Turbulence: Shear and Stratification

Presentations

• A Lagrangian view of mixing in stratified shear flows

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:00 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 8:13 AM

  Publication: A Lagrangian view of mixing in stratified shear flows by X. Zhou, J. R. Taylor and C. P. Caulfield, submitted to the Journal of Fluid Mechanics

  Presenters

  • Colm-Cille P Caulfield

    Univ of Cambridge

  Authors

  • Xingyu Zhou

    Univ of Cambridge

  • John R Taylor

    University of Cambridge

  • Colm-Cille P Caulfield

    Univ of Cambridge

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• Shear free turbulent entrainment and mixing at a stable density interface

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:13 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 8:26 AM

  Publication: The abstract spans content planned for two papers. These are currently being prepared and targeted for submission to Physical Review Fluids within the next month.

  Presenters

  • Ryan Hass

    Stanford University

  Authors

  • Ryan Hass

    Stanford University

  • Sanjiva K Lele

    Stanford University

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• Anisotropy of emergent large-scale dynamics in forced stratified shear flows

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:26 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 8:39 AM

  Publication: Anisotropy of emergent large-scale dynamics in forced stratified shear flows by P. P. Vieweg and C. P. Caulfield. Submitted to the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

  Presenters

  • Philipp P Vieweg

    Univ of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

  Authors

  • Philipp P Vieweg

    Univ of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

  • Colm-Cille P Caulfield

    Univ of Cambridge

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• Domain size effect on a temporally evolving stably stratified shear layer

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:39 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 8:52 AM

  Publication: Takumi Akao, Tomoaki Watanabe, Koji Nagata, Spanwise confinement effects on a stably stratified shear layer, Special Issue of the Third Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference, under review

  Presenters

  • Takumi Akao

    Kyoto University

  Authors

  • Takumi Akao

    Kyoto University

  • Tomoaki Watanabe

    Kyoto University

  • Koji Nagata

    Kyoto University

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• Empirical Scaling Law for Free Shear Layer Growth

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 8:52 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:05 AM

  Publication: In-preparation paper: "On Empirical Growth Scaling Law for Free Shear Layers"

  Presenters

  • Ankit Kumar Gautam

    Michigan State University

  Authors

  • Ankit Kumar Gautam

    Michigan State University

  • Daniel Livescu

    Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Ricardo Mejia-Alvarez

    Michigan State University

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• The influence of energy containing scales on spectral energy transfers locality

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:05 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Arthur Couteau

    ETH Zürich

  Authors

  • Arthur Couteau

    ETH Zürich

  • Patrick Jenny

    ETH Zurich

  • Panayotis Dimopoulos Eggenschwiler

    Empa

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• Small-scale intermittency in isotropic and anisotropic turbulent flows using Kullback-Leibler divergence

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:18 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:31 AM

  Publication: Sarkar, S. and Das, R., 2025. Information-theoretic characterization of turbulence intermittency. arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.05304.<br>https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.05304

  Presenters

  • Rishita Das

    Indian Institute Of Science

  Authors

  • Rishita Das

    Indian Institute Of Science

  • Shreyashri Sarkar

    Indian Institute of Science

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• Manipulating the direction of turbulent energy flux via tensor geometry in a two-dimensional flow

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:31 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:44 AM

  Publication: Xinyu Si, Filippo De Lillo, Guido Boffetta, and Lei Fang. Manipulating the direction of turbulent energy flux via tensor geometry in a two-dimensional flow. Science Advances, 2025.

  Presenters

  • Lei Fang

    University of Pittsburgh

  Authors

  • Lei Fang

    University of Pittsburgh

  • Xinyu Si

    University of Pittsburgh, University of Rochester

  • Filippo De Lillo

    Università di Torino

  • Guido Boffetta

    University of Torino

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• Counting the structures in turbulent flows

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:44 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 9:57 AM

  Presenters

  • Theodore MacMillan

    Stanford University

  Authors

  • Theodore MacMillan

    Stanford University

  • Nicholas T Ouellette

    Stanford University

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• Statistical properties of Fourier modes in isotropic turbulence

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 9:57 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 10:10 AM

  Presenters

  • Shilpa Sajeev

    Texas A&M University College Station

  Authors

  • Shilpa Sajeev

    Texas A&M University College Station

  • Diego A. Donzis

    Texas A&M University College Station

  • K.R. Sreenivasan

    New York University

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• Is the Scale-Locality of the Kinetic Energy Cascade Violated by Shocks?

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 10:10 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 10:23 AM

  Presenters

  • Dina Soltani Tehrani

    University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Dina Soltani Tehrani

    University of Rochester

  • Hussein Aluie

    University of Rochester

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• Direct Numerical Simulations of Flow and Transport in Karst Conduits

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2025, 10:23 AM – Nov. 24, 2025, 10:36 AM

  Publication: Planned papers: Laminar and Turbulent Flow in Wavy Pipes

  Presenters

  • Ismail El Mellas

    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)

  Authors

  • Ismail El Mellas

    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)

  • Juan José Hidalgo

    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)

  • Marco Dentz

    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)

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