G A L C I T [Caltech] - Fluid Mechanics Reseach Conference

[Seminars Are Announced Weekly]
The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for students, postdoctoral scholars, visitors, and faculty to present the results of ongoing research projects. It is intended to be a relatively informal forum for presenting unfinished work and ideas about future work.

September

September 26
Lorena Barba
Computations of Vortex Induced Vibration using Viscous Vortex Methods
Scott Jackson
Detonation Propagation through Small Tubes

October

October 3
Jeffrey Bergthorson
An Experimental of C1-C2 Hydrocarbon Flames
Murphy Wang
Statistical and Spectral Analysis of High Schmidt Number Scalars in Grid Turbulence

October 10
Kumar Bobba
Uncertainty Concepts, Complexity and Transition to Turbulence
Phillippe Chatelain
Vortex Methods for 3D Incompressible Flows

October 17
Special Speaker
Dr. Steven Vogel
Twisting in the Wind without Getting Bent out of Shape: Flexural versus Tensional Stiffness in Flowers, Feathers and Feet

October 24
Marco Arienti
Superseismic Loading and Eulerian-Lagrangian Coupling with GrACE
Paul O'Gorman
LES of Turbulence with a Passive Scalar

October 31
Joanna Austin
Detonation cell structure
Professor Dale Pullin
Axial velocity and passive scalar dynamics in stretched vortices

November

November 7
Michael Johnson
Mixing and Combustion in Complex High Speed Flows
Gerard O'Reilly
Stability of Compressible Stuart Vortices

November 14
Research Review

November 28
Gabriel Acevedo-Bolton
Dynamics and Visualization of Embryonic Heart Development
Michael Rubel
Timestepper for a Weakly-Coupled System

January

January 2, 2001
Heinrich Stueer
Bubble-Vortex Interaction
Mohammad Gharib
Vortex-Induced Vibration

January 9 (New Location: Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Brad Dooley
Stereo DPIV Study of Free Surface Shear Flows
Jimmy Fung
Modeling the Inlet and Engine Compressor as an Integrated System

January 16 (New Location: Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Tait Pottebaum
Heat transport and coherent structures in flow past systems of heated, oscillating cylinders
Patrick Hung
Reducing Chemical Kinetics for Numerical Simulation of Detonations

January 23
Sanjeev Malhotra
Nonlinear Combustion Instability in Solid Rocket Motors
Christina Vagelopoulos
Prediction of flame properties in a stagnation-flow configuration

	G A L C I T Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology
[Fluid Mechanics Research Conference]
[top] [top] [top] [top]	Tuesdays, 4:00 p.m. Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall 101 Guggenheim Organized by Hans Hornung 2005-2006 \| 2004-2005 \| 2003-2004 \| 2002-2003 \| 2001-2002 \| 2000-2001 2000 - 2001 September · October · November · January [Seminars Are Announced Weekly] The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for students, postdoctoral scholars, visitors, and faculty to present the results of ongoing research projects. It is intended to be a relatively informal forum for presenting unfinished work and ideas about future work. September September 26 Lorena Barba Computations of Vortex Induced Vibration using Viscous Vortex Methods Scott Jackson Detonation Propagation through Small Tubes October October 3 Jeffrey Bergthorson An Experimental of C1-C2 Hydrocarbon Flames Murphy Wang Statistical and Spectral Analysis of High Schmidt Number Scalars in Grid Turbulence October 10 Kumar Bobba Uncertainty Concepts, Complexity and Transition to Turbulence Phillippe Chatelain Vortex Methods for 3D Incompressible Flows October 17 Special Speaker Dr. Steven Vogel Twisting in the Wind without Getting Bent out of Shape: Flexural versus Tensional Stiffness in Flowers, Feathers and Feet October 24 Marco Arienti Superseismic Loading and Eulerian-Lagrangian Coupling with GrACE Paul O'Gorman LES of Turbulence with a Passive Scalar October 31 Joanna Austin Detonation cell structure Professor Dale Pullin Axial velocity and passive scalar dynamics in stretched vortices November November 7 Michael Johnson Mixing and Combustion in Complex High Speed Flows Gerard O'Reilly Stability of Compressible Stuart Vortices November 14 Research Review November 28 Gabriel Acevedo-Bolton Dynamics and Visualization of Embryonic Heart Development Michael Rubel Timestepper for a Weakly-Coupled System January January 2, 2001 Heinrich Stueer Bubble-Vortex Interaction Mohammad Gharib Vortex-Induced Vibration January 9 (New Location: Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall) Brad Dooley Stereo DPIV Study of Free Surface Shear Flows Jimmy Fung Modeling the Inlet and Engine Compressor as an Integrated System January 16 (New Location: Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall) Tait Pottebaum Heat transport and coherent structures in flow past systems of heated, oscillating cylinders Patrick Hung Reducing Chemical Kinetics for Numerical Simulation of Detonations January 23 Sanjeev Malhotra Nonlinear Combustion Instability in Solid Rocket Motors Christina Vagelopoulos Prediction of flame properties in a stagnation-flow configuration
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