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most citedDrag reduction induced by superhydrophobic surfaces in turbulent pipe flow

86 citations · 290 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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cond-mat.soft2023★ 9 cited

Bubbles enable volumetric negative compressibility in metastable elastocapillary systems

Davide Caprini, Francesco Battista, Pawel Zajdel +11

Although coveted in applications, few materials expand when subject to compression or contract under decompression, i.e., exhibit the negative compressibility phenomenon. A key ste…

physics.flu-dyn2022

The aerodynamic response of a pre-stressed elastically nonlinear aileron

Giovanni Corsi, Francesco Battista, Paolo Gualtieri +1

We study the aerodynamic response of a pre-stressed curved aileron. Whilst the fluid flow is standard (high Reynolds air flow undisturbed at infinity), the structure is designed to…

physics.flu-dyn2022★ 25 cited

Superhydrophobic surfaces to reduce form drag in turbulent separated flows

J. -P. Mollicone, F. Battista, P. Gualtieri +1

The drag force acting on a body moving in a fluid has two components, friction drag due to fluid viscosity and form drag due to flow separation behind the body. When present, form…

physics.flu-dyn2019★ 16 cited

Particles in turbulent separated flow over a bump: effect of the Stokes number and lift force

Jean-Paul Mollicone, Mahshid Sharifi, Francesco Battista +2

Particle-laden turbulent flow that separates due to a bump inside a channel is simulated to analyse the effects of the Stokes number and the lift force on the particle spatial dist…

physics.flu-dyn2018★ 86 cited

Drag reduction induced by superhydrophobic surfaces in turbulent pipe flow

Roberta Costantini, Jean-Paul Mollicone, Francesco Battista

The drag reduction induced by superhydrophobic surfaces is investigated in turbulent pipe flow. Wetted superhydrophobic surfaces are shown to trap gas bubbles in their asperities.…

physics.flu-dyn2017★ 19 cited

Curvature effects in turbulent premixed flames of H/Air: a DNS study with reduced chemistry

Gabriele Rocco, Francesco Battista, Francesco Picano +2

Data from a three-dimensional Direct Numerical Simulation of a turbulent premixed Bunsen flame at a low global Lewis number are analyzed to address the effects of the curvature on…

physics.flu-dyn2017★ 13 cited

Fractal scaling of turbulent premixed flame fronts: application to LES

Francesco Battista, Guido Troiani, Francesco Picano

The fractal scaling properties of turbulent premixed flame fronts have been investigated and considered for modelling sub-grid scales in the Large-Eddy-Simulation framework. Since…

physics.flu-dyn2017★ 38 cited

Turbulence modulation in heavy-loaded suspensions of tiny particles

P. Gualtieri, F. Battista, C. M. Casciola

The features of turbulence modulation produced by a heavy loaded suspension of small solid particles or liquid droplets are discussed by using a physically-based regularisation of…

physics.flu-dyn2015★ 56 cited

Effect of geometry and Reynolds number on the turbulent separated flow behind a bulge in a channel

Jean-Paul Mollicone, Francesco Battista, Paolo Gualtieri +1

Turbulent flow separation induced by a protuberance on one of the walls of an otherwise planar channel is investigated using Direct Numerical Simulations. Different bulge geometrie…

physics.flu-dyn2014★ 28 cited

Turbulent mixing of a slightly supercritical Van der Waals fluid at Low-Mach number

Francesco Battista, Francesco Picano, Carlo Massimo Casciola

Supercritical fluids near the critical point are characterized by liquid-like densities and gas-like transport properties. These features are purposely exploited in different conte…