S. Tsynkov's Research Areas

(to be updated)



  • Artificial Boundary Conditions (ABCs) for External Aerodynamics. ABCs are generally needed for solving infinite-domain problems on the computer as they allow to truncate the original unbounded domain and thus facilitate creation of the finite-dimensional discretizations. Specific aerodynamic applications that have been considered originate from flows around aircraft and include three-dimensional configurations, turbulent and/or transonic regimes, and propulsive jets. Highly accurate nonlocal artificial boundary conditions have been obtained using difference potentials method by Ryaben'kii. This research is a joint effort with NASA Langley Research Center, USA. An extended summary for this research area is here.

  • Combined Implementation of Non-Local ABCs with the New Generation of Advanced Multigrid Flow Solvers Based on Factorizable Schemes. The purpose of this work is to demonstrate that superior performance displayed by each of the two aforementioned methods independently can be achieved in the unified framework and thus improved even further.

  • Long-Term Numerical Integration of Wave-Type Solutions. The key feature of the new group of methods that we have proposed is temporally uniform grid convergence on arbitrary long time intervals. This translates into the possibility of building highly accurate time-dependent artificial boundary conditions for the numerical study of wave propagation over infinite domains. Besides, the ABCs appear completely free of any geometric limitations and do not require grid fitting.

  • Active Shielding and Control of Environmental Noise. A new mathematical model for active noise control that eliminates the need for a reference signal (i.e., knowledge of the specific adverse component of the acoustic filed to be controlled) and yields the general solution for control sources. This, in turn, provides a powerful means for optimization.

  • Perfectly Matched Layers (PML) for the Helmholtz Equation. Theoretical and numerical study of the PML (artificial sponge layers designed to attenuate the outgoing waves after they leave the domain of interest) for the scalar two-dimensional Helmholtz equation.

  • Numerical Solution of the Nonlinear Helmholtz Equation. A fourth-order difference method for the scalar nonlinear Helmholtz equation that accounts for the phenomena of self-focusing and backscattering. The method includes special two-way artificial boundary condition which guarantees the reflectionless propagation of all outgoing waves and is at the same time capable of correctly prescribing the incoming (driving) signal.


  • Applied hydrodynamics (some real life pictures presented)


  • S. Tsynkov's publications (fully up to date).


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