By Dr Charitha de Silva

Journal articles

Ding Y; Zhang T; Geyer TF; De Silva CM; Doolan CJ; Moreau DJ, 2021, 'Experimental Investigation of the Flow Characteristics and Noise Generation at the Wing-Wall Junction', Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0001303

Yang J; Rao L; Zhang Y; de Silva C; Kook S, 2021, 'Flame image velocimetry analysis of reacting jet flow fields with a variation of injection pressure in a small-bore diesel engine', International Journal of Engine Research, 22, pp. 2968 - 2981, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468087420960616

Yue Y; Wang S; Bahl P; de Silva C; Shen Y, 2021, 'Experimental investigation of spout incoherence in a spouted bed', Chemical Engineering Journal, 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.129320

Bahl P; De Silva C; MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA; Doolan C, 2021, 'Towards capturing a database of respiratory exhalations from flow visualisations', 14th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.18409/ispiv.v1i1.74

Xie JH; De Silva C; Baidya R; Yang XIA; Hu R, 2021, 'Third-order structure function in the logarithmic layer of boundary-layer turbulence', Physical Review Fluids, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.074602

Bhattacharjee S; Bahl P; De Silva C; Doolan C; Chughtai AA; Heslop D; Macintyre CR, 2021, 'Experimental Evidence for the Optimal Design of a High-Performing Cloth Mask', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 7, pp. 2791 - 2802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00368

Bahl P; De Silva C; Bhattacharjee S; Stone H; Doolan C; Chughtai AA; Macintyre CR, 2021, 'Droplets and Aerosols Generated by Singing and the Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 for Choirs', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72, pp. E639 - E641, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1241

Heisel M; De Silva CM; Hutchins N; Marusic I; Guala M, 2021, 'Prograde vortices, internal shear layers and the Taylor microscale in high-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layers', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.478

Yang J; Rao L; de Silva C; Kook S, 2021, 'The influence of inter-jet spacing and jet-swirl interaction on flame image velocimetry (FIV) derived flow fields in a small-bore diesel engine', International Journal of Engine Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14680874211038432

Hearst RJ; De Silva CM; Dogan E; Ganapathisubramani B, 2021, 'Uniform-momentum zones in a turbulent boundary layer subjected to freestream turbulence', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 915, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.102

Gunasekera S; Ng O; Thomas S; Varcoe R; de Silva C; Barber T, 2020, 'Tomographic PIV analysis of physiological flow conditions in a patient-specific arteriovenous fistula', Experiments in Fluids, 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00348-020-03085-4

Chen X; Bahl P; De Silva C; Heslop D; Doolan C; Lim S; MacIntyre CR, 2020, 'Systematic Review and Evaluation of Mathematical Attack Models of Human Inhalational Anthrax for Supporting Public Health Decision Making and Response', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 35, pp. 412 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X20000734

Yue Y; Wang S; Bahl P; De Silva C; Shen Y, 2020, 'Experimental Investigation of Spout Deflection in a Rectangular Spouted Bed by the PIV Method', Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 59, pp. 13810 - 13819, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02060

Akbaridoust F; De Silva CM; Szydzik C; Mitchell A; Marusic I; Nesbitt WS, 2020, 'Experimental fluid dynamics characterization of a novel micropump-mixer', Biomicrofluidics, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0012240

Manovski P; Jones MB; Henbest SM; Xue Y; Giacobello M; de Silva C, 2020, 'Boundary layer measurements over a body of revolution using long-distance particle image velocimetry', International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2020.108591

Bahl P; Doolan C; de Silva C; Chughtai AA; Bourouiba L; MacIntyre CR, 2020, 'Airborne or droplet precautions for health workers treating COVID-19?', Journal of Infectious Diseases, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa189

Eich F; De Silva CM; Marusic I; Kähler CJ, 2020, 'Towards an improved spatial representation of a boundary layer from the attached eddy model', Physical Review Fluids, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.034601

Heisel M; De Silva CM; Hutchins N; Marusic I; Guala M, 2020, 'On the mixing length eddies and logarithmic mean velocity profile in wall turbulence', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.23

Bahl P; de Silva CM; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR; Doolan C, 2020, 'An experimental framework to capture the flow dynamics of droplets expelled by a sneeze', Experiments in Fluids, 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00348-020-03008-3

Bahl P; Bhattacharjee S; de Silva C; Chughtai AA; Doolan C; MacIntyre CR, 2020, 'Face coverings and mask to minimise droplet dispersion and aerosolisation: a video case study.', Thorax, 75, pp. 1024 - 1025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-215748

de Silva CM; Chandran D; Baidya R; Hutchins N; Marusic I, 2020, 'Periodicity of large-scale coherence in turbulent boundary layers', Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, 83, pp. 108575 - 108575

MacIntyre CR; Das A; Chen X; de Silva C; Doolan C, 2019, 'Evidence of long-distance aerial convection of variola virus and implications for disease control', Viruses, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v12010033

Szydzik C; Brazilek RJ; Akbaridoust F; De Silva C; Moon M; Marusic I; Ooi ASH; Nandurkar HH; Hamilton JR; Mitchell A; Nesbitt WS, 2019, 'Active micropump-mixer for rapid antiplatelet drug screening in whole blood', Analytical Chemistry, 91, pp. 10830 - 10839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b02486

Li M; De Silva CM; Rouhi A; Baidya R; Chung D; Marusic I; Hutchins N, 2019, 'Recovery of wall-shear stress to equilibrium flow conditions after a rough-to-smooth step change in turbulent boundary layers', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 872, pp. 472 - 491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2019.351

Raina Macintyre C; Doolan C; De Silva C, 2019, 'The explosion at Vector: hoping for the best while preparing for the worst', Global Biosecurity, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.41

de Silva CM; Kevin ; Baidya R; Hutchins N; Marusic I, 2018, 'Large coherence of spanwise velocity in turbulent boundary layers', JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 847, pp. 161 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.320

