Prof. Techet’s Publications
PUBLICATIONS
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REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Hover, F. S., A. H. Techet, and M. S. Triantafyllou, “Forces on Oscillating Uniform and Tapered Cylinders in Cross Flow,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 363, pp. 97-114, May 1998. [PDF]
Techet, A. H., F. S. Hover, and M. S. Triantafyllou, “Vortical Patterns Behind a Tapered Cylinder Oscillating Transversely to a Uniform Flow,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, v. 363, pp. 79-96, May 1998. [PDF]
Triantafyllou, M. S., A. H. Techet, Q. Zhu, D. N. Beal, and F. S. Hover, "Vorticity Control in Fish-like Propulsion and Maneuvering," Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42:1026-1031, 2002. [PDF]
Techet, Alexandra H., Franz S. Hover, and Michael S. Triantafyllou, “Separation and Turbulence Control in Biomimetic Flows,” Flow Turbulence and Combustion, 71:105-118, 2003. [PDF]
Triantafyllou, M. S., A. H. Techet, and F. S. Hover, “Review of Experimental Work in Biomimetic Foils,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, v. 29(3), pp. 585-594, 2004. [PDF]
Triantafyllou, M. S., F. S. Hover, A. H. Techet, and D. K. P. Yue “Review of Scaling Laws in Aquatic Locomotion and Fish-like Swimming,” Applied Mechanics Review, 58(4):226-237, July 2005. [PDF]
Truscott, T.T, and A.H. Techet, “Air Cavity Formation in the Wake of a Spinning Sphere Impacting a Free Surface,” Physics of Fluids, 18, 091113, September 2006. [DOI: 10.1063/ 1.2335903] [PDF] Link **
Epps, B. P. and A. H. Techet, “Impulse Forces Generated During Unsteady Maneuvering of Swimming Fish,” Experiments in Fluids, 43(5), 691-700, November 2007. [doi:10.1007/s00348-007-0401-4] [PDF]
Techet, A.H. “Propulsive Performance of Biologically-Inspired Flapping Foils at High Reynolds Numbers,” Journal Experimental Biology, 211, 274-279, 2008. [doi:10.1242/jeb.012849] [PDF]
Aristoff, J.M., Truscott, T.T., Techet, A.H. & Bush, J.W.M. “The Water-Entry Cavity Formed by Low Bond Number Impacts,” Physics of Fluids 20, 091111 September 2008. [PDF] Link **
Truscott, T.T. and A.H. Techet, “Water entry of a spinning sphere,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 625, pp. 135-165, May 2009. [PDF]
Epps, B. P., P. Valdivia y Alvarado, K. Youcef-Toumi, and A. H. Techet, “Swimming performance of biomimetic compliant fish-like robots,” Experiments in Fluids, 47(6), pp. 927-939, 2009. [DOI 10.1007/s00348-009-0684-8] [PDF]
Truscott, T. T. and A. H. Techet, “A spin on cavity formation during water-entry of hydrophobic and hydrophilic spheres,” Physics of Fluids, 21, 121703 (4 pages), 2009; doi:10.1063/1.32722642009. Link **
Epps, B. P. and A. H. Techet, “An error threshold criterion for singular value decomposition modes extracted from PIV data,” Experiments in Fluids, 48(2) 355-367 (15 pages), 2009; doi 10.1007/s00348-009-0740-4. [PDF]
Jeffrey Aristoff, Tadd Truscott, Alexandra Techet, and John W. M. Bush, "The water entry of decelerating spheres" Physics of Fluids 22(3), 032102, 2010. doi:10.1063/1.3309454 (8 pages)
La Foy, R.R., Belden, J., Truscott, T.T., Shih, A.M. & Techet, A.H. “Oil droplet in alcohol,” Physics of Fluids, 22, 91107, 2010. doi: 10.1063/1.3483217 (1 page) Link **
Belden, J., T. T. Truscott, M. Axiak, and A. H. Techet, “Three-dimensional Synthetic Aperture Particle Imaging Velocimetry,” Measurement Science & Technology, 21,125403 (21pp), 2010. doi:10.1088/0957-0233/21/12/125403. Link
Belden, J. and A. H. Techet, "Simultaneous quantitative flow measurement using PIV on both sides of the air-water interface for breaking waves,” Experiments in Fluids, 50 (1), pp. 149-161, (2011); doi: 10.1007/s00348-010-0901-5.
