Data-driven computing and machine learning

  • Venkateshwaran, A., Kant Deo, I. & Jaiman, R.K. 2026, “MUTE-DSS: A digital-twin-based decision support system for minimizing underwater radiated noise in ship voyage planning”, Ocean engineering, vol. 343, pp. 123343.
  • Mallik, W., Jaiman, R.K. & Jelovica, J. 2025, “Shape optimization for fluid flow with parametric level set method and deep neural networks”, Computers & fluids, vol. 295, pp. 106626.
  • Hadizadeh, F., Mallik, W. & Jaiman, R.K. 2025, “A graph neural network surrogate model for multi-objective fluid-acoustic shape optimization”, Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering, vol. 441, pp. 117921.
  • Deo, I.K., Venkateshwaran, A. & Jaiman, R.K. 2025, “Predicting transmission loss in underwater acoustics using continual learning with range-dependent conditional convolutional neural networks”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 157, no. 5, pp. 3930-3945.
  • Venkateshwaran, A., Deo, I.K., Jelovica, J. & Jaiman, R.K. 2024, “A multi-objective optimization framework for reducing the impact of ship noise on marine mammals”, Ocean engineering, vol. 310, pp. 118687.
  • Gao, R., Heydari, S. & Jaiman, R.K. 2024, “Towards spatio-temporal prediction of cavitating fluid flow with graph neural networks”, International journal of multiphase flow, vol. 177, pp. 104858.
  • Gao, R., Deo, I.K. & Jaiman, R.K. 2024, “A finite element-inspired hypergraph neural network: Application to fluid dynamics simulations”, Journal of computational physics, vol. 504, pp. 112866.
  • Mallik, W., Jaiman, R. & Jelovica, J. 2024, “Deep neural network for learning wave scattering and interference of underwater acoustics”, Physics of fluids (1994), vol. 36, no. 1.
  • Gao, R. & Jaiman, R.K. 2024, “Predicting fluid–structure interaction with graph neural networks”, Physics of fluids (1994), vol. 36, no. 1.
  • Deo, I.K., Gao, R. & Jaiman, R. 2023, “Combined space–time reduced-order model with three-dimensional deep convolution for extrapolating fluid dynamics”, Physics of fluids (1994), vol. 35, no. 4.
  • Chizfahm, A. & Jaiman, R. 2022, “Deep learning for predicting frequency lock-in of a freely vibrating sphere”, Physics of fluids (1994), vol. 34, no. 12.
  • Li G., Jaiman R.K., and Khoo B.C., “Aeroelastic mode decomposition framework and mode selection mechanism in fluid-membrane interaction,” Journal of Fluids and Structures,  Vol. 108, 103428, 2022
  • Malik W., Jaiman R.K., and Jelovica J., “Predicting transmission loss in underwater acoustics using convolutional recurrent autoencoder network,” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 152, Pg. 1627-1638, 2022
  • Deo I.K., and Jaiman R.K., “Predicting waves in fluids with deep neural network,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 34, 067108, 2022
  • Gupta R., and Jaiman R.K., “Three-dimensional deep learning-based reduced order model for unsteady flow dynamics with variable Reynolds number,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 34, 033612, 2022
  • Gupta R., and Jaiman R.K., “A hybrid partitioned deep learning methodology for moving interface and fluid-structure interaction,” Computers & Fluids, Vol. 233, 105239, 2022
  • Bukka S.R., Gupta R., Magee A.R., and Jaiman R.K., “Assessment of unsteady flow predictions using hybrid deep learning based reduced-order models,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 33, 013601, 2021
  • Bukka  S.R., Magee A.R., and Jaiman R.K., “Stability analysis of passive suppression for vortex-induced vibration,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 886, A12, 2020
  • Reddy S.B., Magee A.R., Jaiman R.K., Liu J., Xu W., Choudhary A., Hussain A. A., “Reduced Order Model for Unsteady Fluid Flows via Recurrent Neural Networks,” ASME 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, 2019
  • Miyanawala T. P. and Jaiman R. K., “Decomposition of wake dynamics in fluid-structure interaction via low-dimensional models,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 867, Pg. 723-764, 2019
  • Miyanawala T. P. and Jaiman R. K., “A Novel Deep Learning Method for the Predictions of Current Forces on Bluff Bodies,” In ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018
  • Reddy S. B., Magee A. R. and Jaiman R. K., “A Data-Driven Approach for the Stability Analysis of Vortex-Induced Vibration,” In ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018
  • Yao W. and Jaiman R. K., “Model reduction and mechanism for the vortex-induced vibrations of bluff bodies”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 827, Pg. 394-414, 2017

