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Spotlights
- Internal wave interferometry —recent theoretical and experimental studies have
demonstrated that there is a direct equivalence between the classical problem of optical
interference by a Fabry-Perot etalon and the scattering of internal wave fields by
nonuniform features in the ocean stratification. This work has recently been published in Physical Review Letters. [read more "Internal wave interferometry"]
- Sailing on Diffusion — How can an object be propelled without any moving parts? New experimental and numerical results show how energy can be extracted from molecular diffusion to produce spontaneous propulsion. These results have potential significance for environmental and biological transport. [read more "Sailing on Diffusion"]
- Unsteady Separation — For over 100 years, the ability to monitor the location of separation in an unsteady fluid flow has remained elusive. We have provided the first experimental results that successfully demonstrate a new dynamical-systems based approach, which could ultimately have widespread impact on engineering applications. [read more "Unsteady Separation"]
News Stories
- Cruises — members of the ENDLAB will be participating in two upcoming cruises. The first, in April 2011, is the NSF EXITS cruise studying the Line Islands Ridge south of Hawaii, and the second, in August 2011, is the ONR IWISE cruise studying the Luzon Strait in the South China Sea. [read more “Cruises”]
- Coherent Structures — Prof. Peacock is co-organizing an NSF funded workshop of coherent structures at the Lorentz Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands in May 2011. [read more “Coherent Structures”]
- Les Houches — Prof. Peacock recently co-organized a one week workshop on Geophysical and Astrophysical Internal Waves at the Ecole de Physique des Houches, near Chamonix, France. This initiative was partly supported by the MIT-France program. [read more “Les Houches”]
- JFM — Theroretical and experimental work from the ENDLab on internal tide attractors has just been published in JFM.
- Hayashi — The MISTI Hayashi fund is supporting collaboration with National Taiwan University on internal wave activity in the South China Sea. Prof. Peacock and Matthieu Mercier recently visited Taiwan to meet with their collaborators. [read more ‘Hayashi”]
- Vietnam — Prof. Peacock recently returned from an ONR research trip to Vietnam. [read more “Vietnam”]
- Coriolis — Members of the ENDLab recently completed an unprecedented internal wave experiments at the Coriolis facility in Grenoble, France, in collaboration with researchers from ENS de Lyon and LEGI, and with the support of the MIT-France program and ONR. [read more “Coriolis”]
