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Dan Henningson

Professor
Phone: +46 8 790 90 04
Fax: +46 8 796 98 50
E-mail: henning@mech.kth.se
WWW: Personal homepage


Education

Civ.Ing KTH1983, M.eng MIT 1985, PhD KTH 1988, Docent KTH 1992,

Professional history

Research Sientist FFA 1985-. Ass. Prof. Appl. Math. MIT 1988-1992. Adj. Prof. Mechanics (20%) KTH 1992-1998. Lektor Mechanics (50%) 1998-1999.

Research and Professional Activities

Research on linear and nonlinear hydrodynamic stability and numerical simulation of transitional and turbulent flow.

Teaching activity

Leader for the following list of courses.
For the complete list of courses at mechanics, see the course page

CourseProg. TitleStudiehandbok
SG3114  Graduate  Computational Fluid Dynamics [swe] [eng]

Publications

Please note that this list might not be complete. Follow each article link for additional authors.
Year Title
2012 Self-sustained localized structures in a boundary-layer flow
Physical Review Letters 108 044501
2012 Bifurcation and stability analysis of a jet in crossflow: Onset of global instability at low velocity ratio
J. Fluid Mech.  
2012 Swept-wing boundary-layer receptivity
J. Fluid Mech. 700 490-501
2012 Spatial optimal growth in three-dimensional compressible boundary layers
J. Fluid Mech. 704 251-279
2012 Swept wing boundarylayer receptivity to localized surface roughness
J. Fluid Mech. 711  516-544
2012 Self-similar transport of inertial particles in a turbulent boundary layer
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 706 
2011 Self-sustained global oscillations in a jet in crossflow
Theoret. Comput. Fluid dynamics 25 129-146
2011 Transition delay using control theory
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London A  
2011 Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and the optimal path to turbulence in shear flows
Physical Review Letters 106  134502
2011 Feedback control of three-dimensional optimal disturbances using reduced-order models
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 677 63-102
2011 Numerical study of boundary-layer receptivity on a swept wing
AIAA Paper 2011-3294 
2011 Modelling roughness and receptivity in three-dimensional boundary-layers
Proceedings of the 7th TSFP conference  
2011 Excitation of cross-flow vortices by surface roughness on a swept wing
Proceedings CASI AERO 2011, Montreal, Canada   
2011 The spectral-element and pseudo-spectral methods: A comparative study
Spectral and High Order Methods for Partial Differential Equations, LNCSE 76 459–468
2011 Stabilization of the spectral-element method in turbulent flow simulations
Spectral and High Order Methods for Partial Differential Equations, LNCSE 76 449–458
2011 Stability of a jet in crossflow
Phys. Fluids 23 091113
2011 Turbulent boundary layers in long computational domains
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 64rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 20–22, 2011, Baltimore, Maryland 56 
2011 Progress in simulations of turbulent boundary layers
Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, 28-31 July 2011, Ottawa, Canada  1-10
2011 Secondary threshold amplitudes for sinuous streak breakdown
Phys. Fluids 23 074103
2010 Spatial optimal growth in three-dimensional boundary layers
J. Fluid Mech. 646 5-37
2010 Receptivity to free-stream vorticity of flow past a flat plate with elliptic leading edge
J. Fluid Mech. 653 245-271
2010 Formation of turbulent patterns near the onset of transition in plane Couette flow
J. Fluid Mech. 650 119-129
2010 Simulations of spatially evolving turbulent boundary layers up to Re_\theta = 4300
Int. J. Heat and Fluid Flow 31 251-261
2010 Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition
Springer  
2010 Direct numerical simulation of separated flow in a three-dimensional diffuser
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 650 307 - 318
2010 Optimal Disturbances and Receptivity in Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers
Proceedings V European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics ECCOMAS CFD 2010  
2010 Comparison of SGS models for passive scalar mixing in turbulent channel flows
Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation VIII  
2010 Simulations of a boundary layer subject to free-stream turbulence
J. Turbulence 11 (45) 1-33
2010 Model reduction of the nonlinear complex Ginzburg-Landau equation
SIAM J. App. Dyn. Sys. 9(4) 1284-1302
2010 Global three-dimensional optimal disturbances in the Blasius boundary-layer flow using time-steppers
 650 181-214
2010 Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow in a plane asymmetric diffuser by the spectral-element method
Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation VII 
2010 Simulations of heat transfer in a boundary layer subject to free-stream turbulence
J. Turbulence 45 
2009 Input-output analysis and control design applied to a linear model of spatially developing flows
Appl. Mech. Reviews 62(2) 020803
2009 Receptivity mechanisms in three-dimensional boundary-layer flows
J. Fluid Mech. 618 209-241
2009 Input-output analysis, model reduction and control of the flat-plate boundary layer
J. Fluid Mech. 620 263-298
2009 Matrix-free methods for the stability and control of boundary layers
AIAA Journal 47 1057-1068
2009 Global stability of a jet in cross-flow
J. Fluid Mech. 624 33-44
2009 DNS of a spatially developing turbulent boundary layer with passive scalar transport
Int. J. Heat and Fluid Flow 30(5) 916-929
2009 Spectral analysis of nonlinear flows
J. Fluid Mech. 641 115-127
2009 The Spectral Element Approach for Receptivity Studies of Flow Past a Flat Plate with Elliptic Leading Edge
Proceedings AERO 09 13th CASI Aeronautics Conference, Kanata, Canada  
2009 Simulations of heat transfer in a boundary layer subject to free-stream turbulence
Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena - 6 I 195-200
2009 Turbulent boundary layers up to Re_\theta=2500 studied through simulation and experiment
Physics of Fluids 21 051702
2009 Localized edge states in plane Couette flow
Physics of Fluids 21 111701
2009 Towards large-eddy simulations of high-Reynolds number turbulent boundary layers
Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena - 6  271-276
2009 Spatial Optimal Disturbances in Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers
Proc. Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009  589-592
2009 Reduced-order models for flow control: balanced models and Koopman modes
Proc. Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009  43-50
2009 Stripy patterns in low-Re turbulent plane Couette flow
Proc. Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009  159-164
2009 Entropy generation rate in turbulent spots in a boundary layer subject to free stream turbulence
Proc. Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009  557-560
2009 Flow past a plate with elliptic leading edge: layer response to free-stream vorticity
Proceedings of the Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009  565-568
2009 Linear control of 3D disturbance on a flat-plate
Proceedings of the Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009 18 373-378
2008 DNS and LES of estimation and control of transition in boundary layers subject to free-stream turbulence
Int. J. Heat and Fluid Flow 29, Issue 3 841-855
2008 Two-dimensional global stability measures of the flat plate boundary-layer flow
European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids 27 501-513
2008 The use of global modes to understand transition and perform flow control
Physics of Fluids 20 031302
2008 Global optimal disturbances in the Blasius flow using time-steppers
  
