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Department of Mechanical Engineering · York University
Flow and Turbulence
Engineering Laboratory
We study turbulence, aerodynamics, and particle transport — using wind-tunnel experiments, PIV, hot-wire anemometry, and CFD to support cleaner transportation and safer engineering design.
Research areas
What we study
Turbulence & unsteady flows
Active turbulence generation, gusts, yawed flows, and realistic aerodynamic environments.
Vehicle & sports aerodynamics
Wind-tunnel and CFD studies of drag, stability, wake dynamics, and performance.
Particle transport
Settling, dispersion, and orientation of rods, fibres, and microplastic-like particles.
Flow control & synthetic jets
Vortex dynamics, jet vectoring, and actuator-driven flow manipulation.
Facilities & methods
How we do it
Wind tunnel testing
Particle image velocimetry
Hot-wire anemometry
Random jet tank
Computational fluid dynamics
Active turbulence generation
Recent work
Publications & projects
- Settling of non-spherical particles in turbulence and quiescent fluids
- Synthetic jet vectoring and flow control
- Vehicle aerodynamics in realistic turbulent and yawed flows
- Active turbulence generation using random jet arrays
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