Publications | Fluid Energy Science Laboratory

2025

Kleischmann F., Vowinckel B., Meiburg E., Luzzatto-Fegiz P., "Long-term microgravity experiments reveal a new mechanism for particle aggregation in suspension", NPJ Microgravity, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41526-025-00523-7
McNair R., Temprano-Coleto F., Peaudecerf F.J. Gibou F., Luzzatto-Fegiz P., Jensen O.E., Landel J.R., "Exogenous–Endogenous Surfactant Interaction Yields Heterogeneous Spreading in Complex Branching Networks", Physical Review Letters, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.034001
Tomlinson S.D., Gibou F., Luzzatto-Fegiz P., Temprano-Coleto F., Jensen O.E., Landel J.R., "Drag reduction in surfactant-contaminated superhydrophobic channels at high Péclet numbers", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.339

2024

Kleischmann F., Luzzatto-Fegiz P., Meiburg E.,Vowinckel B., "Pairwise interaction of spherical particles aligned in high-frequency oscillatory flow", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.251
Liang X, Karnaukh KM, Zhao L, Seshadri S, DuBose AJ, Bailey SJ, Cao Q, Cooper M, Xu H, Haggmark M, Helgeson ME, Gordon M, Luzzatto-Fegiz P, Read de Alaniz J, Zhu Y, "Dynamic Manipulation of Droplets on Liquid-Infused Surfaces Using Photoresponsive Surfactant", ACS Central Science, https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.3c00982
Tomlinson S.D., Gibou F., Luzzatto-Fegiz P., Temprano-Coleto F., Jensen O.E., Landel J.R., "Unsteady evolution of slip and drag in surfactant-contaminated superhydrophobic channels", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.676

2023

Temprano-Coleto, F., Smith, S. M., Peaudecerf, F. J., Landel, J. R., Gibou, F., & Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. , "A single parameter can predict surfactant impairment of superhydrophobic drag reduction", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(3), e2211092120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2211092120
Tomlinson, S. D., Gibou, F., Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., Temprano-Coleto, F., Jensen, O. E., & Landel, J. R., "Laminar drag reduction in surfactant-contaminated superhydrophobic channels.", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 963, A10. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.264
Tomlinson, S. D., Peaudecerf, F., Temprano-Coleto, F., Gibou, F., Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., Jensen, O. E., & Landel, J. R., "A model for slip and drag in turbulent flows over superhydrophobic surfaces with surfactant. ", Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 103:109171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2023.109171

2022

Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., "Simultaneous, high-resolution PIV and LIF measurements in stratified flows using pulsed lasers", Submitted. https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.05455
Zhao, L., Seshadri, S., Liang, X., Bailey, S. J., Haggmark, M., Gordon, M., Helgeson, M. E., Read de Alaniz, J., Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., & Zhu, Y., "Depinning of Multiphase Fluid Using Light and Photo-Responsive Surfactants", ACS Central Science, 8(2), 235–245

2021

Egan, R., Guittet, A., Temprano-Coleto, F., Isaac, T., Peaudecerf, F. J., Landel, J. R., Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., Burstedde, C., & Gibou, F., "Direct Numerical Simulation of Incompressible Flows on Parallel Octree Grids", Journal of Computational Physics, 428, 110084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2020.110084
Kaufman-Martin, S., Naclerio, N., May, P., & Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. , "An entrainment-based model for annular wakes, with applications to airborne wind energy", Wind Energy. 25:3, 419-431. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2679
Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., Temprano-Coleto, F., Peaudecerf, F. J., Landel, J. R., Zhu, Y., & McMurry, J. A., "UVB Radiation Alone May Not Explain Sunlight Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2", The Journal of Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab070

2020

Julien R. Landel, François J. Peaudecerf, Fernando Temprano-Coleto, Frédéric Gibou, Raymond E. Goldstein, Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, "A theory for the slip and drag of superhydrophobic surfaces with surfactant", J. Fluid. Mech 883:A18
Zhao, L., Qi, Y., Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., Cui, Y., & Zhu, Y., "COVID-19: Effects of Environmental Conditions on the Propagation of Respiratory Droplets.", Nano Letters, 20(10), 7744–7750.

