extended into a generalized material
model/code (VPSC-GMM) that can be easily called by different explicit and implicit boundary-…

Reducing spurious mesh motion in Lagrangian finite volume and discontinuous Galerkin hydrodynamic methods

NR Morgan, X Liu, DE Burton - Journal of Computational Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
The Lagrangian finite volume (FV) cell-centered hydrodynamic (CCH) method and the
Lagrangian discontinuous Galerkin (DG) CCH method have been demonstrated to be quite stable …