Papers, Alessandro Bottaro

A selection of publication (1996-present)

Goulpié P., Klingmann B.G.B. & Bottaro A., "Goertler vortices in boundary layers with streamwise pressure gradient: Linear theory", Phys. Fluids, Vol. 8, 1996, pp. 451-459

Bottaro A. & Klingmann B.G.B., "On the linear breakdown of Goertler vortices", Eur. J. Mech. B/Fluids, Vol. 15, no. 3, 1996, pp. 301-330

Bottaro A., Klingmann B.G.B. & Zebib A., "Goertler vortices with system rotation", Theoret. Comput. Fluid Dyn., Vol. 8, 1996, pp.325-347

Randriarifara T. & Bottaro A., "Effect of system rotation on spatially developing Dean vortices", Int. J. Num. Methods Fluids, Vol. 23, 1996, pp.1275-1286

Bottaro A. & Zebib A., "Goertler vortices promoted by wall roughness", Fluid Dynamics Research, Vol. 19, 1997, pp.343-362

Carrière P., Bottaro A. & Metzener P., "Wavelength selection in Rayleigh-Bénard convection between horizontal boundaries of finite conductivity", Europ. J. Mech. - B/Fluids, Vol. 16, 1997, pp. 483-508

Luchini P. & Bottaro A., "Goertler vortices : A backward-in-time approach to the receptivity problem", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 363, 1998, 1-23

Bottaro A. & Luchini P., "Goertler vortices : Are they amenable to local eigenvalue analysis ", Eur. J. Mech. B/Fluids, Vol. 18, 1999, 47-65

Corbett P. & Bottaro A., "Optimal perturbations for boundary layers subject to stream-wise pressure gradient", Phys. Fluids, Vol. 12, 2000, pp.120-130

Luchini P. & Bottaro A., "Linear stability and receptivity analyses of the Stokes layer produced by an impulsively started plate", Phys. Fluids, Vol. 13, 2001, pp. 1668-1678

Andersson P., Brandt L., Bottaro A. & Henningson D.S., "On the breakdown of boundary layer streaks", J. Fluid Mech, Vol. 428, 2001, pp. 29-60

Corbett P. & Bottaro A., "Optimal linear growth in swept boundary layers", J. Fluid Mech, Vol. 435, 2001, pp. 1-23

Walther S., Airiau C. & Bottaro A., "Optimal control of Tollmien-Schlichting waves in a developing boundary layer", Phys. Fluids, Vol. 13, 2001, pp. 2087-2096

Corbett P. & Bottaro A., "Optimal control of non-modal disturbances in boundary layers", Theoret. Comput. Fluid Dyn., Vol. 15 (2), 2001, pp. 65-81

Airiau C., Walther S. & Bottaro A., "Boundary layer sensitivity and receptivity", C. R. Mécanique, Vol. 330, 2002, pp. 259-265

Bottaro A., Corbett P. & Luchini P.,"The effect of base flow variation on flow stability", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 476, 2003, pp. 293-302

Airiau C. & Bottaro A., Walther S. & Legendre D., "A methodology for optimal laminar flow control: Application to the damping of Tollmien-Schlichting waves in a boundary layer", Phys. Fluids, Vol. 15, 2003, pp. 1131-1145

Galletti, B. & Bottaro, A., "Large scale secondary structures in duct flow", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 512, 2004, pp. 85-94

Zuccher S., Luchini P. & Bottaro A., "Algebraic growth in a Blasius boundary layer: Optimal and robust control by mean-flow suction in the nonlinear regime", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 513, 2004, pp. 135-160

Biau D. & Bottaro, A., "Transient growth and minimal defects: Two possible initial paths of transition to turbulence in plane shear flows", Phys. Fluids, Vol. 16, 2004, pp. 3515-3529

Gavarini I., Bottaro A. & Nieuwstadt F.T.M., "The initial stage of transition in cylindrical pipe flow: Role of optimal base-flow distortions", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 517, 2004, pp. 131-165 (see also the paper by the same authors entitled "Coherent states in transitional pipe flow", in Laminar-Turbulent Transition and Finite Amplitude Solutions, T. Mullin and R. Kerswell (Eds.), Springer, 2005, pp. 163-172)

Biau, D. & Bottaro, A., "The effect of stable thermal stratification on shear flow stability", Phys. Fluids, Vol. 16, 2004, pp. 4742-4745

Gavarini I., Bottaro A. & Nieuwstadt F.T.M., "Optimal and robust control of streaks in pipe flow", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 537, 2005, pp. 187-219