A. H. Techet & T. T. Truscott, “Water Entry of Spinning Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Spheres,” J. Fluids and Structures, v. 27, n. 5–6, pp. 716–726, 2011; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2011.03.014 Link
Truscott, T.T., Epps, B.P. & Techet, A.H. Unsteady forces on spheres during free-surface water entry , Journal of Fluids Mechanics, In Review.
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PROCEEDINGS & REFEREED CONFERENCES
Techet, A. H. and M. S. Triantafyllou, “Boundary Layer Relaminarization in Swimming Fish,” Proceedings of the 9th (1999) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Brest, France, v. II, pp. 415-418, May 30-June 4, 1999.
Techet, A. H., M. J. Wolfgang, J. M. Kumph, D. K. P. Yue, M. S. Triantafyllou, E. J. Anderson, W. R. McGillis, M. A. Grosenbaugh, “Flow Control of Flexible-Hull Vehicles,” Proc. 11th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST99), Durham, New Hampshire, August 22-25, 1999.
Anderson, E. J., A. H. Techet, W. R. McGillis, M. A. Grosenbaugh, and M. S. Triantafyllou, “Visualization and Analysis of Boundary Layer Flow in Live and Robotic Fish,” First International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 12-15 September 1999.
Techet, A. H., E. J. Anderson, W. R. McGillis, M. A. Grosenbaugh, and M. S. Triantafyllou, “Flow Visualization of Swimming Robotic Fish in The Near Boundary Region,” Third International Workshop on Particle Image Velocimetry, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 16-18 September 1999.
Beal, D. N., A. H. Techet, F. S. Hover, D. K. P. Yue, and M. S. Triantafyllou, “Vortex Street Modulation by an Oscillating Foil,” IUTAM Symposium on Bluff BodyWakes and Vortex-Induced Vibration (BBVIV-2), Marseille, France, 13-16 June 2000.
Techet, A. H., J. J. Allen, and A. J. Smits, “Piezoelectric Eels for Energy Harvesting in the Ocean,” Proceedings of the 12th (2002) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Kitakyushu, Japan, v. II, pp. 713-718, May 25-31, 2002.
McLetchie, K., M. Flores, F. Hover, A. Techet, and M. Triantafyllou, “Forces and Flow Visualization of Flapping Foils,” Proc. 13th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST03), Durham, New Hampshire, August 24-27, 2003. **
Fish, F., G. Lauder, R. Mittal, A. Techet, M. Triantafyllou, J. Walker, P. Webb, “Conceptual Design for the Construction of a Biorobotics AUV Based on Biological Hydrodynamics,” Proc. 13th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST03), Durham, New Hampshire, August 24-27, 2003. (Invited Paper).
Triantafyllou, M. S., A. H. Techet, and F. S. Hover, “Review of Experimental Work in Biomimetic Foils,” Proc. 13th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST03), Durham, New Hampshire, August 24-27, 2003. (Invited Paper).
M. S. Triantafyllou, F. S. Hover, A. H. Techet, and D. K. P. Yue, “Review of Scaling Laws in Aquatic Locomotion and Fish-like Swimming Robots and Flapping Foils”, 2nd International Symposium on Aqua Bio-Mechanisms ISABMEC, Honolulu, HI, September 14-17, 2003 (Invited Paper).
A. H. Techet, K. Lim, F.S. Hover, M.S. Triantafyllou, " Hydrodynamic Performance Of A Biologically Inspired Three-Dimensional Flapping Foil” Proc. 14th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST05), Durham, New Hampshire, August 21-24, 2005.
Techet, A. H. and A. K. McDonald, “High Speed PIV of Breaking Waves on Both Sides of the Air-Water Interface,” 6th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Pasadena, California, USA, September 2005.
Techet, A. H., T. T. Truscott, and M. K. Thompson, “Integration of hands-on laboratory modules to enhance the introduction of ocean science and engineering to undergraduates,” Proceedings of IEEE/MTS Oceans/Boston 2006 conference, September 2006.
Truscott, T. T., D. N. Beal and A. H. Techet, “Shallow angle water entry of ballistic projectiles,” Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Cavitation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, August 17-22, 2009.
Truscott, T. T., J. Belden and A. H. Techet, “3D flow-field PIV and biological sensing using synthetic aperture,” Proc. 16th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST09), Durham, New Hampshire, August 23-26, 2009.
Belden, J., T. T. Truscott, and A. H. Techet, “3D Flow Fields Using Synthetic Aperture PIV,” 8th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Melbourne, Australia, August 25-28, 2009.
