Current Students

Carlos Alvarez

Supervision
MSc thesis: Gravity-driven granular flows in narrow tubes
PhD thesis (ongoing): Barchan dunes under turbulent flows

Selected Publications
  1. Alvarez, C.A, Franklin, E.M., Horns of subaqueous barchan dunes: A study at the grain scale. Physical Review E, v. 100, p. 042904, 2019
  2. Alvarez, C.A, Franklin, E.M., Role of transverse displacements in the formation of subaqueous barchan dunes. Physical Review Letters, v. 121, n. 164503, 2018
  3. Alvarez, C.A, Franklin, E.M., Birth of a subaqueous barchan dune. Physical Review E, v. 96, n. 062906, 2017
  4. Alvarez, C.A, Franklin, E.M., Intermittent gravity-driven flow of grains through narrow pipes. Physica A, v. 465, p. 725-741, 2017
  5. Franklin, E.M., Alvarez Zambrano, C.A., Length scale of density waves in the gravitational flow of fine grains in pipes. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, v. 37, p. 1507-1513, 2015
  6. Alvarez, C.A. and Franklin, E.M., Experimental study on the formation of subaqueous barchan dunes in closed conduit. In: Experimental fluid mechanics 2017- EFM2017, Mikulov, Czech Republic, 2017
  7. Alvarez, C.A. and Franklin, E.M., Experimental study on the formation of barchan dunes in closed conduits. In: 9th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - ExHFT9, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 2017
  8. Alvarez, C.A. and Franklin, E.M., Gravity-driven flow of grains through pipes: a one-dimensional model In: IV Journeys in Multiphase Flows - JEM2017, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2017
  9. Alvarez Zambrano, C.A. and Franklin, E.M., Density waves in the gravitational flow of grains in narrow pipes In: 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - ICTAM2016, Montreal, Canada, 2016
  10. Alvarez Zambrano, C.A. and Franklin, E.M., Density waves in the gravitational flow of granular material in narrow pipes In: 9th International Conference on Multiphase Flow - ICMF2016, Firenze, Italy, 2016
Experiments: formation of a barchan dune. Zirconium beads under a turbulent water (left: raw images; right: treated images). Alvarez, C.A. and Franklin, E.M., Phys. Rev. E 96, 062906 (2017)


David Cuñez

Supervision
MSc thesis: Perturbation of a channel flow by a triangular ripple
PhD thesis (ongoing): Fluidized beds in narrow tubes

Selected Publications
  1. Cuñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Mimicking layer inversion in solid-liquid fluidized beds in narrow tubes. Powder Technology, accepted
  2. Cuñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Plug regime in water fluidized beds in very narrow tubes. Powder Technology, v. 345, p. 234-246, 2019
  3. Cuñez, F.D., Oliveira, G.V.G. and Franklin, E.M., Turbulent channel flow perturbed by triangular ripples. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 40:138, 2018
  4. Cuñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Patterns formed on bi-dispersed solid-liquid fluidized beds in narrow tubes. In: 17th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering, 2018, Águas de Lindóia. ENCIT2018, 2018
  5. Cuñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Experimental investigation of liquid-solid fluidized beds in a narrow tube. In: 17th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering, 2018, Águas de Lindóia. ENCIT2018, 2018
  6. Cuñez, F.D., Oliveira, G.V.G. and Franklin, E.M., Experimental investigation of turbulent flows over two-dimensional triangular ripples. In: Experimental fluid mechanics 2017- EFM2017, Mikulov, Czech Republic, 2017
  7. Cuñez, F.D., Oliveira, G.V.G. and Franklin, E.M., Experimental investigation of turbulent flows over two-dimensional triangular ripples. In: 9th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - ExHFT9, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 2017
  8. Cuñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Perturbation of a turbulent channel flow by a two-dimensional triangular ripple. In: 24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM2017, Curitiba, Brazil, 2017
  9. Cuñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Experiments on the perturbation of a channel flow by a triangular ripple In: 18th International Symposium on the Application of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016
  10. Cuñez,F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Perturbation of a turbulent flow by a triangular hill In: EPTT2016, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brasil, 2016
Experiments (Fluidized bed: alumina and water in a narrow tube). Cuñez and Franklin, Powder Technol., v. 345, p. 234-246, 2019.
CFD-DEM simulations (Fluidized bed: alumina and water in a narrow tube).Cuñez and Franklin, Powder Technol., v. 345, p. 234-246, 2019.

