PhD program in Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Curriculum in Fluid Dynamics and Environmental Engineering
Theme: Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics
The topics covered are:
- Hydrodynamic stability and turbulence
- Vorticity dynamics
- Control and optimization of fluid systems
- Fluid-structure interaction and innovative systems for energy production
- Mixing phenomena and Lagrangian dynamics in fluid bodies
- Non-Newtonian fluids and elastic turbulence
The researchers involved in this theme are:
Giovanni Besio,
Paolo Blondeaux,
Alessandro Bottaro,
Marco Colombini,
Joel Guerrero,
Andrea Mazzino,
Marco Mazzuoli,
Jan Pralits,
Rodolfo Repetto,
Alessandro Stocchino,
Nicoletta Tambroni,
Giovanna Vittori
Relevant publications
- Naqvi, S.B. & Bottaro, A. , "Interfacial conditions between a free-fluid region and a porous medium", Int. J. Multiphase Flow, 2021 (in press)
- Blondeaux P., Vittori G. 2021 Revisiting the momentary stability analysisof the Stokes boundary layer. Journal Fluid Mech (in print)
- P. Clark Di Leoni, A. Mazzino and L. Biferale, Synchronization to Big Data: Nudging the Navier-Stokes Equations for Data Assimilation of Turbulent Flows, Phys. Rev. X 10, 011023 (2020)
- Vittori G. Blondeaux P., Mazzuoli M. 2020 Direct Numerical Simulationsof the Pulsating Flowover a Plane Wall. Journal of Marine Science andEngineering Vol 8 (11)
- Bottaro A., "Flow over natural or engineered surfaces: an adjoint homogenization perspective", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 877, pp. P1-P91. 2019.
- Zampogna G.A., Magnaudet J. & Bottaro A., "Generalized slip condition over rough surfaces", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 858, 2019, pp. 407-436.
- Zampogna G.A., Lacis U., Bagheri S. & Bottaro A., "Modeling waves in fluids flowing over and through poroelastic media", Int. J. Multiphase Flow, Vol. 110, pp. 148-164. 2019.
- M. E. Rosti, A. A. Banaei, L. Brandt and A. Mazzino, Flexible Fiber Reveals the Two-Point Statistical Properties of Turbulence, Phys. Rev. Lett 121, 044501. 2018.
- G. Sardina, L. Brandt, G. Boffetta and A. Mazzino, Buoyancy-Driven Flow through a Bed of Solid Particles Produces a New Form of Rayleigh-Taylor Turbulence, Phys. Rev. Lett 121, 224501. 2018.
- Blondeaux, P., Vittori, G., Porcile, G. "Modeling the turbulent boundary layer at the bottom of sea wave" Coastal Engineering, 141, pp. 12-23. 2018.
- Alinovi E. & Bottaro A., "Apparent slip and drag reduction for the flow over superhydrophobic and lubricant-impregnated surfaces", Phys. Rev. Fluids, Vol. 3, 124002. 2018.
- G. Boffetta & A. Mazzino, Incompressible Rayleigh-Taylor turbulence, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. 49, 119-143. 2017.
- Mazzuoli, M., Vittori, G. Transition to turbulence in an oscillatory flow over a rough wall Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 792, pp. 67-97. 2016.
- Colombini, M. Axisymmetric flow within a torsionally oscillating sphere. Physics of FluidsVolume 26, Issue 2, 28 February 2014.
- Pralits, Brandt, & Giannetti, Instability and sensitivity of the flow around a rotating circular cylinder, J. Fluid Mech. Vol. 650, pp 513-536, 2010.