Bluff Body Flows and Wake Dynamics

  • Heydari, S. & Jaiman, R.K. 2025, “Flow-induced vibration of a flexible cantilever in tandem configuration”, Physical review fluids, vol. 10, no. 2.
  • Heydari S., Patankar N.A., Hartmann M.J.Z., and Jaiman R. K., “Fluid-structure interaction of a flexible cantilever cylinder at low Reynolds numbers,” Physical Review Fluids, Vol. 7(2), 024702, 2022
  • Gopalan H. and Jaiman R., “Numerical Study of the Flow Interference Between Tandem Cylinders Employing Non-Linear Hybrid URANS-LES Methods”, Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 142, Pg. 111-129, 2015
  • Zhang Q. and Jaiman R. K., “Numerical analysis on the wake dynamics of a ducted propeller”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 171, Pg. 202-224, 2019
  • D’Souza J. E., Jaiman R. K. and Mak C. K., “Dynamics of tandem cylinders in the vicinity of a plane moving wall”, Computers & Fluids, Vol. 124, Pg. 117-135, 2016

Bio-inspired structures and flapping dynamics

  • Wong, J.C.M., Joshi, V., Jaiman, R.K. & Altshuler, D.L. 2025, “Wing extension–flexion coupled aeroelastic effects improve avian gliding performance”, Journal of the Royal Society interface, vol. 22, no. 226, pp. 20240753.
  • Parekh, A.R. & Jaiman, R.K. 2025, “Wake interference effects on flapping dynamics of elastic inverted foil”, Physical review fluids, vol. 10, no. 1.
  • Joshi V., Jaiman R.K., Li G., Breuer K., and Swartz S., “Full-scale aeroelastic simulations of hovering bat flight,” AIAA 2020-0335. AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, January 2020.
  • Gurugbelli P.S., and Jaiman R. K., “Large amplitude flapping of an inverted elastic foil in uniform flow with spanwise periodicity,” Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 90, Pg. 139-163, 2019
  • Gurugbelli P.S., and Jaiman R. K., “Interaction of gap flow with flapping dynamics of two side-by-side elastic foils,” International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 75, Pg. 239-255, 2019
  • Li G., Law Y. Z. and Jaiman R. K., “A 3D variational multibody aeroelastic formulation for bio-inspired flight dynamics in turbulent flow,” In AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, Pg. 1894, 2019
  • Li G., Law Y. Z. and Jaiman R. K., “A novel 3D variational aeroelastic framework for flexible multibody dynamics: Application to bat-like flapping dynamics,” Computers & Fluids, Vol. 180, Pg. 96-116, 2019
  • Gurugubelli P. S. and Jaiman R. K. “Interaction of gap flow with flapping dynamics of two side-by-side elastic foils,” International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 75, Pg. 239-255, 2019
  • Gurugubelli P. S. and Jaiman R. K. “Self-induced flapping dynamics of inverted flexible foil”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 781, Pg. 657-694, 2015
  • Jaiman R. K., Parmar M. and Gurugubelli P. S., “Added mass and aeroelastic stability of a flexible plate interacting with mean flow in a confined channel”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 81, Pg. 041006, 2014

