Lagrange Project PhD Fellowship 2011-2013To what extent spectra of turbulent flows are linked to the nonlinear interaction among their different modes?Why the project belongs to the complex system researchTurbulence is historically known as one of the archetype of the complex system research.In particular, turbulent flows...

Laboratory simulation of planet-solar wind  and interstellar medium/heliosphere interactionWe explore the feasibility of conducting a small-scale laboratory experiment to simulate the interaction between the solar wind and a planetary magnetosphere within the low-energy laboratory facilities at Torino and Milan Politecnico. These facilities previously hosted a...

 Turbulent Mixing in Stratified FlowPrincipal Investigator: Francesca De SantiCollaborators: Daniela Tordella, Michele Iovieno, Silvio Di Savino, Luca GallanaThis project is related to a previous study regarding the turbulent shearless mixing process which is due to the interaction between two isotropic turbulent fields with different kinetic energy. The...

Prace Tier-0 Project 2011050773 (2012-2013)Fluid turbulence: self and passive scalar diffusion. Application to stably stratified flowsExperiments show that turbulent diffusion is complex and that discrete structures or processes, spatially localized within the system, may exist. To obtain better handling of fundamental issues, we propose an...

Mitor Projects 2009-2010 & 2011-2012MISTI Global Seed FundsTitle: Long-term interaction in fluid systemsMassachusetts Institute of Technology (Mathematics Department, Prof. G. Staffilani) and Politecnico di Torino (Department of Aeronautics and Space Engineering, Prof. D. Tordella)In order to understand whether, and to what extent, the turbulent power...

Marie Curie "Aerotranet" 2006-2009Unsteady AEROdynamics TRAining NETwork in airframe components for competitive and environmentally friendly civil transport aircraftAeroTraNet is an Early Stage research Training (EST) in the European Research Area (ERA). This new multi-host initiative brings together the excellent doctoral training schools of four ERA research...