Publications
Reviews
V. Mathai
"Scale-invariant spins and tumbles in turbulence"
JFM Focus on Fluids 926, F1 (2021) [link]
V. Mathai,
"The air we breathe in a car"
Physics Today 74, 6, 66 (2021)
V. Mathai, D. Lohse, C. Sun,
"Bubbly and buoyant particle laden turbulence"
Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 11, 529-559 (2020) [link] [pdf]
Publications:
2022
31. V. Mathai, A. Das, K. Breuer
"Aerosol transmission in passenger car cabins: Effects of ventilation configuration and driving speed"
Physics of Fluids 34, 021904 (2022)
30. V. Mathai, G. A. Tzezana, A. Das, K. Breuer
"Fluid structure interaction of energy harvesting membrane foils"
J. Fluid Mech. 942. R4 (2022) [link]
2021
29. V. Mathai
"Scale-invariant spins and tumbles in turbulence"
JFM Focus on Fluids 926, F1 (2021) [link]
28. V. Mathai*, A. Das*, J.A. Bailey, K. Breuer
"Airflows inside passenger cars and implications for airborne disease transmission"
Science Adv. 10.1126/sciadv.abe0166 (2021) [link] [pdf]
27. Lei Yi, Shuai Li, H. Jiang, D. Lohse, C. Sun, V. Mathai
"Water entry of spheres into a rotating fluid"
J. Fluid Mech. 912. R1 (2021)
26. Y. Zhu, V. Mathai, K. Breuer
"Nonlinear fluid damping of elastically mounted pitching wings in quiescent water"
J. Fluid Mech. 923. R2 (2021) [link]
25. V. Mathai
"The air we breathe in a car"
Physics Today 74, 6, 66 (2021)
24. J. Will, V. Mathai, S. G. Huisman, D. Lohse, C. Sun, D. Krug
"Kinematics and dynamics of freely rising spheroids at high Reynolds numbers"
J. Fluid Mech. 912 A1 [link] [pdf]
2020
23. V. Mathai, D. Lohse, C. Sun,
"Bubbly and buoyant particle laden turbulence"
Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 11, 529-559 (2020) [link]
22. A. Das, K.S. Breuer, V. Mathai
"Nonlinear modeling and characterization of ultrasoft silicone elastomers"
Appl. Phys. Lett. (2020) 116, 203702 [link][pdf]
21. Z. Wang, V. Mathai, C. Sun
"Experimental study of the heat transfer properties of self-sustained biphasic thermally driven turbulence"
Int. J. Multiph. Flow 152, 119515 (2020) [link] [pdf]
2019:
20. V. Mathai*, L. Loeffen*, T. Chan, S. Wildeman,
"Dynamics of heavy and buoyant underwater pendulums"
J. Fluid. Mech. 862, 148 (2019) [link]
19. Z. Wang*, V. Mathai*, C. Sun,
"Self-sustained biphasic catalytic particle turbulence"
Nat. Commun. 10, 3333 (2019) [link]
18. S. Liu*, V. Mathai*, Y. Wang, B. Sobac, P. Coinet, D. Lohse, C. Sun,
"Final fate of a leidenfrost droplet: Explosion or take-off"
Science Adv. eaav8081 (2019) [link]
17. E. Almeras, V. Mathai, C. Sun, D. Lohse,
"Mixing induced by bubbles rising through incident turbulence"
Int. J. Multiph. Flow 114, 316 (2019) [link]
16. D. Bakhuis, V. Mathai, R. Verschoof, R. Ezeta , D. Lohse, C. Sun,
"Statistics of rigid fibers in strongly sheared turbulence"
Phys. Rev. Fluids. 4, 072301R (2019) [link]
15. H. Jiang, X. Zhu, V. Mathai, R. Verzicco, D. Lohse, C. Sun
"Convective heat transfer along ratchet surfaces in vertical natural convection"
J. Fluid Mech. 8773, 1055 (2019) [link] [pdf]
2018:
14. V. Mathai, X. Zhu, C. Sun, D. Lohse,
"Flutter to tumble transition of buoyant spheres triggered by rotational inertia changes"
Nat. Commun. 9, 1792 (2018) [link]
13. V. Mathai, S. G. Huisman, C. Sun, D. Lohse, M. Bourgoin,
"Dispersion of air bubbles in isotropic turbulence"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 054501 (2018) [link]
12. X. Zhu, V. Mathai, R. J. A. M. Stevens, R. Verzicco, D. Lohse,
"Transition to the ultimate regime in two-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 144502 (2018) [link]
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11. D. Bakhuis, R. A. Verschoof, V. Mathai, S. G. Huisman, D. Lohse, C. Sun,
"Finite-sized rigid spheres in turbulent Taylor-Couette flow: effect on the overall drag",
J. Fluid Mech. 850, 246 (2018) [link]
10. B. Gvozdic, E. Almeras, V. Mathai, X. Zhu, D. van Gils, R. Verzicco, S. G. Huisman, C. Sun, D. Lohse
"Experimental investigation of heat transport in homogeneous bubbly flow"
J. Fluid Mech. 845, 226 (2018) [link]
9. H. Jiang, X. Zhu, V. Mathai, R. Verzicco, D. Lohse, C. Sun, "Controlling heat transport and flow structures in thermal turbulence using ratchet surfaces",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 044501 (2018) [link]
2017:
8. V. Mathai, X. Zhu, C. Sun, D. Lohse,
"Mass and moment of inertia govern the transition in the dynamics and wakes of freely rising and falling cylinders",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 054501 (2017) [link]
- Editors' suggestion article.
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7. V. Mathai,
"Bouyant particles and fluid turbulence"
PhD Thesis, University of Twente (2017) [link]
6. E. O. Almeras, V. Mathai, D. Lohse, C. Sun,
"Experimental investigation of the turbulence induced by a bubble swarm rising within incident turbulence",
J. Fluid Mech. 825, 1091 (2017) [link]
5. E.G. Jebbink, V. Mathai, J.T. Boersen, C. Sun, C.H. Slump, P.C. Goverde, M. Versluis, M.M. Reijnen,
"Hemodynamic comparison of stent configurations used for aortoiliac occlusive disease",
J. Vasc. Surg. 66, 251 (2017) [link]
2016:
4. V. Mathai, E. Calzavarini, J. Brons, C. Sun, D. Lohse,
"Microbubbles and microparticles are not faithful tracers of turbulent acceleration",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 024501 (2016) [link]
- UTNieuws magazine and UToday coverage of the research.
3. V. Mathai, M. W. M. Neut, E. P. van der Poel, C. Sun,
"Translational and rotational dynamics of a large buoyant sphere in turbulence",
Exp. Fluids 57, 51, (2016) [link]
2015:
2. V. Mathai, V. N. Prakash, J. Brons, C. Sun, D. Lohse,
"Wake-driven dynamics of finite-sized buoyant spheres in turbulence",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 124501 (2015) [link]
1. V. Mathai, R. N. Govardhan, V. H. Arakeri,
"On the impact of a concave nosed axisymmetric body on a free surface",
Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 064101 (2015) [link]
- Featured as Cover Article