Numerical methods and software development

  • Rath, B., Mao, X. & Jaiman, R.K. 2023, “An interface preserving and residual-based adaptivity for phase-field modeling of fully Eulerian fluid-structure interaction”, Journal of computational physics, vol. 488, pp. 112188.
  • Mao, X. & Jaiman, R. 2023, “An interface and geometry preserving phase-field method for fully Eulerian fluid-structure interaction”, Journal of computational physics, vol. 476, pp. 111903.
  • Kashyap, S.R. & Jaiman, R.K. 2023, “Unsteady cavitation dynamics and frequency lock-in of a freely vibrating hydrofoil at high Reynolds number”, International journal of multiphase flow, vol. 158, pp. 104276.
  • Kashyap S.R., Jaiman R.K., “A robust and accurate finite element framework for cavitating flows with moving fluid-structure interfaces,” Computers & Mathematics with Applications,  Vol. 103, Pg. 19-39, 2021
  • Mao X., Joshi V. and Jaiman R.K., “A variational interface-preserving and conservative phase-field method for the surface tension effect in two-phase flows,” Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 433, 110166, 2021
  • Joshi V., Jaiman R.K., and Ollivier-Gooch C., “A variational multibody formulation for partitioned fluid-structure interaction: Application to bat-inspired drones and unmanned air-vehicles,” Computers & Mathematics with Applications,  Vol. 80, Pg. 2707-2737, 2020
  • Li Y., Law Y. Z., Joshi V. and Jaiman R.K., “A 3D common-refinement method for non-matching meshes in partitioned variational fluid-structure analysis,” Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 374, Pg. 163-187, 2018
  • Yenduri A., Ghoshal R. and Jaiman R. K., “A new partitioned staggered scheme for flexible multibody interactions with strong inertial effects,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 315, Pg. 316-347, 2017
  • Joshi V. and Jaiman R. K., “A positivity preserving variational method for multi-dimensional convection-diffusion-reaction equation,’’ Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 339, Pg. 247-284, 2017
  • Jaiman R. K., Pillalamarri N. R. and Guan M. Z., “A stable second-order partitioned iterative scheme for freely vibrating low-mass bluff bodies in a uniform flow,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 301, Pg. 187–215, 2016
  • Jaiman R. K., Guan M. Z. and Miyanawala T. P., “Partitioned iterative and dynamic subgrid-scale methods for freely vibrating square-section structures at subcritical Reynolds number”, Computers and Fluids, Vol. 133, Pg. 68–89, 2016
  • Jaiman R. K., Sen S. and Gurugubelli P. S., “A fully implicit combined field scheme for freely vibrating square cylinders with sharp and rounded corners”, Computers and Fluids, Vol. 112, Pg. 1-18, 2015
  • Liu J., Jaiman R. K. and Gurugubelli P. S., “A Stable Second-Order Scheme for Fluid-Structure Interaction with Strong Added-Mass Effects”, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 270, Pg. 687-710, 2014

Two-phase fluid-structure interaction

  • Cheng, Z., Darbhamulla, N.B. & Jaiman, R.K. 2025, “Flow-induced vibration of flexible tapering hydrofoils with and without sheet cavitation”, International journal of multiphase flow, vol. 186, pp. 105149.
  • Cheng, Z., Smoker, B., Kashyap, S., Burella, G. & Jaiman, R.K. 2025, “Cavitating wake dynamics and hydroacoustics performance of marine propeller with a nozzle”, Physics of fluids (1994), vol. 37, no. 1.
  • Darbhamulla, N.B. & Jaiman, R.K. 2024, “A finite element framework for fluid–structure interaction of turbulent cavitating flows with flexible structures”, Computers & fluids, vol. 277, pp. 106283.
  • Mao, X., Rath, B. & Jaiman, R. 2024, “A 3D phase-field based Eulerian variational framework for multiphase fluid–structure interaction with contact dynamics”, Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering, vol. 429, pp. 117172.
  • Rath, B., Mao, X. & Jaiman, R.K. 2024, “An efficient phase-field framework for contact dynamics between deformable solids in fluid flow”, Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering, vol. 432, pp. 117348.
  • Rath, B., Mao, X. & Jaiman, R. 2024, “A Review of Interface-Driven Adaptivity for Phase-Field Modeling of Fluid–Structure Interaction”, Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, vol. 104, no. 1, pp. 303-318.
  • Chizfahm A., Joshi V. and Jaiman R. K., “Transverse flow-induced vibrations of a sphere in the proximity of a free surface: A numerical study,” Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 101, 103224, 2021
  • Chizfahm A., Joshi V., and Jaiman R.K., “Vortex-Induced Vibration of a Spherical Body With Free Surface Effects: Application to Tugboats With Low Length-to-Beam Ratio,” Proceedings of the ASME 2020 39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. Volume 8: CFD and FSI. Virtual, Online. August 3–7, 2020
  • Joshi V. and Jaiman R. K., “A hybrid variational Allen‐Cahn/ALE scheme for the coupled analysis of two‐phase fluid‐structure interaction,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 117(4), Pg. 405-429, 2019
  • Joshi V. and Jaiman R. K., “A positivity preserving and conservative variational scheme for phase-field modeling of two-phase flows,” Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 360, Pg. 137-166, 2018
  • Mao X., Joshi V., Miyanawala T. P. and Jaiman R. K., “Data-Driven Computing With Convolutional Neural Networks for Two-Phase Flows: Application to Wave-Structure Interaction,” In ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018
  • Joshi V. and Jaiman R. K., “An adaptive variational procedure for the conservative and positivity preserving Allen-Cahn phase-field model”, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 366, Pg. 478-504, 2018
  • Joshi V. and Jaiman R. K., “A positivity preserving and conservative variational scheme for phase-field modeling of two-phase flows”, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 360, Pg. 137-166, 2018