2008 Input-output analysis and control of spatially developing shear flows
AIAA Paper 2008-4099  
2008 On streak breakdown in bypass transition
Phys. Fluids 20 101505
2008 DNS of a turbulent boundary layer with passive scalar transport
Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation VII  329-335
2007 Optimal disturbances in suction boundary layers
European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids 26 330-343
2007 Turbulent spots in the asymptotic suction boundary layer
J. Fluid Mech. 584 397-413
2007 Linear feedback control and estimation applied to instabilities in spatially developing boundary layers
J. Fluid Mech. 588 163-187
2007 Simulations of turbulent flow in a plane asymmetric diffuser
Flow, Turbulence and Combustion  79 275-306
2007 Optimal growth, model reduction and control in a separated boundary-layer flow using global eigenmodes
J. Fluid Mech. 579 305-314
2007 Optimal secondary energy growth in a plane channel flow
Phys. Fluids 19(5) 
2007 Optimal Disturbances in Three-dimensional Boundary-Layer Flows
ERCOFTAC bulletin 74 23-31
2007 Receptivity to Roughness and Vortical Free-Stream Modes
Advances in Turbulence XI, Proceedings of the eleventh European Turbulence Conference 117 29-31
2007 The effect of the sweep angle on the turbulent separation bubble on a flat plate
Advances in Turbulence XI, Proceedings of the eleventh European Turbulence Conference  230-232
2006 State estimation in wall-bounded flow systems. Part 2. Turbulent flows
J. Fluid Mech. 552 167-187
2006 Early turbulent evolution of the Blasius wall jet
J. Turbulence 7 1-17
2006 Steady solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations by selective frequency damping
Phys. Fluids 18 068102
2006 Identification of sources of sound in low mach number flows by the use of flow field eigenmodes
Proceedings of 13th international congress on sound and vibrations.  
2006 Control of cavity-driven separated boundary layer
Proceedings of the Conference on active flow control, Berlin, September 2006.  
2006 Feedback control in spatially growing boundary layers
Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Proc. IUTAM Symp., Bangalore, Dec. 13-17. 2004. Ed. Rama Govindarajan, Springer,   243-248
2006 High order accurate solution of flow past a circular cylinder.
J. Sci. Comput. 27 431-441
2006 Shape Optimization for Delay of Laminar-Turbulent Transition
AIAA Journal 44 1009-1024
2006 Numerical studies of streak instability in boundary layers
Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Proc. IUTAM Symp., Bangalore, Dec. 13-17. 2004. Ed. Rama Govindarajan, Springer,   121-126
2005 A study of the Blasius wall jet
J. Fluid Mech. 539 313-347
2005 State estimation of wall bounded flow systems. Part 1. Laminar flows
J. Fluid Mech. 534 263--294
2005 High order accurate solution of flow past a circular cylinder
J. Sci. Comput.  
2005 Transient growth on boundary layer streaks
J. Fluid Mech. 537 91--100
2005 Transition thresholds in the asymptotic suction boundary layer
Phys. Fluids 17 114104
2005 Periodic excitation of a turbulent separation bubble
Flow, Turbulence and Combustion    
2005 Instability characteristics of harmonic disturbances in a turbulent separation bubble
Proceedings of XVII Congresso Aimeta di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata  
2005 Optimal feedback control applied to boundary layer flow
J. Turbulence 6 1-18
2004 Transition in boundary layers subject to free-stream turbulence
J. Fluid Mech. 517 167-198
2004 Linear feedback control of transition in shear flows
Proc. IUTAM Symp. Laminar-Turbulent Transition  
2004 Linear feedback control of perturbations developing in a boundary layer under free-stream turbulence
Advances in Turbulence X, Proceedings of the tenth European turbulence conference  767-770
2004 The influence of periodic excitation on a turbulent separation bubble
Advances in Turbulence X, Proceedings of the tenth European turbulence conference  799-802
2004 Control of turbulent separation by periodic excitation
Progress in Turbulence  181-184
2004 Turbulent channel flow estimation
Advances in Turbulence X, Proceedings of the tenth European turbulence conference  771-774