Grayson K; de Silva CM; Hutchins N; Marusic I, 2018, 'Impact of mismatched and misaligned laser light sheet profiles on PIV performance', EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS, 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00348-017-2453-4

de Silva CM; Grayson K; Scharnowski S; Kähler CJ; Hutchins N; Marusic I, 2018, 'Towards fully-resolved PIV measurements in high Reynolds number turbulent boundary layers with DSLR cameras', J Vis., pp. 1 - 11

Krug D; Yang XIA; de Silva CM; Ostilla-Monico R; Verzicco R; Marusic I; Lohse D, 2017, 'Statistics of turbulence in the energy-containing range of Taylor-Couette compared to canonical wall-bounded flows', JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 830, pp. 797 - 819, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.625

Scharnowski S; Grayson K; de Silva CM; Hutchins N; Marusic I; Kaehler CJ, 2017, 'Generalization of the PIV loss-of-correlation formula introduced by Keane and Adrian', EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS, 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00348-017-2431-x

de Silva CM; Krug D; Lohse D; Marusic I, 2017, 'Universality of the energy-containing structures in wall-bounded turbulence', JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 823, pp. 498 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.315

de Silva CM; Philip J; Hutchins N; Marusic I, 2017, 'Interfaces of uniform momentum zones in turbulent boundary layers', JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 820, pp. 451 - 478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.197

Grayson K; de Silva CM; Hutchins N; Marusic I, 2017, 'Beam stability and warm-up effects of Nd:YAG lasers used in Particle Image Velocimetry', Meas. Sci. Tech., 28, pp. 065301 - 065301

de Silva CM; Woodcock JD; Hutchins N; Marusic I, 2016, 'Influence of spatial exclusion on the statistical behavior of attached eddies', PHYSICAL REVIEW FLUIDS, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.022401

de Silva CM; Hutchins N; Marusic I, 2016, 'Uniform momentum zones in turbulent boundary layers', JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2015.672

de Silva CM; Marusic I; Woodcock JD; Meneveau C, 2015, 'Scaling of second- and higher-order structure functions in turbulent boundary layers', JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 769, pp. 654 - 686, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2015.122

de Silva CM; Gnanamanickam EP; Atkinson C; Buchmann NA; Hutchins N; Soria J; Marusic I, 2014, 'High spatial range velocity measurements in a high Reynolds number turbulent boundary layer', PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4866458

Philip J; Meneveau C; de Silva CM; Marusic I, 2014, 'Multiscale analysis of fluxes at the turbulent/non-turbulent interface in high Reynolds number boundary layers', PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4861066

Kwon YS; Philip J; de Silva CM; Hutchins N; Monty JP, 2014, 'The quiescent core of turbulent channel flow', JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 751, pp. 228 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2014.295

Chauhan K; Philip J; de Silva CM; Hutchins N; Marusic I, 2014, 'The turbulent/non-turbulent interface and entrainment in a boundary layer', JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 742, pp. 119 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2013.641

de Silva CM; Philip J; Chauhan K; Meneveau C; Marusic I, 2013, 'Multiscale Geometry and Scaling of the Turbulent-Nonturbulent Interface in High Reynolds Number Boundary Layers', PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.044501

de Silva CM; Baidya R; Marusic I, 2013, 'Enhancing Tomo-PIV reconstruction quality by reducing ghost particles', MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/24/2/024010

de Silva CM; Philip J; Marusic I, 2013, 'Minimization of divergence error in volumetric velocity measurements and implications for turbulence statistics', EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00348-013-1557-8

de Silva CM; Baidya R; Khashehchi M; Marusic I, 2012, 'Assessment of tomographic PIV in wall-bounded turbulence using direct numerical simulation data', EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS, 52, pp. 425 - 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00348-011-1227-7

De Silva CM; Azmi MN; Christie T; Abou-Saba E; Ooi A, 2011, 'COMPUTATIONAL FLOW MODELLING OF FORMULA-SAE SIDEPODS FOR OPTIMUM RADIATOR HEAT MANAGEMENT', JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 6, pp. 94 - 108, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000214281900009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Papers

Ding Y; Awasthi M; Zhang T; de Silva C; Doolan C; Moreau D, 2026, 'An Experimental Investigation of the Unsteady Wall Pressure Field at the Wing-wall Junction', in 32nd AIAA Ceas Aeroacoustics Conference 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), presented at 32nd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (2026), http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2026-3234

Kisler R; Doolan C; Jiang C; de Silva C; Moreau D, 2026, 'The Interaction of a Finite Wall Mounted Airfoil with a Thick Turbulent Boundary Layer', in 32nd AIAA Ceas Aeroacoustics Conference 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), presented at 32nd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (2026), http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2026-3240

Hales ADG; Colbrook MJ; Jiang C; Dixon R; de Silva CM; Doolan CJ; Moreau DJ, 2025, 'A Comparative Modal Analysis of the Interaction of Flow with Tandem Cylinders', in AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), NV, Las Vegas, presented at AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025, NV, Las Vegas, 21 July 2025 - 25 July 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-3217

Pablo SNR; Wills A; Doolan C; de Silva C; Moreau D, 2025, 'Isotropic and Anisotropic Turbulence Interaction with Flat Plate Serrated Leading Edges', in AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), NV, Las Vegas, presented at AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025, NV, Las Vegas, 21 July 2025 - 25 July 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-3356

Doolan C; Kisler R; Jiang C; de Silva C; Moreau D, 2025, 'Measurement and Analysis of Unsteady Surface Pressure During Turbulence-Airfoil Interaction', in AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-3359

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