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Professor, Dipartimento di Meccanica e Aeronautica
Universitą ``La Sapienza'', Rome, Italy

 

EDUCATION

- Degree in Nuclear Engineering, Universitą di Roma, 1970

- Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering, Universitą di Roma, 1974

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

1985-present     Professor, Universitą di Roma

2000                   Associate editor Applied Mehanics Review

1998                   Visiting professor at the University of Grenoble

1996                   Organiser of the ERCOFTAC workshop on Vortex Dynamics in Rotating Systems (Aussois)

1996                   Visiting professor at the University of Grenoble

1996                   Organiser of the ERCOFTAC workshop on Vortex Dynamics in Rotating Systems (Viterbo)

1993                   Chairman of the EUROMECH 305 on Vortex Dynamics

1990                   Convenor of the Special Interest Group within the ERCOFTAC on Vortex Dynamics

1987                   Member Scientific Committee of ERCOFTAC (European Research Community on Flow Turbulence And Combustion)

1987-2000          Visiting Scientist, Center Turbulence Research, Stanford, during the summer quarters

1985                   Visiting Scientist, NASA Ames, (three months)

1982-1985          Associate Professor, Universitą di Roma

1979-1981          Lecturing, Universitą de L'Aquila

1978                   Visiting Ass. Professor, Stanford University

1972-1981          Assistant Professor, Universitą di Roma

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

1995 EUROMECH

1985 American Physical Society.

PRINCIPAL FIELD OF INTEREST

 

Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence, Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Vortex Dynamics, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.

 

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

- Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulence

- Direct Simulation of Turbulence 2-D and 3-D.

- Wall turbulence controll.

- Interaction of Vortices.

- Vortex Rings Instabilities.

- Computational Fluid Dynamics.

- Turbulence Modelling (one-point, two-point closures).

- Ship Hydrodynamics (viscous drag).

 

CITATION INDEX FROM GOOGLE

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS By Paolo Orlandi from 1999 up to now

BOOKS

  1. P. Orlandi `` Fluid flow phenomena: a numerical toolkit '' Kluwer Academic Publishers (2000).

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

 

1          G.C. Carnevale , Fuentes, O.V., P. & Orlandi P `` Dipole rebound from a coast '' J.Fluid Mech., 351 , 1999 ,75.

2          Orlandi P., & G.C. Carnevale `` Evolution of isolated vortices in a rotating fluid of finite depth '' J.Fluid Mech., 381 , 1999 ,239.

3          Antonia, RA; Bisset, DK; Orlandi, P; Pearson, BR. Reynolds number dependence of the second-order turbulent pressure structure function. Physics of Fluids, 11, 1999 ,241.

4          M.Mammetti, R.Verzicco, P.Orlandi "The study of vortex ring/wall interaction for artificial nose improvement" ESAIM, 7, (1999), pp. 258-269.

5          Verzicco, R., Mohd-Yusof, J., Orlandi, P. and Haworth, D. `` Large-Eddy Simulation in Complex Geometric Configurations Using Boundary Body Forces'' AIAA J., 37(11), (1999), 1-7.

6          Fadlun, E.A., Verzicco, R., Orlandi, P. & Mohd-Yusof, J. ``Combined immersed-boundary/finite-difference methods for three-dimensional complex flow simulations'' J. of Comp. Phys., 427, (2000),35-60.

7          Carnevale, G.F., Briscolini, M. & Orlandi, P., `` Buoyancy to inertial range transition in forced stratified turbulence'' J. of Fluid Mech., 427, (2001), 205-239.

8          Orlandi, P. & Ebstein, D., ``Turbulent budgets in rotating pipes by DNS'' Int. Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow,21, (2000) 499-505.

9          Orlandi, P; Carnevale, GF; Lele, SK; Shariff, K. `` Thermal perturbation of trailing vortices.'' European journal of mechanics b-fluids , 4, 2001 ,511-524.

10        Orlandi, P. & Antonia, R.A `` Dependence of the non-stationary form of Yaglom's equation on the Schmidt number'' J. of Fluid Mech.,451,(2002),99-108.

11        Antonia, R.A & Orlandi, P. `` Dependence of the second-order scalar structure function on the Schmidt number''. Physics of Fluids,14,(2002), 1552-1554.

12        Antonia, R.A & Orlandi, P. ``Assessment of a three-component vorticity probe in decaying turbulence ''. To appear on Experiments in Fluids.

13        Antonia, R.A & Orlandi, P. `` Schmidt number dependence of decaying turbulent passive scalar fluctuations'' To send as review article su Applied Mechanics Review.

14        Carnevale, GF; Orlandi, P: Zhou, Y; $ Kloosterziel R.C. `` Rotational suppression of Rayleigh-Taylor instability ''. J. of Fluid Mech.457,(2002),181-190.

15        R. Verzicco, G. Iaccarino, M. Fatica and P. Orlandi, ``Flow in an impeller stirred tank using an immersed boundary method'' To appear in AIChE Journal (2002).

16        P.Orlandi , S. Leonardi, and R.A. Antonia, ``Turbulent channel flow with either transverse or longitudinal roughness elements on one wall'' Submitted to JFM 2005