2003 On the convectively unstable nature of optimal streaks in boundary layers
J. Fluid Mech. 485 221-242
2003 Linear feedback control and estimation of transition in plane channel flow
J. Fluid Mech. 481 149-175
2003 Relaminarization of Re_tau=100 turbulence using gain scheduling and linear state-feedback control
Phys. Fluids 15 3572-3575
2003 Linear compensator control of a pointsource induced perturbation in a Falkner-Skan-Cooke boundary layer
Phys. Fluids 15 2449-2452
2003 Exponential vs Algebraic Growth and Transition Prediction in Boundary Layer Flow
Flow, Turbulence and Combustion  70 183-210
2002 Direct numerical simulatin of separating turbulent boundary layers
J. Fluid Mech. 471 107-136
2002 Varicose instabilities in turbulent boundary layers
Phys. Fluids 14 2309-2323
2002 Weakly nonlinear analysis of boundary layer receptivity to free-stream disturbances
Phys. Fluids 14 1426-1441
2002 Adjoint-based optimization of steady suction for disturbance control in incompressible flows
J. Fluid Mech. 467 129-161
2002 Linear optimal control applied to instabilities in spatial boundary layers.
J. Fluid Mech. 470 151-179
2002 Transition of streamwise streaks in zero presure gradient boundary layers
J. Fluid Mech. 472 229-262
2002 Linear and nonlinear optimal control in spatial boundary layer
AIAA 2002-2755  
2002 Numerical simulations of transition in a boundary layer under free-stream turbulence
Advances in Turbulence IX, Proc. IX European Turbulence Conference, Southampton 2002  17-20
2002 On the stability of a falling liquid curtain
J. Fluid Mech. 463 163-171
2001 Sensitivity Analysis Using Adjoint Parabolized Stability Equations for Compressible Flows
Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, Kluwer 65 3/4 321-346
2001 On the breakdown of boundary layer streaks
J. Fluid Mech. 428 29-60
2001 Stability and transition in shear flows
Springer  
2001 A numerical and experimental study of a transitional separation bubble
Aerospace Science and Technology 5 317-328
2001 Optimal control of transition initiated by oblique waves in channel flow.
Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena - 2 I 157-161
2001 Optimal control of wall bounded flows
FOI-R-0182-SE  
2001 Book review of "Modelling and Computation of Boundary Layer Flows" by Cebeci, T and Cousteix, J.
SIAM 43 388
2000 Optimal Control of Bypass Transition
Advances in Turbulence VIII. (2000) Proc. 8th European Turbulence Conference, Barcelona, Spain  205-208
2000 Direct numerical simulations of growth and breakdown of streamwise streaks in flat-plate boundary layer
Proc. 5th Congress Italian Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics  610-613
2000 Secondary instability of streaks in boundary layers
Advances in Turbulence VIII. (2000) Proc. 8th European Turbulence Conference, Barcelona, Spain  141-144
2000 Sensitivity Analysis Using Adjoint Parabolized Stability Equations for Compressible Flows.
Advances in Turbulence VIII. (2000) Proc. 8th European Turbulence Conference, Barcelona, Spain  157-160
2000 Editors for special Issue in Flow, Turbulence and Combustion
Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, Kluwer 65, 3-4 
1999 The Fringe Region Technique Used in the Direct Numerical Simulation of the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations.
SIAM J. Sci. Comp. 20 1365-1393
1999 Optimal Disturbances and Bypass Transition in Boundary Layers
Phys. Fluids 11 134-150
1999 Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Oblique Boundary Layer Transition.
J. Fluid Mech. 393 23-57
1999 A nonlinear mechanism for receptivity of free-stream disturbances.
Phys. Fluids 11 3747-3760
1999 Transition, Turbulence and Combustion Modelling, Lecture Notes From the 2nd ERCOFTAC Summerschool held in Stockholm, 10-16 June 1998
Kluwer Academic Publishers  
1999 Numerical investigation of different discretization approaches for Optimal Control
FFA TN 1999-74  
1999 DNS of a turbulent boundary layers under a strong adverse pressure gradient
Recent Advances in DNS and LES, Kluwer (book)  373-384
1999 Analysis of the data base from a DNS of a separating turbulent boundary layer
Center for Turbulence Research, Annual Research Briefs 1999  225-237
