EAR-PF: Modeling of dissolution along rough surfaces using computational fluid dynamics.

约瑟夫·迈尔博士被授予美国国家科学基金会地球科学博士后奖学金，在阿肯色州大学费耶特维尔分校开展研究和教育计划。迈尔博士将构建一个计算流体动力学模型，以研究表面粗糙度与导致可溶基岩环境中溶解的物理化学机制之间的关系。这个模型将被用来模拟一种常见的洞穴特征扇贝在不同的流动、化学和基岩条件下的发展。这些模拟将包括来自自然环境的测量表面：铜头洞、菲顿洞和公园牧场洞。这项研究产生的模型将广泛应用于洞穴形成和地物创造和演化的研究，最终有助于全面了解岩溶含水层及其过去景观演变和古气候的记录。此外，Myre博士将通过课堂教学和直接让本科生参与项目的不同部分来充当教育导师，以获得数据收集、数据管理、计算实验和数据分析方面的研究经验。

Dr. Joseph Myre is awarded an NSF Earth Science Postdoctoral Fellowship to carry out a research and education plan at the University of Arkansas - Fayetteville. Dr. Myre will construct a computational fluid dynamics model to investigate the relationship between surface roughness and the physicochemical mechanisms which cause dissolution in soluble bedrock settings. This model will be used to simulate the development of a common cave feature, scallops, in different flow, chemical, and bedrock conditions. These simulations will incorporate measured surfaces from natural settings: Copperhead Cave, Fitton Cave, and Parks Ranch Cave. The model produced by this study will be widely applicable for studying cave formation and feature creation and evolution, ultimately aiding in the overall understanding of karst aquifers and their records of past landscape evolution and paleoclimate.Additionally, Dr. Myre will act as an educational mentor to undergraduate students through classroom teaching and by directly involving them in discrete portions of the project to gain research experience in data collection, data management, computational experiments, and data analysis.