Zuccher S., Bottaro A. & Luchini P., "Algebraic growth in a Blasius boundary layer: Nonlinear optimal disturbances", Eur. J. Mech. B/Fluids, Vol. 25, 2006, pp. 1-17

Grea B.-J., Luchini P. & Bottaro A., "Ray theory of flow instability and the formation of caustics in boundary layers", IMFT Internal Report, 2005

Bottaro A., Soueid H. & Galletti B., "Formation of secondary vortices in turbulent square-duct flow", AIAA Journal, Vol. 44, no. 4, 2006, pp. 803-811 (a preliminary version of this paper was presented as invited paper AIAA 2005-5309 at the 4th AIAA Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Meeting, 6-9 June 2005, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Galletti B., Bottaro A., Bruneau C.-H. & Iollo A., "Accurate model reduction of transient and forced wakes", Eur. J. Mech. B/Fluids, Vol. 26, no. 3, 2007, pp. 354-366

Guaus A. & Bottaro A., "Effect of wall compliance on curved channel flow instabilities", Proc. Royal Soc. A, Vol. 463, 2007, pp. 2201-2222

Nouar C., Bottaro A. & Brancher J.P., "Delaying transition to turbulence in channel flow: revisiting the stability of shear thinning fluids", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 592, 2007, pp. 177-194

Biau D., Soueid H. & Bottaro A., "Transition to turbulence in duct flow", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 596, 2008, pp.133-142

Wedin H., Biau D., Bottaro A. & Nagata M., "Coherent flow states in a square duct", Phys. Fluids, Vol. 20, 2008, 094105

Dauptain A., Favier J. & Bottaro A., "Hydrodynamics of ciliary propulsion", J. Fluids and Structures, Vol. 24, 2008, pp. 1156-1165

Soueid H., Guglielmini L., Airiau C. & Bottaro A., "Optimization of the motion of a flapping airfoil using sensitivity functions", Computers and Fluids, Vol. 38, 2009, pp. 861-874

Biau D. & Bottaro A., "An optimal path to transition in a duct", Phil. Transact. Royal Soc., Vol. 367, 2009, pp. 529-544

Favier J., Dauptain A., Basso D. & Bottaro A., "Passive separation control using a self-adaptive hairy coating", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 627, 2009, pp. 451-483

Guaus A., Airiau C., Bottaro A. & Kourta A., "Effect of wall compliance on the linear stability of Taylor-Couette flow", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 630, 2009, pp. 331-365

Wedin H., Bottaro A. & Nagata M., "Three-dimensional traveling waves in a square duct", Phys. Rev. E, Vol. 79, 2009, 065305(R)

Nouar C. & Bottaro A., "Stability of the flow of a Bingham fluid in a channel: eigenvalue sensitivity, minimal defects and scaling laws of transition", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 642, 2010, pp. 349-372

Hoepffner J., Bottaro A. & Favier J., "Mechanisms of non-modal energy amplification in channel flow between compliant walls", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 642, 2010, pp. 489-507

Bottaro A., "A 'receptive' boundary layer", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 646, 2010, pp. 1-4

Cherubini S., Robinet J.-C., Bottaro A. & De Palma P., "Optimal wave packets in a boundary layer and initial phases of a turbulent spot", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 656, 2010, pp. 231-259

Okino S., Nagata M., Wedin H. & Bottaro A., "A new nonlinear vortex state in square duct flow", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 657, 2010, pp. 413-429

Cherubini S., De Palma P., Robinet J.-Ch. & Bottaro A., "Rapid path to transition via nonlinear localized optimal perturbations in a boundary-layer flow", Phys. Rev. E, Vol. 82, 2010, 066302

Monokrousos A., Bottaro A., Brandt L., Di Vita A. & Henningson D.S. , "Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and the optimal path to turbulence in shear flows", Phys. Rev. Letters, Vol. 106, 2011, 134502

Cherubini S., De Palma P., Robinet J.-Ch. & Bottaro A. , "Edge states in a boundary layer", Phys. Fluids, Vol. 23, 2011, 051705

Cherubini S., De Palma P., Robinet J.-Ch. & Bottaro A. , "The minimal seed of turbulent transition in the boundary layer", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 689, 2011, pp. 221-253

Guerrero J.E., Maestro D. & Bottaro A. , "Biomimetic spiroid winglets for lift and drag control", C. R. Mécanique, Vol. 340, 2012, pp. 67-80

Cherubini S., De Palma P., Robinet J.-Ch. & Bottaro A. , "A purely non-linear route to transition approaching the edge of chaos in a boundary layer", Fluid Dynamics Research, Vol. 44, 2012, 031404

