Formation of drag vortices behind cones and flexible disks

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Formation of vortices around a rotating flat plate

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Selected publications:

• Francescangeli, D. & Mulleners, K. Strength and timing of primary and secondary vortices generated by a rotating plate. Experiments in Fluids 64, 1–15 (2023) 🔗
• de Guyon, G. & Mulleners, K. Estimating the non-dimensional energy of vortex rings by modelling their roll-up. J Fluid Mech 940, R2 (2022) 🔗
• Baskaran, M. & Mulleners, K. Lagrangian analysis of bio-inspired vortex ring formation. Flow 2, (2022) 🔗
• de Guyon, G. de & Mulleners, K. Scaling of the translational velocity of vortex rings behind conical objects. Physical review fluids 6, 1--12 (2021) 🔗
• Francescangeli, D. & Mulleners, K. Discrete shedding of secondary vortices along a modified Kaden spiral. J Fluid Mech 917, A44 (2021) 🔗