Belden, J., and A. H. Techet, “Resolving Flow at the Air-Water Interface for Vorticity Flux Measurements,” 8th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Melbourne, Australia, August 25-28, 2009.
Techet, A.H. and A.M. Shih, “Jumping Kinematics for Prey Capture in Archer Fish,” Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on Biomechanics, Singapore, 1-6 August, 2010.
Epps, B. P., T. T. Truscott, and A. H. Techet, “Evaluating derivatives of experimental data using smoothing splines,” Proceedings of the 3rd Mathematical Methods in Engineering International Symposium, Coimbra (Portugal), 21 to 24 October 2010.
J. Belden & A.H. Techet “Model Based Auto-Calibration of Multi-Camera Three Dimensional PIV Systems” Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Tsukuba, Japan; 21-23 July 2011.
J. Belden, S. Ravela, T.T. Truscott, & A. H. Techet “Three-Dimensional Synthetic Aperture Imaging and Resolution of Multi-Phase Flows” Proceedings of the ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, Hamamatsu, Japan; 24-29 July 2011.
American Physical Society (APS) Gallery of Fluid Motion Posters
Truscott, T. T. & Techet, A. H. (2005) Air Cavity formation in the Wake of a Spinning Sphere Impacting the Free Surface, Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster, 58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. [PDF] ** winner **
Belden, J. & Techet, A.H. (2007) Imaging Across the Interface of Small-Scale Breaking Waves, Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. [PDF]
Aristoff, J. M., Truscott, T. T., Techet, A. H., & Bush, J. M. (2007) The Life of a Water-Entry Cavity at Low Bond Number, Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. [PDF] ** winner **
Truscott, T. T. & Techet, A. H. (2007) Shallow Angle Water-Entry of High-Speed Projectiles, Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. [PDF]
Truscott, T. T. & Techet, A. H. (2007) The Effect of Spin on Wetting Angle During Water Entry, Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. [PDF]
Sutherland, K. R., Madin, L., & Techet, A. H. (2008) In situ visualization of the propulsive jet wakes produced by pelagic tunicates, Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster, 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. [PDF]
Truscott, T.T., Aristoff, J.M. & Techet, A.H., “Dynamics of water entry,” 61st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Gallery of Fluid Motion Video, San Antonio, TX, Nov 2008. Video
La Foy R.R., Truscott, T.T. & Techet, A.H., “Quantitative flow field imaging about a hydrophobic sphere impacting on a free surface,” 61st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Gallery of Fluid Motion Video, San Antonio, TX, Nov 2008. Video
La Foy R.R., Belden, J., Shih, A.M., Truscott, T.T. & Techet, A.H., “Miscible droplet impact and dispersion,” 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Minneapolis, MN. Nov 2009, PDF ** winner **
McKown, J., Techet, A.H. & Truscott, T.T., “Fluid jet evolution after water entry” 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Long Beach, CA. Nov 2010. PDF
Scharfman, B & Techet, A. H “Fluid Bags,” 64th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Baltimore, MD. Nov 2011. ** winner **
** Poster winners for APS Gallery of Fluid Motion
Other Publications & Media
Discovery Channel segment on series “Time Warp”, episode title “Breakdancing” on bullet entry into water, original air date November 19, 2008. [VIDEO CLIP]
INVITED LECTURES
April 2002, “Biomimetics in Ocean Engineering,” Women in Science Conference, Brown University, Providence, RI.
May 2003, “Fish Swimming Hydrodynamics” Course on Biological and Medical Engineering, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK.
August 2003, “Conceptual Design for the Construction of a Biorobotics AUV Based on Biological Hydrodynamics,” Proc. 13th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST03), Durham, New Hampshire.
August 2003, “Review of Experimental Work in Biomimetic Foils,” Proc. 13th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST03), Durham, New Hampshire.
September 2003, “Review of Scaling Laws in Aquatic Locomotion and Fish-like Swimming Robots and Flapping Foils”, 2nd International Symposium on Aqua Bio-Mechanisms ISABMEC, Honolulu, HI.
May 2004, “Fish Swimming Hydrodynamics” Course on Biological and Medical Engineering, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK.
May 2004, “Experimental Hydrodynamics for High Speed Vessel Design” T. Francis Ogilvie Lecture, MIT Faculty Club.
April 2005, “Small Scale Breaking Waves: Flow Measurements Across the Interface,” ONR Workshop on Ship Wave-breaking and Bubbly Flows, Reston, VA.
April 2005, “High Speed PIV of Breaking Waves on Both Sides of the Air-Water Interface,” Center for Fluid Mechanics Seminar, Brown University.