Bottaro A. & Ansaldi T. , "On the infusion of a therapeutic agent into a solid tumor modelled as a poroelastic medium", ASME J. of Biomechanical Eng., Vol. 134, 2012, 084501

Venkataraman, D. & Bottaro A. , "Numerical modeling of flow control on a symmetric aerofoil via a porous, compliant coating", Phys. Fluids, Vol. 24, 2012, 093601

Bagheri S., Mazzino A. & Bottaro A. , "Spontaneous symmetry breaking of a hinged flapping filament generates lift", Phys. Rev. Letters, Vol. 109, 2012, 154502

Bargiacchi M., Guaus A., Favier J., Bottaro A., Cosatto E. & Mori G. , "A calibration procedure for the prediction of thermo-acoustic instabilities with a low-order model in a gas-turbine burner", x, unpublished 2012 (partly based on the ASME paper GT2011-45969 , "A quantitative comparison between a low order model and a 3D FEM code for the study of thermoacoustic combustion instabilities", by G. Campa et al., in Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2011, June 6-10, 2011, Vancouver, Canada)

Wedin H., Bottaro A.,Hanifi A. & Zampogna G. , "Unstable flow structures in the Blasius boundary layer", Eur. Phys. J. E, Vol. 37, 2014, 34

Venkataraman D., Bottaro A. & Govindarajan R. , "A minimal model for flow control on an aerofoil using a poro-elastic coating", J. Fluids and Structures, Vol. 47, 2014, pp. 150-164 (see also the paper entitled "Minimal modeling for passive flow control via a poro-elastic coating", published in the book Advances in Fluid-Structure Interaction, NNFMMD 133, M. Braza, A. Bottaro & M. Thompson eds., Springer, pp. 319-333, 2016)

Luchini P. & Bottaro A. , "Adjoint equations in stability analysis", Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 46, 2014, 493-517. The article includes Supplemental Material, and in particular a Supplemental Appendix entitled: An Introduction to Adjoint Problems. This complimentary one-time access to this Annual Reviews article is intended for personal use. Any further/multiple distribution, publication, or commercial usage of this copyrighted material requires submission of a permission request addressed to the Copyright Clearance Center (http://www.copyright.com/).

Pluvinage F., Kourta A. & Bottaro A. , "Instabilities in the boundary layer over a permeable, compliant wall", Phys. Fluids, Vol. 26, 2014, 084103 (with erratum published in Vol. 27, 2015, 129901.)

Bottaro A. , "Superhydrophobic surfaces for drag reduction", Rendiconti Classe di Scienze Matematiche e Naturali, Vol. 148, 2014, 239-268. Open access article of the Rendiconti Istituto Lombardo, Accademia di Scienze e Lettere, available here .

Pluvinage F., Kourta A. & Bottaro A. , "Instabilities in the asymptotic suction boundary layer over a permeable, compliant wall", Phys. Fluids, Vol. 26, 2015, 054104.

Pralits J.O., Bottaro A. & Cherubini S. , "Weakly nonlinear optimal perturbations", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 785, 2015, pp. 135-151.

Wedin H., Cherubini S. & Bottaro A. , "Effect of plate permeability on nonlinear stability of the asymptotic suction boundary layer", Phys. Rev. E, Vol. 92, 2015, 013022

Guerrero J.E., Pacioselli C., Pralits, J.O., Negrello F., Silvestri P., Lucifredi A. & Bottaro A. , "Preliminary design of a small-sized flapping UAV: I. Aerodynamic performance and static longitudinal stability", Meccanica, Vol. 51, 2016, pp. 1343-1367 (with erratum .)

Negrello F., Silvestri P., Lucifredi A., Guerrero J.E. & Bottaro A. , "Preliminary design of a small-sized flapping UAV: II. Kinematic and structural aspects", Meccanica, Vol. 51, 2016, pp. 1369-1385.

Zampogna G.A. & Bottaro A. , "Fluid flow over and through a regular bundle of rigid fibres", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 792, 2016, pp. 5-35.

Zampogna G.A., Pluvinage F., Kourta A. & Bottaro A. , "Instability of canopy flows", Water Resources Research, Vol. 52 (7), 2016, pp. 5421-5432. This article has been the object of an Editor Highlight .

Luminari N., Airiau C. & Bottaro A. , "Drag-model sensitivity of Kelvin-Helmholtz waves in canopy flows", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 28, no. 12, 2016, 124103.

Pralits J.O., Alinovi E. & Bottaro A. , "Stability of the flow in a plane microchannel with one or two superhydrophobic walls", Phys. Rev. Fluids, Vol. 2, 2017, 013901.