Bruno Chimetta

Supervision
MSc thesis: Numerical and Asymptotic solutions of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation for Kapitza waves
PhD thesis (ongoing): Instabilitites of a liquid film of a non-Newtonian fluid

Selected Publications
  1. Chimetta, B.P., Hossain, M.Z. and Franklin, E.M., Numerical solution for Kapitza waves on a thin liquid film. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 40:375, 2018
  2. Chimetta, B.P. and Franklin, E.M., Asymptotic and numerical solutions of the orr-sommerfeld equation for a thin liquid film on an inclined plane In: IV Journeys in Multiphase Flows - JEM2017, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2017
  3. Chimetta, B.P. and Franklin, E.M., Numerical solutions of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation for a thin liquid film on an inclined plane In: CNMAC2017 - Congresso Nacional de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, 2017
  4. Chimetta, B.P. and Franklin, E.M., Asymptotic and numerical solutions of the orr-sommerfeld equation for surface waves on an inclined plane In: 16th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering - ENCIT2016, Vitória, Brasil, 2016
  5. Chimetta, B.P. and Franklin, E.M., Asymptotic solution of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation for surface waves on an inclined plane In: COBEM2015, Rio de Janeiro, 2015
Stability diagram for a liquid film flowing over an inclined plane

Karlo Rocha

Supervision
PhD thesis (ongoing): Instabilities of a fluidized bed

Selected Publications
  1. Rocha, K.F. and Franklin, E.M., Numerical investigation of gas-solid fluidized beds in narrow tubes. In: COBEM2019, Uberlandia, 2019
Initial conditions of CFD-DEM simulations in a very a narrow tube (ID = 3mm)
CFD-DEM simulations of a gas-solid fluidized bed in a very a narrow tube (ID = 3mm)

Willian Assis

Supervision
PhD thesis (ongoing): Bed-load instabilities: granular dynamics and interaction with the fluid flow

Selected Publications
  1. Assis, W.R. and Franklin, E.M., Dynamics of barchan fields. In: COBEM2019, Uberlandia, 2019
Experiments: interaction between barchan dunes. Glass beads under a turbulent water

Jaime Oswaldo Gonzalez Maya

Supervision
PhD thesis (ongoing): Grain segregation within a bed-load layer

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Elmar Anton Schnorr Filho

Supervision
MSc thesis (ongoing): Particle extraction in a Gas-solid fluidized bed

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Former Students

Marcos Penteado

Supervision
MSc thesis: Velocities and displacemente fields of bed load under a turbulent water flow

Selected Publications
  1. Penteado, M.R.M., Franklin, E.M., Velocity fields of a bed-load layer under a turbulent liquid flow. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, v. 78, p. 220-228, 2016
  2. Penteado, M.R.M. and Franklin, E.M., Experiments on incipient bed load under a turbulent stream In: 9th International Conference on Multiphase Flow - ICMF2016, Firenze, Italy, 2016
  3. Penteado, M.R.M., Franklin, E.M., An eulerian approach for bed load determination using a high-speed camera. In: Multiphase Flow Journeys - JEM2015, Campinas-SP, 2015
  4. Penteado, M.R.M., Franklin, E.M., Bed load under a turbulent liquid flow. In: ENCIT2014, Belem, 2014
  5. Penteado, M.R.M., Franklin, E.M., The influence of shear stress on bed load. In: CONEM2014, Uberlandia, 2014
Experiments: bed load, slow motion movie. Glass beads under a turbulent water (Penteado and Franklin, Exp. Thermal Fluid Sci., v. 78, p. 220-228, 2016

João Wenzel

Supervision
MSc thesis: The velocity fields of grains over a barchan dune

Selected Publications
  1. Wenzel, J. L. and Franklin, E.M., Velocity fields and particle trajectories for bed load over subaqueous barchan dunes. Granular Matter,v. 21, n.75, 2019
  2. Wenzel, J.L. and Franklin, E.M. Velocity fields of grains over barchan dunes. In: 17th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering, 2018, Águas de Lindóia. ENCIT2018, 2018
Experiments: Subacuqous barchan dune (white and black glass beads) Wenzel, J.L.. and Franklin, E.M., Granular Matter, v. 21, n.75, 2019.

