Scientific interests


  •   Waves and vortices in wall bounded shear flows
  •   Modal and non-modal growth of instabilities
  •   Coherent structures
  •   Flow receptivity via adjoint methods
  •   Optimal and robust control of transition
  •   Active flow management with piezoelectric actuators
  •   Compliant walls for flow management
  •   Flapping foils/wings and beating cilia/feathers as propulsive/control devices
  •   Biomimetics ... see in particular the cartoon below of the ultimate biomimetic airplane ... appeared in 2012 as the cover of a special issue (Vol. 340) of Comptes Rendus Mécanique on "Biomimetic Flow Control" ,

                                       . Frank Fish

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  Interested in a research project (Laurea, M.S., Ph.D. or postdoc) on one of the topics above? Send an email to  alessandro.bottaro@unige.it

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