Reconnaissance is the contest for information about a territory: one side tries to observe an asset or a guarded area, the other tries to deny it. Low-cost drones have made […]
The rapid development of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) has led to the emergence of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, with many current concepts relying on tilt-rotor or other […]
Understanding droplet impact dynamics on superhydrophobic (SHP) surfaces is crucial for exploiting their exceptional liquid-repellent properties in various industrial applications. Studies on high-velocity droplet impacts on SHP surfaces, particularly under […]
Airborne transmission of respiratory diseases is governed by the coupled dynamics of the exhaled turbulent flow and the transport of pathogen-laden aerosols and droplets. This thesis studies two representative respiratory […]
Lightweight composite panels and sandwich structures are vital in aerospace and mechanical engineering due to their high stiffness-to-weight ratios. However, minimizing structural mass often compromises dynamic performance, leading to severe […]
Shock-wave/separation-region interactions (SSRI) in high-speed flows can lead to large-scale self-sustained unsteadiness when the separation region grows to dimensions comparable to the characteristic length scales of the flow geometry. A […]
