Fluid Dynamics
The coffee-ring effect is a universal feature of evaporating sessile droplets with pinned contact line, wherein solutes or particles are advected to the droplet's edge due to evaporation-driven flows. While existing models have successfully…
Sinking marine snow particles, composed primarily of organic matter, control the global export of photosynthetically fixed carbon from the ocean surface to depth. The fate of sedimenting marine snow particles is in part regulated by their…
This study employs molecular dynamics simulations to investigate droplet dynamics when a stationary droplet on a solid surface is struck by another droplet of similar size from above. The focus is on the jumping behavior of the merged…
In this study, we report direct experimental observations of self-sustaining CH4-air rotating flames formed spontaneously in an unheated, open, circular Hele-Shaw cell. These flames are observed under fuel-rich conditions and exhibit stable…
We investigate the kinetic energy cascade in zero-temperature quantum turbulence. Using simple theoretical arguments and unprecedented numerical simulations, we unveil an universal mechanism transferring energy directly from large to very…
Shock wave-droplet interactions have been receiving increasing attention due to their relevance in aviation fuel combustion and minimally invasive medical treatments, yet quantifying them experimentally remains a challenge. In this study,…
In this work, we develop a neural-physics solver based on finite volume method (FVM), namely NeuralFVM, for turbulent flows by implementing the standard $k$-$\omega$ model designed for efficient Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) execution. The…
We present a new way to construct analytical solutions for flow in complex microfluidic channel networks, as well as planar disordered media. Using a combination of Schwarz-Christoffel maps and segmentation techniques inspired by integrated…
Novel thermographic measurement and heat-flux compensation methods combined for evaluating aerodynamic heating in hypersonic flight were developed using high-speed thermography. A hypersonic spherical projectile with a diameter of 8 mm was…
This study introduces a vortex gust generation method for isolated vortices impacting a downstream airfoil that is applicable to both numerical simulations and experiments. The vortex gust is generated by a symmetric airfoil undergoing a…
Fundamental questions related to the roles of fuel type, combustion parameters, and turbulence transport interactions in the inception and growth of contrails have remained intractable in remote sensing and in-flight measurements.…
The shape of the turbulent energy spectrum in the dissipation range, where viscous effects dominate, remains an open question despite decades of work. We report an experimental investigation of intermediate dissipation range energy spectra…
The salinity of water and the slope of ice significantly influence the melt rate and surface morphology of ice, both highly relevant in the context of glacier and iceberg melting in oceanic environments. In this study, we conducted…
We investigate the transport and adsorption of solutes within graded porous filters characterised by a spatially varying microstructure. While classical homogenisation theory typically assumes periodic media, we employ the method of…
We study experimentally a a three-dimensional reduced model of a sail shape performing pitching oscillations around a mean incidence angle ($\alpha_{m}$) with respect to an incoming flow in a hydrodynamic channel at a constant velocity…
Recent works reveal the importance of chaotic flow fluctuations as a mechanism for the enhanced resistance observed in viscoelastic porous media flows, and also show how chaotic fluctuations are affected by the structural disorder of porous…
A fundamental relation in Lagrangian Kolmogorov theory is concerned with inertial range scaling of the second-order velocity structure function over intermediate time lags at sufficiently high Reynolds numbers. Significant theoretical…
The development and progression of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are related to complex flow patterns and wall-shear-driven mechanobiological stimuli, yet the quantitative relationship between aneurysmal geometry and hemodynamics remains…
A new three-dimensional (3D) multiphase computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for adsorption physics in packed beds of spherical beads is developed and validated. The model is constituted at a macroscopic scale that integrates new…
A swimming microorganism stirs the surrounding fluid, creating a flow field that governs not only its locomotion and nutrient uptake, but also its interactions with other microorganisms and the environment. Despite its fundamental…