Daniel Borrero-Echeverry, Center for Nonlinear Science and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology


A Dynamical Systems View of Turbulence

Abstract: Turbulent flows are ubiquitous in nature. However, our understanding of the physics underlying turbulence is surprisingly incomplete. While the statistical approach of the past century has given us great insight, it has limited quantitative predictive power, even for simple turbulent flows. Recent studies have made progress in clarifying the underlying physics by applying methods from the analysis of low-dimensional dynamical systems to the problem of turbulence. I will summarize some of these developments and present my recent experimental work confirming some of these ideas.

Advisor: Michael F. Schatz (Georgia Institute of Technology)