Current Students and Post-docs

Douglas Carvalho

Supervision
PhD thesis (ongoing): The motion of an intruder within granular matter

Selected Publications
  1. Carvalho, D.D., Bertho, Y., Seguin, A., Franklin, E.M., Darbois Texier, B., Drag reduction during the side-by-side motion of a pair of intruders in granular medium. Physical Review Fluids, 9, 114303, 2024
  2. Carvalho, D.D., Bertho, Y., Franklin, E.M., Seguin, A., Penetration of a spinning sphere impacting a granular medium. Physical Review E, 109, 054902, 2024
  3. Carvalho, D.D., Lima, N.C., Franklin, E.M., Impact craters formed by spinning granular projectiles. Physical Review E, 108, 054904, 2023 [Selected as "Featured"]
  4. Carvalho, D.D., Lima, N.C., Franklin, E.M., Roles of packing fraction, microscopic friction, and projectile spin in cratering by impact. Physical Review E, 107, 044901, 2023
  5. Carvalho, D.D., Franklin, E.M., Collaborative behavior of intruders moving amid grains. Physics of Fluids, 34, 123306, 2022 [Selected as "Featured"]
  6. Carvalho, D.D., Lima, N.C., Franklin, E.M., Contacts, motion and chain-breaking in a two-dimensional granular system displaced by an intruder. Physical Review E, v.105, 034903, 2022
  7. Carvalho, D.D., Lima, N.C., Franklin, E.M. Motion of a solid body within a granular medium. In: 26th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM2021, 2021, Florianópolis (online), Brazil, 2021
  8. Carvalho, D.D., Franklin, E.M. Locomotion of an intruder within granular media. In: 19th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering - ENCIT2022, 2022, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, 2022


DEM simulations of an intruder moving within a pack of solid disks (positions and contact chains)

Jaime Gonzalez

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

Selected Publications
  1. Gonzalez, J. O., Franklin, E.M., Forces and grain-grain contacts in bidisperse beds sheared by viscous fluids. Physics of Fluids, 467, 109488, 2024
  2. Gonzalez, J.O., Cúñez, F.D., Franklin, E.M., Bidisperse beds sheared by viscous fluids: Grain segregation and bed hardening. Physics of Fluids, 35, 103326, 2023
  3. Gonzalez, J.O., Cúñez, F.D., Franklin, E.M. Role of drag force in granular size segregation in sediment transport. In: 19th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering - ENCIT2022, 2022, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, 2022
  4. Gonzalez, J., Cúñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Experimental investigation size particles segregation by laminar shearing flows. In: 26th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM2021, 2021, Florianópolis (online), Brazil, 2021
  5. Gonzalez, J., Cúñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., A numerical study of coarse grains segregation within a granular bed. In: 18th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering, 2020, Bento Gonçalves (online). ENCIT2020, Brazil, 2020



Bed undergoing hardening (bedload and creep layers are shown in the video), from Gonzalez and Franklin, Physics of Fluids, 35, 103326, 2023.

Vinícius Oliveira

Supervision
PhD thesis (ongoing): Solid-liquid fluidized beds: fluid flow, grain dynamics and pattern formation

Selected Publications
  1. Oliveira, V.P.S., Borges, D.S., Franklin, E.M., Crystallization and refluidization in very-narrow fluidized beds. Physics of Fluids, 35, 093306, 2023 [Editor's Pick]
  2. Oliveira, V.P.S., Borges, D.S., Franklin, E.M. Interfacial oscillations in bidisperse beds. In: 27th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM2023, Florianópolis, Brazil, 2023
  3. Oliveira, V.P:.S., Assis, W.R., Franklin, E.M. Crystallization in Bidispersed Beds In: 19th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering - ENCIT2022, 2022, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, 2022
  4. Oliveira, V.P.S., Cúñez, F.D., Lima, N.C. and Franklin, E.M., Numerical simulation of hydraulic conveying of solid particles through a narrow elbow. In: 26th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM2021, 2021, Florianópolis (online), Brazil, 2021



Fluidized bed undergoing crystallization, from Oliveira et al., Physics of Fluids, 35, 093306, 2023.

Oscar Telenema

Supervision
MSc thesis (ongoing): Solid-liquid fluidized beds: instabilities and segregation

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Danilo Borges

Supervision
Post-doctoral position (ongoing)

Selected Publications
  1. Assis, W.R., Borges, D.S., Franklin, E.M., On the effect of two-direction seasonal flows on barchans and the origin of occluded dunes. Geomorphology, 467, 109488, 2024
  2. Alvarez, J.G., Borges, D.S., Franklin, E.M., Dataset of turbulent flow over interacting barchan dunes. Data in Brief, 52, 109978, 2024
  3. Oliveira, V.P.S., Borges, D.S., Franklin, E.M., Crystallization and refluidization in very-narrow fluidized beds. Physics of Fluids, 35, 093306, 2023 [Editor's Pick]
  4. Assis, W.R., Borges, D.S., Franklin, E.M., Barchan dunes cruising dune-size obstacles. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL104125, 2023
  5. Oliveira, V.P.S., Borges, D.S., Franklin, E.M. Interfacial oscillations in bidisperse beds. In: 27th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM2023, Florianópolis, Brazil, 2023



Barchan dune interacting with a dune-size obstacle. Video produced by AGU and uploaded on youtube.