Zampogna G.A. & Bottaro A. , "The PELskin project - part III - A homogenized model of flows over and through dense poroelastic media", Meccanica, Vol. 52, 2017, pp. 1797-1808.

Alinovi E. & Bottaro A. , "A boundary element method for Stokes flows with interfaces", J. Comput. Phys., Vol. 356, 2018, pp. 261-281.

Luminari N., Airiau C. & Bottaro A. , "Effect of porosity and inertia on the apparent permeability tensor in fibrous porous media", Int. J. Multiphase Flow, Vol. 106, 2018, pp. 60-74. A paper highlight has featured on Advances in Engineering .

Pauthenet M., David Y., Quintard M. & Bottaro A. , "Inertial sensitivity of porous microstructures", Transport in Porous Media, Vol. 125, No. 2, 2018, pp. 211-238.

Alinovi E., Gribaudo M. & Bottaro A. , "Fractal riblets", AIAA Journal, Vol. 56, No. 5, 2018, pp. 2108-2112.

Alinovi E. & Bottaro A. , "Apparent slip and drag reduction for the flow over superhydrophobic and lubricant-impregnated surfaces", Phys. Rev. Fluids, Vol. 3, 2018, 124002.

Zampogna G.A., Lacis U., Bagheri S. & Bottaro A. , "Modeling waves in fluids flowing over and through poroelastic media", Int. J. Multiphase Flow, Vol. 110, 2019,pp. 148-164.

Luminari N., Zampogna G.A., Airiau C. & Bottaro A. , "A penalization method to treat the interface between a free-fluid region and a fibrous porous medium", J. Porous Media, Vol. 22, no. 9, 2019, pp. 1095-1107.

Zampogna G.A., Magnaudet J. & Bottaro A. , "Generalized slip condition over rough surfaces", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 858, 2019, pp. 407-436.

Zampogna G.A., Naqvi S.B., Magnaudet J. & Bottaro A. , "Compliant riblets: Problem formulation and effective macrostructural properties", J. Fluids Struct., Vol. 91, 2019, 102708.

Bottaro A. , "Flow over natural or engineered surfaces: an adjoint homogenization perspective", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 877, 2019, pp. P1-P91.

Airiau, C. & Bottaro A. , "Flow of shear-thinning fluids through porous media", Adv. Water Res., Vol. 143, 2020, 103658.

Bottaro A. & Naqvi, S.B. , "Effective boundary conditions at a rough wall: a high-order homogenization approach", Meccanica, Vol. 55, no. 9, 2020, pp. 1781-1800.

Naqvi, S.B. & Bottaro, A. , "Interfacial conditions between a free-fluid region and a porous medium", Int. J. Multiphase Flow, Vol. 141, 2021, 103585.

Lasseux, D. & Valdés-Parada, F.J. & Bottaro, A. , "Upscaled model for unsteady slip flow in porous media", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 923, 2021, A37.

Ahmed, E.N. & Bottaro, A. & Tanda, G. , "A homogenization approach for buoyancy-induced flows over micro-textured surfaces", J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 941, 2022, A53.

Ahmed, E.N. & Naqvi, S.B. & Buda, L. & Bottaro, A. , "A homogenization approach for turbulent channel flows over porous substrates: formulation and implementation of effective boundary conditions", Fluids, Vol. 7, 2022, 178.

Tanda, G. & Ahmed, E.N. & Bottaro, A. , "Natural convection heat transfer from a ribbed vertical plate: Effect of rib size, pitch, and truncation", Exp. Thermal Fluid Sci., Vol. 145, 2023, 110898.

Ahmed, E.N. & Bottaro, A. , "Flow through porous metamaterials formed by TPMS-based unit cells: Effects of advection", Europ. J. Mechanics - B/Fluids, Vol. 100, 2023, pp. 202-207.

Ahmed, E.N. & Bottaro, A. & Tanda, G. , "Conjugate natural convection along regularly ribbed vertical surfaces: A homogenization-based study", Num. Heat Transfer, Part A: Appl., in press 2023.

Ahmed, E.N. & Bottaro, A. , "Laminar flow in a channel bounded by porous/rough walls: revisiting Beavers-Joseph-Saffman", Europ. J. Mechanics - B/Fluids, Vol. 103, 2024, pp. 269-283.

Delucchi, M. & Lagazzo, A. & Guerrero Rivas J.E. & Bottaro, A. & De Luca F. & Pensa C. , "Preparation methods and tests of SLIPS against drag", La Metallurgia Italiana, January 2024, pp. 66-72.

Bibliometric data from google scholar

To home page