Vorticity, Helicity & Turbulence

Wind turbines, helicopters, weather and why turbulence matters

Measurement of vortices, turbulence & Helicity:

Fibres make chaotic turbulence more predictable

An injection of chaos solves decades-old fluid mystery

Vortices::

Vorticity video     

Cavitation video

Knots in chaotic waves

Reynolds Number video

Examining the dynamics of ocean mixing

Order emerges from chaos in 2D vortices

Vortex loops could untie knotty physics problems

Adaptive extraction and quantification of geophysical vortices

Solving a physics problem: those 'solitons' are really vortex rings

Turbulence:

Turbulence video

Turbulence on the rise   

Mysteries of turbulence unravelled

Taking the measure of water's swirl

How do turbidity currents accelerate?

What is behind Eistein's turbulences?

Turbulence isn't just a science problem

Getting up to speed in turbulence simulations

Mathematicians prove universal law of turbulence

Ecological extinction explains how turbulence dies

From the butterfly's wing to the tornado: predicting turbulence

Demystifying statistical turbulence modelling for fluid dynamics

Safer air travel: existing navigation data can help pilots avoid turbulence

Record-breaking simuations of turbulence's smallest structures on GCS systems

Fluid turbulence: researchers observe 70-year old prediction, with wide reaching effects

The John Hopkins turbulent databases: an open simulation laboratory for turbulence research

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows with parallel algorithms for various computing algorithms

Helicity:

Mystery solved: why it is freezing inside that tornado