2019

Vowinckel, B., Withers, J.; Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., Meiburg, E., "Settling of cohesive sediment: particle-resolved simulations", Journal of Fluid Mechanics 858, 5-44.
Vowinckel, B., Biegert, E., Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. and Meiburg, E., "Consolidation of freshly deposited cohesive and noncohesive sediment: Particle-resolved simulations", Physical Review Fluids 4:074305.

2018

Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. & Caulfield C.P., " An entrainment model for fully-developed wind farms: effects of atmospheric stability and an ideal limit for wind farm performance", Physical Review Fluids 3, 093802.
Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., "A one-parameter model for turbine wakes from the entrainment hypothesis", Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 1037:072019
Temprano-Coleto, F., Peaudecerf, F.J., Landel, J.R., Gibou, F. and Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., "Soap opera in the maze: Geometry matters in Marangoni flows [video]", Physical Review Fluids, 3:100507.

2017

Carminati, M. & Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., "Conduino: Affordable and High-Resolution Multichannel Water Conductivity Sensing with Micro USB Connectors", Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 251:1034-1041
Peaudecerf, F.J., Landel, J.R., Goldstein, R.E. & Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., "Traces of Surfactants Can Severely Limit the Drag Reduction of Superhydrophobic Surfaces ", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114:28, 7254–7259.

2016

Carminati, M., Stefanelli, V. and Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., "An affordable, open-source, microscale conductivity and temperature probe for density measurements in stratified flows.", VIII^th Int. Symp. on Stratified Flows, San Diego, USA, Aug. 29 - Sept. 1, 2016.
Carminati, M., Stefanelli, V. & Luzzatto-Fegiz, P., "Micro-USB Connector Pins as Low-Cost, Robust Electrodes for Microscale Water Conductivity Sensing in Oceanographic Research.", Procedia Engineering 168, 407–410.

2015

Panzeri, A., Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. & Salani, C., "Ventilazione delle intercapedini: un metodo di calcolo. (In italian. Ventilation of cavity walls. A method for calculating performance.)", neo-Eubios 53, 51—53. (TEP Editore, Milano).

2014

Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. & Helfrich, K.R., "Laboratory experiments and simulations for solitary internal waves with trapped cores.", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 757, 354-380.
Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. , "Bifurcation structure and stability in models of opposite-signed vortex pairs.", Fluid Dynamics Research, 46, 031408.

2013

Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. & Williamson, C.H.K., "Investigating stability and finding new solutions in conservative fluid flows through bifurcation approaches. ", Spectral Analysis, Stability and Bifurcations in Nonlinear Physical Systems (Eds. O. Kirillov and D. Pelinovsky), Wiley, 203--221.
Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. & Williamson, C.H.K., "Computing steady vortex flows of prescribed topology.", Topological Fluid Dynamics II (Eds. H. K. Moffatt and K. Bajer), Procedia IUTAM, 67-76.

2012

Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. & Williamson, C.H.K., "Stability of two-dimensional steady flows and new fluid equilibria from “Imperfect Velocity-Impulse” diagrams.", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 706, 323-350.
Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. & Williamson, C.H.K., "Structure and stability of the finite-area von Kàrmàn vortex street.", Physics of Fluids, 24, 066602.

2011

Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. & Williamson, C.H.K., "Resonant instability in two-dimensional vortex arrays.", Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 467, 1164–1185.
Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. & Williamson, C.H.K., "An efficient and general numerical method for computing steady uniform vortices.", Journal of Computational Physics, 230, 6495–6511.

2010

Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. & Williamson, C.H.K., "Stability of conservative flows and new steady-fluid solutions from bifurcation diagrams exploiting a variational argument.", Physical Review Letters, 104, 044504.
Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. & Williamson, C.H.K., "Stability of elliptical vortices from “Imperfect Velocity-Impulse” diagrams.", Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics 24, 181–188.

2009

Luzzatto-Fegiz, P. & Williamson, C.H.K., "Stability of steady vortices and new equilibrium flows from “Imperfect-Velocity-Impulse” diagrams.", Advances in Turbulence XII (Ed. B. Eckhardt), 132, 305-308.