Mechanism and control of flow-induced vibrations

  • Chizfahm A., Joshi V. and Jaiman R. K., “Data-driven stability analysis and near-wake jet control for the vortex-induced vibration of a sphere,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 33, 044104, 2021
  • Yao W. and Jaiman R. K., “Feedback control of vortex-induced vibrations using eigensystem realization algorithm”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 827, Pg. 357-393, 2017.
  • Law Y. Z. and Jaiman R. K., “Passive control of vortex-induced vibration via spanwise grooves”, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 83, Pg. 1-26, 2018
  • Miyanawala T. P. and Jaiman R. K., “Self-sustaining turbulent wake characteristics in fluid-structure interaction of a square cylinder”, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 77, Pg. 80-101, 2018
  • Guan M. Z. and Jaiman R. K., “Fluid-Structure Interaction of Combined and Independent Configurations of Two Side-by-Side Square Cylinders”, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 72, Pg. 214-232, 2018
  • Bin L. and Jaiman R. K., “Dynamics and stability of gap-flow interference in a vibrating side-by-side arrangement of two circular cylinders”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 855, Pg. 804-838, 2018
  • Wu C. H., Jaiman R. K., Lim T. B. A., Kang C. W. and Ma S., “A new passive control technique for the suppression of vortex-induced motion in deep-draft semisubmersibles,” Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 80, Pg. 79-100, 2018
  • Liu B. and Jaiman R. K., “Interaction dynamics of gap flow with vortex-induced vibration in side-by-side cylinder arrangement”, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 28 (12), Pg. 127103, 2016
  • Mysa R. C., Kaboudian A. and Jaiman R. K., “On the origin of wake-induced vibration in two tandem circular cylinders at low Reynolds number”, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 61, Pg. 76-98, 2016
  • Law Y. Z. and Jaiman R. K., “Wake stabilization mechanism of low-drag suppression devices for vortex-induced vibration”, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 70, Pg. 428-449, 2017

Hydrodynamic interfaces and two-phase flows

  • Lak, S. & Jaiman, R.K. 2025, “Suppressing tip vortex cavitation through passive deformation of a hydrofoil. II. Twisting”, Physics of fluids (1994), vol. 37, no. 8.
  • Lak, S. & Jaiman, R.K. 2025, “Suppressing tip vortex cavitation through passive deformation of a hydrofoil. I. Bending”, Physics of fluids (1994), vol. 37, no. 8.
  • Lak, S. & Jaiman, R. 2024, “A numerical study on the oscillatory dynamics of tip vortex cavitation”, Journal of fluid mechanics, vol. 998.
  • Raman K. A., Jaiman R. K., Lee T. S. and Low H. T., “A numerical study on electrowetting-induced jumping and transport of droplet”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 99, Pg. 805-821, 2016
  • Raman K. A., Jaiman R. K., Sui Y., Lee T. S. and Low H. T., “Rebound suppression of a droplet impacting on an oscillating horizontal surface”, Physical Review E Vol. 94 (2), Pg. 023108, 2016
  • Raman K. A., Jaiman R. K., Lee T. S. and Low H. T., “On the dynamics of crown structure in simultaneous two droplets impact onto stationary and moving liquid film”, Computers and Fluids, Vol. 107, Pg. 285-300, 2015
  • Raman K. A., Jaiman R. K., Lee T. S. and Low H. T., “Lattice Boltzmann study on the dynamics of successive droplets impact on a solid surface”, Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 45, Pg. 181-19, 2016
  • Chen Y., Zhang Y., Gao M., Gullman-Strand J., Jaiman R. K., Dao M. and Chew L. W., “Numerical Simulation of Oblique Wave in Water Basin”, In ASME 2015 34th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015