1998 Linear and non-linear development of localized disturbances in zero and adverse pressure gradient boundary-layers.
Phys. Fluids 10 1405-1418
1998 On a stabilization procedure of the parabolic stability equations
J. Eng. Math 33 311-332
1998 The Compressible Inviscid Algebraic Instability for Streamwise Independent Disturbances.
Phys. Fluids 10 1784-1786
1998 Secondary instability of cross-flow vortices in Falkner-Skan-Coke boundary layers.
J. Fluid Mech. 368 339-357
1998 On stability of streamwise streaks and transition thresholds in plane channel flows.
J. Fluid Mech. 365 269-303
1998 TVR report on future areas of research: Optimal Design and Control of Fluid Flows
Report FFAP-250, Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden, Bromma  
1998 Direct Numerical Simulation of Self-Similar Turbulent Boundary Layers in Adverse Pressure Gradients.
Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 60 47-85
1998 Direct Numerical Simulation of Adverse Pressure Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layers.
Advances in Turbulence VII. Kluwer Academic Publishers  171-174
1997 Optimal Disturbances in boundary layers.
Proceedings from AFOSR, Workshop on Optimal Design and Control, Published in Progress in Systems Control, Birkahäuser  
1997 Application of turbulence models to equilibrium boundary layers under adverse pressure gradients.
Proceedings from the turbulent Shear Flow meeting Grenoble.  
1997 Direct numerical simulation of turbulent boundary layers with adverse pressure gradients.
Advances in DNS/LES. Greyden Press.  215-222
1996 Transition and turbulence modeling
Kluwer Academic Publishers  
1996 Transient growth in compressible boundary layer flow.
Phys. Fluids 8 826-837
1996 Comment on "Transition in shear flows. Nonlinear normality versus non-normal linearity"
Phys. Fluids 8 2257-2258
1996 Transition Thresholds in boundary layer and channel flows.
Advances in Turbulence VI (Ed. Gavrilakis, S., Machiels, L., Monkewitz, P.A.), Kluwer Academic Publishers  381-384
1996 Stability and Transition in Boundary Layer Flows.
Turbulence and Transition Modelling (Eds. Hallbäck, M., Henningson, D.S., Johansson, A.V., Alfredsson, P.H.), Kluwer Academic Publishers.  13-80
1996 Stability of a blunt cone at an angle of attack.
FFA-TN 1996-59  
1996 Cross-flow vortices and their secondary instability in Falkner-Skan-Cooke boundary layers.
FFA-TN 1996-60  
1995 Optimal disturbances growth in watertable flow.
Stud. Appl. Math. 94 183-210
1995 Spatial simulations of oblique transition in a boundary layer.
Advances in Turbulence V (Ed. Benzi, R.), Kluwer  31-35
1995 Bypass transition and linear growth mechanics.
Advances in Turbulence V (Ed. Benzi, R.), Kluwer  190-204
1995 Spatial simulations of bypass transition in boundary layers.
Laminar-Turbulent Transition (Ed. Kobayashi, R.), Springer  263-270
1995 Nonlocal and local instability analysis of hypersonic flows.
Laminar-Turbulent Transition (Ed. Kobayashi, R.), Springer  147-154
1995 Research on bypass transition at the swedish ERCOFTAC PC.
ERCOFTAC bulletin 24 44-47
1995 Evaluation of Turbulence Models from Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Boundary Layers.
FFA-TN 1995-09  
1994 Spatial simulations of oblique transition.
Phys. Fluids 6 1949-1951
1994 Turbulent spots in channel flows.
J. Eng. Math. 28 21-42
1994 Localized disturbances in parallel shear flows.
Appl. Sci. Res. 53 51-97
1994 A note on measures of disturbance size in spatially evolving flows.
Phys. Fluids 6 2862-2864
1994 Bounds for threshold amplitudes in subcritical shear flows
J. Fluid Mech. 270 175-198
1994 Optimal energy density growth in Hagan-Poiseuille flow.
J. Fluid Mech. 277 197-225
1994 Simulation of bypass transition in spatially evolving flows.
Proceedings of the AGARD symposium on Application of Direct and Large Eddy Simulation to Transition and Turbulence Chania, Crete, Greece. AGARD-CP-551  18-21
1994 Linear Nonlocal Instability Analysis - the linear NOLOT code.
FFA-TN 1995-09  
1994 On the role of linear mechanisms in transition to turbulence.
Phys. Fluids 6 1396-1398
1994 A note on measures of disturbance size for spatially evolving flows.
