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Three-layer hydraulics of exchange flows

A. Atoufi, L. Zhu, A. Lefauve, J. R. Taylor, R. R. Kerswell, S. B. Dalziel, G. A. Lawrence, P. F. Linden
Three-layer hydraulically controlled transition to turbulence in stratified exchange flows

Laboratory analogy for shallow cumulus

H. Fu, C. Cenedese, A. Lefauve, G. K. Vallis
Boiling stratified flow: a laboratory analogy for atmospheric moist convection

Refereed

Routes to stratified turbulence and intermittency

A. Lefauve, Y. H. M. Cheung, X. Jiang, M. M. P. Couchman
Routes to stratified turbulence and temporal intermittency revealed by a cluster-based network model of experimental data

Europhysics Letters, 149, 53001 (2025)

Geophysical stratified turbulence and mixing

A. Lefauve
Geophysical stratified turbulence and mixing in the laboratory

Comptes Rendus Physique, 25, S3 (2024)

Special Issue on "Laboratory Models of Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics"

Long-wave instabilities of sloping stratified flows

L. Zhu, A. Atoufi, A. Lefauve, R. R. Kerswell, P. F. Linden
Long-wave instabilities of sloping stratified exchange flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 983, A12 (2024)

Data-driven classification of sheared stratified turbulence

A. Lefauve, M. M. P. Couchman
Data-driven classification of sheared stratified turbulence from experimental shadowgraphs

Physical Review Fluids, 9, 034603 (2024)

Physics-informed neural network

L. Zhu, X. Jiang, A. Lefauve, R. R. Kerswell, P. F. Linden
New insights into experimental stratified flows obtained through physics-informed neural networks

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 981, R1 (2024)

Geometry of stratified turbulent mixing

X. Jiang, A. Atoufi, L. Zhu, A. Lefauve, J. R. Taylor, S. B. Dalziel, P. F. Linden
Geometry of stratified turbulent mixing: local alignment of the density gradient with rotation, shear and viscous dissipation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 977, R5 (2023)

Two-layer hydraulics and instabilities

A. Atoufi, L. Zhu, A. Lefauve, J. R. Taylor, G. A. Lawrence, S. B. Dalziel, R. R. Kerswell, P. F. Linden
Stratified inclined duct: two-layer hydraulics and instabilities

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 977, A25 (2023)

Stratified inclined duct: direct numerical simulations

L. Zhu, A. Atoufi, A. Lefauve, J. R. Taylor, G. A. Lawrence, S. B. Dalziel, R. R. Kerswell, P. F. Linden
Stratified inclined duct: direct numerical simulations
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 969, A20 (2023)

Coherent structures in stratified shear layers

X. Jiang, A. Lefauve, S. B. Dalziel, P. F. Linden
The evolution of coherent vortical structures in increasingly turbulent stratified shear layers
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 947, A30 (2022)

Received a "Focus on Fluids" review article by J. J. Riley

Reynolds stresses in Holmboe instability

A. J. K. Yang, E. W. Tedford, J. Olsthoorn, A. Lefauve, G. A. Lawrence
Velocity perturbations and Reynolds stresses in Holmboe instabilities

Physics of Fluids, 34, 074110 (2022)

Selected as a "Featured Article"

Continuously-forced, shear-driven, stratified turbulence (Part 2)

A. Lefauve, P. F. Linden
Experimental properties of continuously-forced, shear-driven, stratified turbulence.

Part 2. Energetics, anisotropy, parameterisation
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 937, A35 (2022)

Continuously-forced, shear-driven, stratified turbulence (Part 1)

A. Lefauve, P. F. Linden
Experimental properties of continuously-forced, shear-driven, stratified turbulence.

Part 1. Mean flows, self-organisation, turbulent fractions
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 937, A34 (2022)

Spanwise confinement in stratified shear instabilities

Y-M. Ducimetière, F. Gallaire, A. Lefauve, C. P. Caulfield
The effects of spanwise confinement on stratified shear instabilities
Physical Review Fluids, 6, 103901 (2021)

Received the "Editors' Suggestion"

Weakly nonlinear Holmboe waves

J. Cudby, A. Lefauve
Weakly nonlinear Holmboe waves
Physical Review Fluids, 6, 024803 (2021)

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Gas-filled penny-shaped cracks in decompressed hydrogels

Y. Zhang, M. A. Etzold, A. Lefauve
Growth of gas-filled penny-shaped cracks in decompressed hydrogels
Soft Matter, 17, 815-825 (2021)

Received the journal's front cover and a news story in APS Physics 

Buoyancy-driven exchange flows in inclined ducts

A. Lefauve, P. F. Linden
Buoyancy-driven exchange flows in inclined ducts
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 893, A2 (2020)

Energetics of sustained stratified shear flows

A. Lefauve, J. L. Partridge, P. F. Linden
Regime transitions and energetics of sustained stratified shear flows
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 875, 658-699 (2019)

 

Scanning method for volumetric measurements of velocity and density fields

J. L. Partridge, A. Lefauve, S. B. Dalziel
A versatile scanning method for volumetric measurements of velocity and density fields
Measurement Science and Technology, 30, 055203 (2019)

 

The structure and origin of confined Holmboe waves

A. Lefauve, J. L. Partridge, Q. Zhou, S. B. Dalziel, C. P. Caulfield, P. F. Linden
The structure and origin of confined Holmboe waves
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 848, 508-544 (2018)

Received a "Focus on Fluids" review article by J.-M. Chomaz

Three-dimensional map of tidal dissipation

A. Lefauve, C. Muller, A. Melet
A three-dimensional map of tidal dissipation over abyssal hills
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120 (2015)

Collective dynamics in confined active suspensions

A. Lefauve, D. Saintillan
Globally aligned states and hydrodynamic traffic jams in confined suspensions of active asymmetric particles
Physical Review E: Rapid Communications, 89, 021002 (2014)

Others

Waves and turbulence in sustained stratified shear flows

A. Lefauve
Waves and turbulence in sustained stratified shear flows
PhD thesis, University of Cambridge (2018)

Awarded the UK Fluids Network "Dissertation Prize"

Three-dimensional measurements of stratified shear flow

A. Lefauve, J. L. Partridge, S. B. Dalziel, P. F. Linden
Three-dimensional, time-resolved velocity and density measurements of the stratified shear flow in an inclined duct
Proceedings of the VIIIth International Symposium on Stratified Flows, San Diego (2016)

Global map of tidal dissipation

A. Lefauve
A global map of tidal dissipation over abyssal hills
MSc thesis, École Polytechnique

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Theory and simulations of confined active suspensions

A. Lefauve
Theory and simulations of confined active suspensions
MSc thesis, Université de Technologie de Compiègne

and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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