May 2005, “Fish Swimming Hydrodynamics” Course on Biological and Medical Engineering, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK.
August 2005, “Performance and Wake Characteristics of Biologically Inspired Flapping Foils,” Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Seminar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
March 2006, “Biologically Inspired Robots in Ocean Science and Engineering,” STEM lecture at MIT for junior high school students.
March 2006, “High Speed PIV for Small Scale, Unsteady Breaking Waves”, ONR Ship Wave Breaking and Bubbly Flows Workshop, Pasadena, CA. June 2006, “Projectile Water Entry at Shallow Angles,” ONR University Laboratory Initiative Workshop, Panama City, FL.
September 2006, “Impulse, Momentum and Choreography in Maneuvering Fish and Flapping Foils,” CEAFM Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
December 2006, “Applications for High-Speed PIV,” Workshop on the Experimental Method in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ.
December 2006, “Biologically Inspired Flapping Foils for Propulsion and Maneuvering,” Mathematics Department Seminar, University of Oslo, Norway.
December 2006, “High Speed PIV of Breaking Waves on Both Sides of the Air-Water Interface,” Workshop on Extreme Waves, University of Oslo, Norway.
March 2007, “Small Scale Breaking Waves: Flow Measurements on the Air-side During a Breaking Event,” ONR Workshop on Ship Wave-breaking and Bubbly Flows, Arlington, VA.
June 2007, “Projectile Water Entry at Shallow Angles,” ONR University Laboratory Initiative Workshop, Keyport, WA.
November 2007, “Hydrodynamic Performance of Biologically Inspired Flapping Foils: Propulsion and Maneuvering,” NSF IGERT Program: Signals and the Sea, Department of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
February 2008, “Experimental Methods for Shallow Water Breaking Waves: Resolving Flow Across the Air-sea Interface,” Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Environmental Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics Seminar, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
April 2008, “The Water Entry of Spinning Projectiles,” GALCIT seminar, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.
May 2008, “Hydrodynamic Effects of Leading-edge Tubercles on Control Surfaces in Flapping Foil Propulsion,” Invited speaker, Engineering Mechanics 2008, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
June 2008, “Projectile Water Entry at Shallow Angles,” ONR University Laboratory Initiative Workshop, Washington, DC.
June 2008, “Biologically Inspired Control Surfaces and Propulsors for Underwater Vehicles,” Invited Lecture at the CIMTEC, Sicily, Italy.
September 2008, “Experimental Hydrodynamics from Fish Swimming to Breaking Waves,” Keynote Speaker, 40th Anniversary of the MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program.
February 2009, “Resolving the flow and fluxes on both sides of an air-water interface using Particle Imaging Velocimetry,” The Environmental Fluid Mechanics/Hydrology Seminar, Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, MIT.
April 2009, “Biologically inspired impulsive starting and maneuvering for solitary and aggregate systems,” Dept. Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder.
April 2009, “Water entry dynamics of ballistic projectiles,” Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
April 2009, “Water entry dynamics of ballistic projectiles,” Department of Civil, Environmental, & Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ.
April 2009, “Water entry dynamics of ballistic projectiles,” Department of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI.
Sept 2009, “Biologically Inspired Impulsive Starting and Maneuvering For Solitary and Aggregate Systems,” University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, School for Marine Science and Technology, Marine Science Seminar Series.
Sept 2009, “Biologically Inspired Impulsive Starting and Maneuvering For Solitary and Aggregate Systems,” University Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory Seminar Series.
Sept 2009, “Biologically Inspired Impulsive Starting and Maneuvering For Solitary and Aggregate Systems,” George Washington University, Biomimetics and Bioinspired Engineering Series.
Sept 2009, “Water entry dynamics of ballistic projectiles,” University of Maryland, Dept. Mechanical Engineering.
June 2010, “Hydrophobic and hydrophilic spheres at the free surface: impact and ejection,” Invited Keynote speaker for the 6th Bluff Body Vortex Induced Vibrations conference, Capri, Italy.
March 2011, “Experimental Techniques for Flow Measurements: from the Bottom of the Ocean to the Laboratory,” Invited Keynote speaker for the National Academy of Engineers Frontiers of Engineering workshop.
January 2012, “Light field imaging for 3D and multiphase flows,” Fluid Mechanics Seminar, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Stanford University.
February 2012, “Fish out of water: extreme maneuvers, escape responses and jumping in fish”, Environmental Fluid Mechanics Seminar, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University.](Publications_files/shapeimage_1.png)