Transition, Turbulence and Combustion, Kluwer. Eds. Hussaini, M.Y., Gatski, T.B. & Jackson, T.L.  287-297
1994 Threshold amplitudes for transition in channel flows.
Transition, Turbulence and Combustion, Kluwer. Eds. Hussaini, M.Y., Gatski, T.B. & Jackson, T.L. 1 309-318
1993 A mechanism for bypass transition from localized disturbances.
J. Fluid Mech. 250 169-207
1993 Pseudo spectra of the Orr-Sommerfeld operator.
SIAM J. Appl Math. 53 15-47
1993 Energy growth in viscous channel flows.
J. Fluid Mech. 252 209-238
1993 A study of eigenvalue sensitivity for hydrodynamic stability operators.
Theoret. Comput. Fluid dynamics. 4 227-240
1993 Derivation of curvature terms of linear stability perturbation equations in compressible flow.
European laminar flow investigation, technical report no. 62.  
1993 Spatial evolution of disturbances in plane Poiseuille flow.
Transition, Turbulence and Combustion, Kluwer. Eds. Hussaini, M.Y., Gatski, T.B. & Jackson, T.L. 1 287-297
1993 Numerical simulation of spatial disturbance development in rotating channel flow.
FFA-TN 1993-30  
1992 Vector eigenfunction expansions for plane channel flows.
Stud. Appl. Math. 87 15-43
1992 A new mechanism for rapid transition involving a pair of oblique waves.
Phys. Fluids 4 1986-1989
1992 An efficient spectral integration method for the solution of the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations.
FFA-TN-28  
1992 Channel flow transition induced by a pair of oblique waves.
Instability, transition and turbulence  356-366
1992 Sensitivity study of hydrodynamic stability operaors.
ICASE REPORT 92-33  
1991 On turbulent spots in plane Poiseuille flow.
J. Fluid Mech. 228 183-205
1991 Turbulence characteristics inside a turbulent spot in plane Poiseuille flow.
Turbulent shear flows 7  155-165
1991 An eigenfunction expansion of localized disturbances.
Advances in Turbulence 3 (Eds. Johansson, A.V., Alfredsson, P.H.), Springer  162-169
1990 Instabillities in rotating channel flow.
Instability and Transition (Eds. Hussaini, M.Y., Voigt, R.G.), Springer II 313-329
1990 On the evolution of localized disturbances in laminar flows.
Laminar Turbulent Transition (Eds. Michel, R., Arnal, D.), Springer  279-284
1989 Wave growth and spreading of a turbulent spot in plane Poiseuille flow.
Phys. Fluids A. 1 1876
1989 An experimental study of the velocity field of turbulent spots in plane Poiseuille flow.
Advances in Turbulence 2 (Eds. Fernholz, Fiedler), Springer  9-14
1989 On the spreading mechanism of a turbulent spot in plane Poiseuille flow.
Advances in Turbulence 2 (Eds. Fernholz, Fiedler), Springer  2-8
1988 Wave growth associated with turbulent spots in plane Poiseuille flow.
FFA-TN-1988-08  
1988 Turbulence characteristics inside a turbulent spot in plane Poiseuille flow.
NASA-Stanford CTR summer program 1988  
1988 Inviscid initial value problem for piecewise linear mean flow.
Stud. Appl. Math. 78 31-56
1988 The development of localized disturbances in plane Poiseuille flow.
Phd Thesis, Department of Mechanics at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.  
1987 The wave structure of turbulent spots in plane Poiseuille flow.
J. Fluid Mech. 178 405-421
1987 Numerical simulations of turbulent spots in plane Poiseuille and boundary layer flows.
Phys. Fluids 30 2914-2917
1987 Stability of parallel inviscid shear flow with mean spanwise variation.
FFA-TN-1987-57  
1986 On the time dependent settling of a dilute suspension in a rotating conical channel.
J. Fluid Mech. 166 473-502
1986 Turbulent spots in plane Poiseuille flow - flow visualization.
Phys. Fluids 29 1328-1331
1986 Stability of parallel shear flow with mean spanwise variation.
WHOI-86-45, Woods Hole Ocean, Inst.  153-167
1986 Solution of the inviscid initial value problem for an infinitesimal disturbance on a piecewise linear approximation of plane Poiseuille flow.
FFA-TN-1986-65  
1985 The effects of drag reduction measures on boundary layer turbulence structure - implications of an inviscid model.
Shear flow conference, Boulder, Colorado, AIAA-85-0560  
1985 Solution of the three-dimensional Euler equations for the time development of a flat eddy in a boundary layer.
M.Sc. Thesis, Dept. of Aero. & Astro., MIT  

