The Australian National University
Physics of Fluids Laboratory
Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering

Physics of Fluids Laboratory

Physics of Fluids Laboratory

 

 Left to right: David Byrne, Dr. Hua Xia, Prof. Michael Shats, Dr. Horst Punzmann

 

Physics of Fluids Group
studies waves, turbulence and nonlinear phenomena in fluids and plasma. Applications: physics of weather and climate, plasma confinement


 Research Areas:

 Physics of Fluids Laboratory

Turbulent flows in thin layers

 

Physics of Fluids Laboratory
Phenomena in rotating fluids

 

Physics of Fluids Laboratory
Waves on the surface of fluids

Past Research:

  • Spectral transfer in plasma turbulence
  • Plasma confinement transitions and transport barriers
  • Zonal flows in plasma
  • Recent Book:

    Lecture Notes on Turbulence and Coherent Structures in Fluids, Plasmas and Nonlinear Media
    World Scientific Lecture Notes in Complex Systems, ISBN 981-256-698-8 edited by M. Shats and H. Punzmann (2006)

     

     

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