Daniel Barbedo Vasconcelos Santos


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I have a strong interest in numerical simulations of both fluid and solid mechanics. During my master’s studies, I developed a mechanical contact formulation for solids using a B-spline surface as the contact interface within a finite element simulation framework. My doctoral research focused on single- and two-phase flows simulations, employing the finite element method to model flow through complex geometries, using a decoupled mesh approach for accurate fluid interface representation. Currently, as a postdoctoral researcher, I am working on fluid-structure interaction, using numerical simulation to help design remotely powered intelligent materials.







academic info:


research interests:

  • computational fluid dynamics
  • two-phase flows
  • scientific computing
  • finite element method
  • interface dynamics
  • particle-laden simulations
  • fluid-structure interactions

D.Sc. thesis:

publications with Prof. Gustavo R. Anjos:

Journal Articles

  1. Santos, Daniel B. V.; Santos, Antônio E. M.; Bandarra Filho, Enio P.; Anjos, G. R. Numerical Investigation of a Gas Bubble in Complex Geometries for Industrial Process Equipment Design. Fluids, vol. 10(7), 172 (2025).
  2. Santos, Daniel B. V.; Vidal, Rafael; Valluri, Prashant; Anjos, Gustavo R. Computation of Deformable Interface Two-Phase Flows: A Semi-Lagrangian Finite Element Approach. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 97(3), 233-243 (2024).
  3. Santos, Daniel B. V.; Oliveira, Gustavo P.; Mangiavacchi, Norberto; Valluri, Prashant; Anjos, Gustavo R. Numerical Investigation of Gas Bubble Interaction in a Circular Cross-Section Channel in Shear Flow. Fluids, vol. 9(2), 32 (2024).

Conference Papers

  1. Santos, D. B. V.; Anjos, G.R. Finite Element Simulation of Two-Phase Flows with Heat and Mass Transfer Through a Decoupled Mesh Method. Anais do 20th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering (ENCIT), Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 2024.
  2. Vidal, R. A.; Santos, D. B. V.; Anjos, Gustavo R. Computation of Deformable Interface Two-Phase Flows - A Semi-Lagrangian Finite Element Approach. Anais do CILAMCE 2023 - The XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CILAMCE), Porto, Portugal, 2023.
  3. Santos, D. B. V.; Anjos, G.R. Three Dimensional Finite Element Two-Phase Flow Simulation Using a Front Tracking Method. Proceedings of the 27th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering (COBEM), Florianópolis, Brazil, 2023.
  4. Santos, D. B. V.; Anjos, G.R. Three Dimensional Two-Phase Finite Element Simulation Using a Front-Tracking Method. JEM (JEM), 2023.
  5. Santos, D. B. V.; Anjos, Gustavo R. Axisymmetric Two-Phase Finite Element Simulation Using a Front Tracking Method on an Unstructured Mesh. Anais do 19th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering (ENCIT), Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, 2022.
  6. Santos, D. B. V.; Anjos, G.R. Decoupled Mesh Method for Finite Element Simulation of Two-Phase Systems. Proceedings of 8th International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer (CHT-21) (CHT), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2021.
  7. Santos, D. B. V.; Anjos, G.R. Finite Element Simulation for Two-Phase Flow with a Decoupled Fluid Interface. Proceedings of 26th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering (COBEM), Florianópolis, Brazil, 2021.
  8. Santos, D. B. V.; Anjos, G. R. Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flows in the Context of COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2. Anais do 18th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering (ENCIT), Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, 2020.