FY2017

Continuum Physics Unit

Professor Gustavo Gioia

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Abstract

The Continuum Physics Unit pursed theoretical and experimental research on turblent flows and tropical cyclones and granular materials, and continued to develop a joint fluid mechanics--continuum fluidics laboratory at OIST.

1. Staff

  • Gustavo Gioia, Professor
  • Tapan Sabuwala, Research Specialist
  • Tinihau Meuel, Postdoctoral Scholar (-Oct 2017)
  • Dongrong Zhang, PhD Student
  • Kaori Egashira, Research Unit Administrator

2. Collaborations

2.1 The spectral link in turbulent flows

  • Type of collaboration: Scientific collaboration
  • Researchers:
    • Professor Pinaki Chakraborty, OIST

2.2 Granular cratering

  • Type of collaboration: Scientific collaboration
  • Researchers:
    • Professor Pinaki Chakraborty, OIST

2.3 Experiments on turbulent pipe flows

  • Type of collaboration: Scientific collaboration
  • Researchers:
    • Professor Pinaki Chakraborty, OIST
    • Professor Jun Sakakibara, Meiji University, Japan

2.4 Experiments on Taylor-Couette flows

  • Type of collaboration: Scientific collaboration
  • Researchers:
    • Dr. Yasuo Higashi, OIST
    • Professor Pinaki Chakraborty, OIST

3. Activities and Findings

4. Publications

4.1 Journals

  1. Gioia, G, Chakraborty, P. (2017) Spectral derivation of the classic laws of wall-bounded turbulent flows. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences, vol. 473, PP.326-343, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2017.0354
  2. Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P. (2018) The laws of resistance in transitional pipe flows. Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society, vol. 120, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.054502

4.2 Books and other one-time publications

Nothing to report

4.3 Oral and Poster Presentations

  1. Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., Flashes in Reynolds's Turbulence, Bethel University Physics Department, Minneapolis, MN USA, May 2 (2017).
  2. Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., Flashes in Reynolds's Turbulence, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Physics Department, Hong Kong, May 19 (2017).
  3. Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., Flashes in Reynolds's Turbulence, Academia Sinica Department of Physics, Taipei, Taiwan, June 12 (2017)
  4. 4. Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., Flashes in Reynolds's Turbulence, National Central University Department of Physics, Taoyuan, Taiwan, June 14 (2017)
  5. Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., Turbulence in Transitional Pipe Flows, OIST Mini-vortex Meeting, OIST, Japan, July 5 (2017).
  6. Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., Turbulence in Transitional Pipe Flows, Kyoto University RIMS Conference on the Mathematics of Inhomogeneous Turbulence, Kyoto, Japan, July 26 (2017).
  7. Zhang, D., Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., Spectral theory of the mean-velocity profile in thermally stratified plane-Couette flows, Kyoto University RIMS Conference on the Mathematics of Inhomogeneous Turbulence, Kyoto, Japan, July 26 (2017).
  8. Gioia, G, Chakraborty, P. Inferring the turbulent-energy spectrum from the mean-velocity profile, Kyoto University RIMS Conference on the Mathematics of Inhomogeneous Turbulence, Kyoto, Japan, July 27 (2017).
  9. Zhang, D., Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., Spectral theory of the mean-velocity profile in thermally stratified plane-Couette flows, 2nd International Conference in Aerospace for Young Scientists, Beijing, Beihang university, Beijing, China, September 7 (2017).
  10. Chakraborty, P., Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., The states of flow in transitional pipes, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, October 16 (2017).
  11. Chakraborty, P., Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., The states of flow in transitional pipes, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, October 19 (2017).
  12. Chakraborty, P., Gioia, G., The spectral link in turbulent frictional drag, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, October 20 (2017).
  13. Chakraborty, P., Gioia, G., The spectral link in turbulent frictional drag, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, November 9 (2017).
  14. Chakraborty, P., Gioia, G., The spectral link in turbulent frictional drag, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, November 10 (2017).
  15. Chakraborty, P., Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., The states of flow in transitional pipes, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, November 13 (2017).
  16. Chakraborty, P., Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., The states of flow in transitional pipes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, November 14 (2017).
  17. Chakraborty, P., Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., The states of flow in transitional pipes, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, November 17 (2017).
  18. Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., The laws of resistance in transitional pipe flows, 70th Annual Meeting of American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS-DFD), Denver, Colorado, USA, November 19 (2017).
  19. Chakraborty, P., Gioia, G., Sabuwala, T., Effect of rainpower on hurricane intensity, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India, February 2 (2018)
  20. Chakraborty, P., Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., The states of flow in transitional pipes, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, February 7 (2018)
  21. Cerbus, R., Liu, C., Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., The laws of resistance in transitional pipe flows, 2018 International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Systems, Chengdu, China, March 17 (2018)
  22. Zhang, D., Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., Spectral theory of the mean-velocity profile in thermally stratified plane-Couette flows, 2018 International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Systems, Chengdu, China, March 17 (2018)

5. Intellectual Property Rights and Other Specific Achievements

Nothing to report

6. Meetings and Events

6.1 Insect Flight: from Newton’s law to Neurons

  • Date: December 18th, 2017
  • Venue: OIST Campus Lab1
  • Speaker:Professor Z. Jane Wang
    (Physics, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University)

7. Other

Nothing to report.