Publications

 

 

Journal publications:

  1. Inertial settling of flexible fiber suspensions, A Alizad Banaei, M Rahmani, DM Martinez, L Brandt, Physical Review Fluids 5.2 , 024301 (2020).
  2.  A practical solution of the Bethe equation in the energy range applicable to radiotherapy and radionuclide production, DM Martinez, M Rahmani, C Burbadge, C Hoehr. Scientific Reports 9, 1-9 (2019).
  3. Predicting vortex merging and ensuing turbulence characteristics in shear layers from initial conditions, A Guha, M Rahmani, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 878, R4 (2019).
  4. Sensitivity of vortex pairing and mixing to initial perturbations in stratified shear flows, W Dong, E Tedford, M Rahmani, GA Lawrence, Physical Reiew Fluids, 4, 063902 (2019).
  5. Momentum balance and stresses in a suspension of spherical particles in a plane Couette flow, M Rahmani, A Hammouti, A Wachs, Physics of Fluids, 30, 043301 (2018).
  6. Effects of particle polydispersity on radiative heat transfer in particle-laden turbulent flows, M Rahmani, G Geraci, G Iaccarino, A Mani, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 104, pp 42-59 (2018).
  7. The effect of Prandtl number on mixing in low Reynolds number Kelvin-Helmholtz billows, M Rahmani, BR Seymour, GA Lawrence, Physics of Fluids, 28, 054107 (2016).
  8. Accuracy of Finite Volume/Staggered Grid Distributed Lagrange Multiplier/Fictitious Domain simulations of particulate flows, A Wachs, A Hammouti, G Vinay, M Rahmani, Computer and Fluids, 115, pp 154-172 (2015).
  9. The evolution of large and small-scale structures in Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities, M Rahmani, BR Seymour, GA Lawrence, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 14 (6), pp 1275–1301 (2014).
  10. The effect of Reynolds number on mixing in Kelvin–Helmholtz billows, M Rahmani, GA Lawrence, BR Seymour, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 759, pp. 612-641 (2014).
  11. Free falling and rising of spherical and angular particles, M Rahmani, A Wachs, Physics of Fluids, 26, 083301 (2014).
  12. Evolution of a barotropic shear layer into elliptical vortices, A Guha, M Rahmani, GA Lawrence, Physical Review E, 87, 013020 (2013).
  13. Holmboe wave fields in simulation and experiment, JR Carpenter, EW Tedford, M Rahmani, GA Lawrence, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 648, pp 205-223 (2010).

Research reports:

Selected recent conference presentations:

  • Inertial Settling of Flexible Fiber Suspensions, M Rahmani, AA Banaei, DM Martinez, L Brandt, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Seattle, USA, November 2019.
  • Numerical models for fluid-grains interactions: opportunities and limitations, A Esteghamatian, M Rahmani, A Wachs, Powder and Grains, Montpellier, France, July, 2017.
  • The effect of vortex pairing and Prandtl number on mixing in moderate Reynolds number stratified flows, W Dong, M Rahmani, GA Lawrence, VIIIth International Symposium on Stratified Flows, San Diego, USA, August, 2016.
  • Prandtl number effects on mixing in Kelvin-Helmholtz billows, M Rahmani, BR Seymour, GA Lawrence, VIIIth International Symposium on Stratified Flows, San Diego, USA, August, 2016.
  • Solar receivers – polydispersity in particle-fluid systems, M Rahmani, G Geraci, G Iaccarino, A Mani, Enabling Process Innovation through Computation, BIRS, Banff, Canada, August, 2016.
  • Fully resolved simulations of suspension of spherical particles in shear flows, M Rahmani, A Wachs, International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF), Firenze, Italy, May 2016.
  • Two-way coupling effects in particle-laden turbulence: how particle-tracking scheme affects particle and fluid statistics, J Horwitz, M Rahmani, G Geraci, A Banko, A Mani, International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF), Firenze, Italy, May 2016.
  • Particle size distribution effects in an irradiated turbulent gas-particle mixture, M Rahmani, G Geraci, G Iaccarino, A Mani, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Boston, USA, November 2015.
  • On the effect of the particle size distribution tails in irradiated turbulent gas-particle mixture, G Geraci, M Rahmani, A Mani, G Iaccarino, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Boston, USA, November 2015.
  • Fully resolved simulations of suspension of spherical particles in shear flows, M Rahmani, A Wachs, Mathematical Modelling of Particles in Fluid Flow, BIRS, Banff, Canada, August 2014.