Research interests
- Wave Breaking and Vorticity Free-surface interaction
- Direct Numerical Simulations of breaking waves through a two-fluids Navier-Stokes solver
- Vorticity and free-surface interaction
- Surface tension effects on breaking waves
- Physical aspects of breaking processes (energy dissipation, surface currents, momentum transfer)
- Air-water interaction, bubble entrainment
- Spray, drops and bubble in breaking events
- Modulational Instability and associated breaking processes
- Water impact related problems, hydrodynamic loads and hydroelastic effects
- Time domain, fully nonlinear potential flow model
- Hydrodynamic loads in water impact of 2D and axisymmetric bodies
- Coupling with dynamic of body motion
- Asymptotic analysis of the early stage of impact
- Self-similar solutions of water entry problems
- Jetting flows
- Asymmetric wedge impact
- Water landing of re-entry space vehicles
- Theoretical and experimental analysis of the aircraft ditching
- High speed ditching facility
- Hydrodynamics of planning craft
- 2D+t potential flow modeling
- Hydrodynamic loads
Other research interests
- Vorticity dynamics
- Vortex generated noise, aeroacoustics
- Acoustic oscillations in rocket propulsor
