sample of publications

• articles 

  • Characterization of Aerodynamic Forces on Wings in Plunge Maneuvers.  AIAA JOURNAL.  59:736-747. 2021
  • Three-Dimensional Effects on Plunging Airfoils at Low Reynolds Numbers.  AIAA JOURNAL.  59:65-74. 2020
  • Special Issue: Progress in Direct and Large Eddy Simulation.  FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION.  105:297-298. 2020
  • Assessing aerodynamic force estimation with experiments and simulations of apping-airfoil flows on the verge of three-dimensionality.  PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART G-JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING.  234:428-444. 2020
  • Three-dimensional effects on the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings in tandem configuration.  JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES.  94. 2020
  • A numerical study of the flow around a model winged seed in auto-rotation.  FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION.  101:477-497. 2018
  • A numerical study of the complex flow structure in a compound meandering channel.  ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES.  116. 2018
  • Kinematics and dynamics of the auto-rotation of a model winged seed.  Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.  13 (036011). 2018
  • Extended proper orthogonal decomposition of non-homogeneous thermal fields in a turbulent pipe flow.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER.  118:1264-1275. 2018
  • A numerical study of a variable-density low-speed turbulent mixing layer.  JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS.  830:569-601. 2017
  • On the aerodynamic forces on heaving and pitching airfoils at low Reynolds number.  JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS.  828:395-423. 2017
  • Influence of the secondary motions on pollutant mixing in a meandering open channel flow.  ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS.  17:695-714. 2017
  • Three-dimensional instabilities in the wake of a flapping wing at low Reynolds number.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW.  24:44-55. 2016
  • Heat transfer and thermal stresses in a circular tube with a non-uniform heat flux.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER.  96:256-266. 2016
  • Numerical simulation of heat transfer in a pipe with non-homogeneous thermal boundary conditions.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW.  55:45-51. 2015
  • Experimental and large eddy simulation study of the flow developed by a sequence of lateral obstacles.  ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS.  14:873-893. 2014
  • Forced convection heat transfer from a finite-height cylinder.  FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION.  93:171-187. 2014
  • Spatial and temporal scales of force and torque acting on wall-mounted spherical particles in open channel flow.  PHYSICS OF FLUIDS.  25:2. 2013
  • DNS of vertical plane channel flow with finite-size particles: Voronoi analysis, acceleration statistics and particle-conditioned averaging.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW.  46:54-74. 2012
  • Scalar transport from point sources in the flow around a finite-height cylinder.  ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS.  11:611-625. 2011
  • Force and torque acting on particles in a transitionally rough open-channel flow.  JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS.  684:441-474. 2011
  • Shallow-flow visualization analysis by proper orthogonal decomposition.  JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH.  49:586-594. 2011
  • Turbulence modification by stable stratification in channel flow.  PHYSICS OF FLUIDS.  23:1-22. 2011

• books 

  • Direct and Large Eddy Simulation XII.  Ed. 27.  SPRINGER. 2020

• conference contributions 

  • Comparison between experiments and simulations of fast tranverse plunge maneuvers 2020
  • A numerical study of flapping wings in tandem configuration at low Reynolds number 2019
  • Fast transverse maneuvers at low Reynolds numbers 2019
  • Characterization of the flow around an auto-rotating winged seed 2018
  • Evaluation of blood-stasis in the left atrium using patient-specific CFD 2018
  • On the stabilization of the leading edge vortex of an auto-rotating winged seed 2018
  • Patient-specific mapping of blood stasis in the left atrium by computational fluid dynamics 2018
  • Patient-specific mapping of left atrial thrombosis risk by computational fluid dynamics 2018
  • Temperature-dependent fluid properties in a turbulent pipe with circumferentially varying thermal boundary conditions 2018
  • Turbulent flow over two-dimensional subaqueous bedforms: a comparison between stationary and evolving dunes 2018
  • Extended proper orthogonal decomposition of non-homogeneous thermal fields in a turbulent pipe flow.  495-495. 2017
  • Numerical simulation of heat transfer in a pipe with non-homogeneous thermal boundary condition.  45-51. 2015
  • Thermal stresses analysis of a circular tube in a central receiver.  354-362. 2014
  • Characterisation of flow structures related to particle force fluctuations and sediment erosion 2012
  • Direct numerical simulation of rough wall open channel flow 2012
  • Effect of thermal boundary condition on wall-bounded, stably-stratified turbulence 2012
  • Some aspects of the interaction between turbulent flow and finite-size particles 2012
  • Linear analysis of transient growth in stably-stratified, turbulence channel flow 2011
  • Mixing efficency in stably-stratified plane Couette flow 2011