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LIFD member event: EPSRC responsive mode funding
LIFD member session: EPSRC responsive mode funding , opportunities and experiences About this event We are pleased to invite you to virtually join us on the 8th October 2021, 10.00am-11.00am, for a brief update on the latest progress and upcoming activities for LIFD, followed by an introduction to EPSRC responsive mode grants available, and a…
LIFD Colloquium – Droplet Dynamics, James Sprittles
LEEDS INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS: Virtual Colloquium About this event Speaker: Professor James Sprittles, Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick Title: Droplet dynamics in the presence of gas nanofilms: merging, wetting, bouncing & levitation Bio: James Sprittles is a Professor in the Mathematics Institute at the University of Warwick who is interested in the computational modelling of small scale…
UK Fluid Dynamics Report Launch
New report indicates UK Fluid Dynamics contributes £14 billion to UK economy About this event The UK Fluids Network and Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) are hosting a launch event for a new report which for the first time details the current value of fluid dynamics to the UK. Fluid Dynamics is the study…
LIFD Colloquium – Alison Stirling
LEEDS INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS: Virtual Colloquium About this event Speaker: Alison Stirling, Met Office Title: Modelling atmospheric convection for meteorological prediction Bio: Alison joined the convection group at the Met Office having obtained a degree in theoretical physics from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in astronomy from the Institute for Astronomy at…
Journal of Fluid Mechanics Webinar Series: Guohua Wang, China and Keith Moffatt, UK
Speaker: Guohua Wang, Lanzhou University, China Date/Time: Friday 18th June 2021 4:00pm BST/11am EDT Title: Very-large scale motions in the atmospheric surface layer Abstract: Very-large scale motions (VLSMs) are typical structures in wall-bounded turbulence at high Reynolds number, which make important contributions to mass and energy transport. This talk will present the atmospheric surface layer observations carried out at…
Journal of Fluid Mechanics Webinar Series: Jane Bae, USA and Axel Huerre, France
Speaker: Jane Bae, Harvard University, USA Date/Time: Friday 11th June 2021 4:00pm BST/11am EDT Title: Nonlinear interaction of the self-sustaining process in the near-wall region of wall-bounded turbulence Abstract: We investigate the nonlinear interaction in the self-sustaining process of wall-bounded turbulence. Resolvent analysis is used to identify the principal forcing (nonlinear) mode which produces the maximum amplification in direct…
Journal of Fluid Mechanics Webinar Series: Laura Cope, UK and Hugues Faller, France
Speaker: Laura Cope, Cambridge University, UK Date/Time: Friday 4th June 2021 4:00pm BST/11am EDT Title: The dynamics of stratified horizontal shear flows at low Péclet number Abstract: Stratified flows are ubiquitous; examples include atmospheres and oceans in geophysics and stellar interiors in astrophysics. The interaction of a stable stratification with a background velocity distribution can develop into stratified…
Journal of Fluid Mechanics Webinar Series: Chris Howland, Netherlands and Shingo Motoki, Japan
Speaker: Chris Howland, University of Twente, Netherlands Date/Time: Friday 28th May 2021 4:00pm BST/11am EST Title: Quantifying mixing in simulations of stratified flows Abstract: Turbulent mixing exerts a significant influence on many physical processes in the ocean. In a stably stratified Boussinesq fluid, this irreversible mixing describes the conversion of available potential energy (APE) to background potential energy (BPE)….
Journal of Fluid Mechanics Webinar Series: Adrian Lozano-Duran, USA and Adrian Lozano-Duran, USA
Speaker: Adrian Lozano-Duran, MIT, USA Date/Time: Friday 21st May 2021 4:00pm BST/11am EST Title: Cause-and-effect of linear mechanisms sustaining in wall turbulence Abstract: Despite the nonlinear nature of turbulence, there is evidence that part of the energy-transfer mechanisms sustaining wall turbulence can be ascribed to linear processes. The different scenarios stem from linear stability theory and comprise exponential instabilities,…
Journal of Fluid Mechanics Webinar Series: George Fortune, UK and Xianyang Jiang, UK
Speaker: George Fortune, University of Cambridge, UK Date/Time: Friday 14th May 2021 4:00pm BST/11am EST Title: Waltzing worms: the dynamics of plant-animal collective vortex structures Abstract: Circular milling, a stunning manifestation of collective motion, is found across the natural world, from fish shoals to army ants. It has been observed recently that the plant-animal worm Symsagittifera roscoffensis exhibits circular milling behaviour,…
