Soutenance HDR Ramiro Godoy-Diana

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16 décembre 2014 14:00 » 18:00 — Amphi Joliot, Bât N, 2e étage

Bio-inspired swimming and flying : Vortex dynamics and fluid/structure interaction

Canonical examples of flapping flight and undulatory swimming are explored using simplified experimental models as a starting point. This allows for the discussion of some fundamental questions related to the physics of bio-inspired locomotion at "intermediate’’ Reynolds numbers. In particular, we address the strong fluid-structure interactions that arise in these problems, where we have focused on : simplified models of flapping foils in hydrodynamic tunnel experiments, especially in the dynamics of vorticity in the wake of an oscillating foil ; mechanical models of flapping flyers with flexible wings in a self-propelled configuration, as well as novel experimental models of undulatory swimming.

Jury for the HDR defence :

  • Frédéric Boyer (École de Mines de Nantes)
  • Jérôme Casas (Université de Tours)
  • Matthias Heil (University of Manchester)
  • Maurice Rossi (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
  • Lionel Schouveiler (Université Aix-Marseille)
  • Geoffrey Spedding (University of Southern California)

Manuscript available here





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