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physics.flu-dyn2021

Transition from shear-dominated to Rayleigh-Taylor turbulence

Stefano Brizzolara, Jean-Paul Mollicone, Maarten van Reeuwijk +2

Turbulent mixing layers in nature are often characterized by the presence of a mean shear and an unstable buoyancy gradient between two streams of different velocity. Depending on…

physics.flu-dyn2020

Fiber Tracking Velocimetry for two-point statistics of turbulence

Stefano Brizzolara, Marco Edoardo Rosti, Stefano Olivieri +3

We propose and validate a novel experimental technique to measure two-point statistics of turbulent flows. It consists in spreading rigid fibers in the flow and tracking their posi…

physics.flu-dyn2020

Efficient mate finding in planktonic copepods swimming in turbulence

François-Gaël Michalec, Itzhak Fouxon, Sami Souissi +1

Zooplankton live in dynamic environments where turbulence may challenge their limited swimming abilities. How this interferes with fundamental behavioral processes remains elusive.…

physics.flu-dyn2020

Objective barriers to the transport of dynamically active vector fields

George Haller, Stergios Katsanoulis, Markus Holzner +2

We derive a theory for material surfaces that maximally inhibit the diffusive transport of a dynamically active vector field, such as the linear momentum, the angular momentum or t…

physics.flu-dyn2020

Connecting the time evolution of the turbulence interface to coherent structures

M. M. Neamtu-Halic, D. Krug, J. P. Mollicone +3

The surface area of turbulent/non-turbulent interfaces (TNTIs) is continuously produced and destroyed via stretching and curvature/propagation effects. Here, the mechanisms respons…

physics.flu-dyn2019

Lagrangian coherent structures and entrainment near the turbulent/non-turbulent interface of a gravity current

M. M. Neamtu-Halic, D. Krug, G. Haller +1

In this paper, we employ Lagrangian coherent structures (LCSs) theory for the three dimensional vortex eduction and investigate the effect of large-scale vortical structures on the…