General Fluid Mechanics: Theory

Presentations

• Velocity fluctuations and energy amplification in laminar fluid flows

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2008, 2:35 PM – Nov. 24, 2008, 2:48 PM

  Authors

  • Jose M. Ortiz de Zarate

    • Fisica Aplicada I. Universidad Complutense. 28040 Madrid, Spain

  • Jan V. Sengers

    • IPST and Burgers Program for Fluid Dynamics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-8510, USA

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  Nov. 24, 2008, 2:48 PM – Nov. 24, 2008, 3:01 PM

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• Nonlinear Model of Turbulent Dynamo and Assimilation of Sunspot Data

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2008, 3:01 PM – Nov. 24, 2008, 3:14 PM

  Authors

  • Irina Kitiashvili

    • Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University

  • Alexander Kosovichev

    • HEPL, Stanford University
    • Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University

  • Nick West

    • Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University

  • Thomas Bewley

    • UC San Diego
    • University of California-San Diego
    • University of California, San Diego
    • Flow Control and Coordinated Robotics Labs, UC San Diego
    • MAE, UCSD

  • Joe Cessna

    • UC San Diego
    • University of California-San Diego
    • Flow Control and Coordinated Robotics Labs, UC San Diego

  • Christopher Colburn

    • UC San Diego
    • University of California-San Diego
    • Flow Control and Coordinated Robotics Labs, UC San Diego

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• Entrainment Phenomena in Potential Flow: Brachistochrones and Finite-Time Corrections to Darwin's Drift Volume

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2008, 3:14 PM – Nov. 24, 2008, 3:27 PM

  Authors

  • Matthew Moore

    • University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
    • University of North Carolina

  • Richard McLaughlin

    • University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
    • University of North Carolina

  • Roberto Camassa

    • University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • UNC - Chapel Hill

  • Aswhin Vaidya

    • University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
    • University of North Carolina

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• Float height and quasi-steady spin-down of a rotating disk

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2008, 3:27 PM – Nov. 24, 2008, 3:40 PM

  Authors

  • Patrick Weidman

    • University of Colorado

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• Flow between concentric cylinders driven by an electromagnetic force

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2008, 3:40 PM – Nov. 24, 2008, 3:53 PM

  Authors

  • Jose Nunez

    • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

  • Eduardo Ramos

    • National Autonomous University of Mexico
    • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
    • CIE-UNAM

  • Sergio Cuevas

    • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
    • CIE-UNAM

  • Sergey Smolentsev

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• The Hamiltonian description of incompressible fluid ellipsoids

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2008, 3:53 PM – Nov. 24, 2008, 4:06 PM

  Authors

  • P.J. Morrison

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • N.R. Lebovitz

    • University of Chicago

  • J.A. Biello

    • University of California at Davis

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• Taylor dispersion and the optimization of residential geothermal heating systems

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2008, 4:06 PM – Nov. 24, 2008, 4:19 PM

  Authors

  • Jessica Townsend

    • Olin College of Engineering

  • Alexandra Ortan

    • McGill University

  • Vincent Quenneville-Belair

    • McGill University

  • B.S. Tilley

    • Olin College
    • Olin College of Engineering

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• Theoretical Analysis of the Two-Scale Direct-Interaction Approximation for the Turbulent Passive-Scalar Field Including Molecular Viscosity and Diffusion Effects

  ORAL

  Nov. 24, 2008, 4:19 PM – Nov. 24, 2008, 4:32 PM

  Authors

  • Masayoshi Okamoto

    • Department of the Mechanical Engineering, Shizuoka University

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