Eduar Cardona

Supervision
MSc thesis: The formation of ripples under a turbulent water flow

Selected Publications
  1. Cardona Florez, J.E., Franklin, E.M., The formation and migration of sand ripples in closed conduits: experiments with turbulent water flows. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, v. 71, p. 95-102, 2016
  2. Cardona Florez, J.E. and Franklin, E.M, The formation of sand ripples in a turbulent flow. In: 36th IAHR World Congress, The Hague, Netherlands, 2015
  3. Cardona Florez, J.E. and Franklin, E.M, Experiments on the instabilities of a granular bed in a turbulent flow. In: Multiphase Flow Journeys - JEM2015, Campinas-SP, 2015
Experiments: formation of sand ripples. Glass beads under a turbulent water (Cardona Florez and Franklin, Exp. Thermal Fluid Sci., v. 71, p. 95-102, 2016

Gabriel Meletti

Supervision
MSc thesis: Transitions between smooth and rough surfaces in turbulent channel flows

Selected Publications
  1. Oliveira, G.M.M. and Franklin, E.M., Transitions between smooth and rough surfaces in turbulent channel flows for d- and k-type rough elements. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 40:187, 2018
  2. Oliveira, G.M.M. and Franklin, E.M., Boundary layer transition from smooth to rough walls. In: 9th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - ExHFT9, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 2017
  3. Oliveira, G.M.M. and Franklin, E.M., Experiments on turbulent boundary layer over rough elements In: EPTT2016, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brasil, 2016
  4. Oliveira, G.M.M. and Franklin, E.M., Experiments on turbulent boundary layer over rough elements In: 16th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering - ENCIT2016, Vitória, Brasil, 2016
Experiments: PIV for the flow over a corrugated wall

Gabriel Oliveira

Supervision
MSc thesis: The perturbation of a turbulent channel flow by a sequence of ripples

Selected Publications
  1. Cuñez, F.D., Oliveira, G.V.G. and Franklin, E.M., Turbulent channel flow perturbed by triangular ripples. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, accepted.
  2. Cuñez, F.D., Oliveira, G.V.G. and Franklin, E.M., Experimental investigation of turbulent flows over two-dimensional triangular ripples. In: Experimental fluid mechanics 2017- EFM2017, Mikulov, Czech Republic, 2017
  3. Cuñez, F.D., Oliveira, G.V.G. and Franklin, E.M., Experimental investigation of turbulent flows over two-dimensional triangular ripples. In: 9th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - ExHFT9, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 2017
  4. Oliveira, G.V.G. and Franklin, E.M., Experimental determination of a turbulent boundary layer perturbed by two low hills In: 16th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering - ENCIT2016, Vitória, Brasil, 2016
Experiments: PIV for the flow perturbed by a 2D ripples

Fabíola Figueiredo

Supervision
MSc thesis: The feedback effect of bed load under a water flow

Selected Publications
  1. Franklin, E.M., Figueiredo, F.T., Rosa, E.S.,The feedback effect caused by bed load on a turbulent liquid flow. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, v. 36, p. 725-736, 2014
  2. Figueiredo, F.T., Ayek, G.A., Rosa, E.S., Franklin, E.M., Perturbation of a turbulent liquid flow by the bed-load transport of granular matter In: Cobem2011, Natal, 2011
Experiments: PIV for the flow perturbed by bed load (Franklin et al., J. Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng., v. 36, p. 725-736, 2014

Guilherme Ayek

Supervision
Undergraduate final project: The perturbation of a turbulent boundary layer by a ripple

Selected Publications
  1. Franklin, E.M., Ayek, G.A.,The perturbation of a turbulent boundary layer by a two-dimensional hill. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, v. 35, p. 337-346, 2013
  2. Franklin, E.M., Ayek, G.A., Turbulent flow over a hill inside a closed conduit. In: 8th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics, Lisbon, Portugal, 2013
  3. Franklin, E.M., Ayek, G.A., Experimental measurements of a turbulent flow over a low hill. In: COBEM2013, Ribeirão Preto, 2013
Experiments: PIV for the flow perturbed by a 2D ripple (Franklin and Ayek, J. Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng., v. 35, p. 337-346, 2013