Internal reports

Please note that this list might not be complete.
Year Title Type
2008 Spectral simulations of wall-bounded flows on massively-parallel computers Technical report
2007 SIMSON - A Pseudo-Spectral Solver for Incompressible Boundary Layer Flows Technical report
2005 A hybrid high order method for incompressible flow in complex geometries / version 2 Technical report
2005 Optimal disturbances in suction boundary layers MSc thesis (Examensarbete)
2004 Control and estimation of wall-bounded flow systems Licentiate thesis
2004 A hybrid high order method for incompressible flow in complex geometries. Technical report
1999 An efficient spectral method for simulation of incompressible flow over a flat plate. Technical report
1998 Control of oblique transition by flow oscillations Technical report
1995 A study of boundary layer receptivity to disturbances in the free stream. Technical report
1994 Transient growth in compressible boundary layer flow. Technical report
1994 Bypass Transition - Proceedings from a Mini-Workshop Technical report
1993 Nonlinear energy density transfer during oblique transition in plane Poiseuille flow. Technical report
1993 Optimal disturbance growth in watertable flow. Technical report
1993 Bounds for threshold amplitudes in subcritical shear flows. Technical report
1988 The development of localized disturbances in plane Poiseuille flow. Doctoral thesis
1986 Sedimentation between parallel plates. Technical report
1986 A simple finite difference solution to the Orr-Sommerfeld equation. Technical report

Projects

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Period Title Area
2002-2005 Higher-order finite difference methods for DNS/LES in complex geometries Fluid mechanics
1999- Optimal design of vehicles with low drag. Fluid mechanics
1995- Active Control of Boundary-Layer Transition Fluid mechanics
1995- Direct numerical simulation of turbulent separation and separation control Fluid mechanics
1994- Boundary layer transition - Theory and DNS Fluid mechanics
1994- Modern stability prediction methods and control. Fluid mechanics
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