Former Students and Pos-docs

Willian Assis

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

Selected Publications
  1. Assis, W.R., Borges, D.S., Franklin, E.M., On the effect of two-direction seasonal flows on barchans and the origin of occluded dunes. Geomorphology, 467, 109488, 2024
  2. Lima, N.C., Assis, W.R., Alvarez, C.A., Franklin, E.M., Barchan-barchan dune repulsion investigated at the grain scale. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129, e2024JF007741, 2024
  3. Assis, W.R., Borges, D.S., Franklin, E.M., Barchan dunes cruising dune-size obstacles. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL104125, 2023
  4. Lima, N.C. Assis, W.R., Alvarez, C.A., Franklin, E.M., Grain-scale computations of barchan dunes. Physics of Fluids, 34, 123320, 2022 [Selected as "Featured"]
  5. Assis, W.R., Cúñez, F.D., Franklin, E.M., Revealing the intricate dune-dune interactions of bidisperse barchans. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127, e2021JF006588, 2022
  6. Assis, W.R. and Franklin, E.M., Morphodynamics of barchan-barchan interactions investigated at the grain scale. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126, e2021JF006237, 2021 [Selected as "Highlight"]
  7. Assis, W.R. and Franklin, E.M., A comprehensive picture for binary interactions of subaqueous barchans. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089464, 2020
  8. Assis, W.R., Cúñez, F.D., Franklin, E.M. Particle displacements over interacting barchans. In: 19th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering - ENCIT2022, 2022, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, 2022
  9. Oliveira, V.P:.S., Assis, W.R., Franklin, E.M. Crystallization in Bidispersed Beds In: 19th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering - ENCIT2022, 2022, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, 2022
  10. Alvarez, J.G., Assis, W.R., Franklin, E.M. Turbulent flow over dunes: experimental determination. In: 19th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering - ENCIT2022, 2022, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, 2022



Video produced by Lauren Lipuma at AGU and uploaded on youtube (with sound, please turn on the speakers!). Complete work: Assis, W.R. and Franklin, E.M., A comprehensive picture for binary interactions of subaqueous barchans. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089464, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089464

Carlos Alvarez

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

Selected Publications
  1. Lima, N.C., Assis, W.R., Alvarez, C.A., Franklin, E.M., Barchan-barchan dune repulsion investigated at the grain scale. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129, e2024JF007741, 2024
  2. Lima, N.C. Assis, W.R., Alvarez, C.A., Franklin, E.M., Grain-scale computations of barchan dunes. Physics of Fluids, 34, 123320, 2022 [Selected as "Featured"]
  3. Alvazez, C.A., Cúñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Growth of barchan dunes of bidispersed granular mixtures. Physics of Fluids, 33, 051705, 2021 [Selected as "Featured"]
  4. Alvarez, C.A, Franklin, E.M.,Force distribution within a barchan dune. Physics of Fluids, 33, 013313, 2021
  5. Alvarez, C.A, Franklin, E.M.,Shape evolution of numerically obtained subaqueous barchan dunes. Physical Review E, v. 101, p. 012905, 2020
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Alvarez, C.A, Franklin, E.M., Birth of a subaqueous barchan dune. Physical Review E, v. 96, n. 062906, 2017
  9. Alvarez, C.A, Franklin, E.M., Intermittent gravity-driven flow of grains through narrow pipes. Physica A, v. 465, p. 725-741, 2017
  10. 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
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 Cúñez

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

Selected Publications
  1. Bidisperse beds sheared by viscous fluids: Grain segregation and bed hardening. Physics of Fluids, 35, 103326, 2023
  2. Cúñez, Franklin, E.M., Miniaturized gas-solid fluidized beds. Mechanics Research Communications, v. 131, 104146, 2023
  3. Assis, W.R., Cúñez, F.D., Franklin, E.M. Revealing the intricate dune-dune interactions of bidisperse barchans. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127, e2021JF006588, 2022
  4. Cúñez, F.D., Franklin, E.M., Houssais, M., Arratia, P., Jerolmack, D.J., Strain hardening by sediment transport. Physical Review Research, vol. 4, L022055, 2022
  5. Alvazez, C.A., Cúñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Growth of barchan dunes of bidispersed granular mixtures. Physics of Fluids, 33, 051705, 2021 [Selected as "Featured"]
  6. Cúñez, F.D., Lima, N.C. and Franklin, E.M., Motion and clustering of bonded particles in narrow solid-liquid fluidized beds. Physics of Fluids, 33, 023303, 2021 [Editor's Pick]
  7. Cúñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Crystallization and jamming in narrow fluidized beds. Physics of Fluids, 32, 083303, 2020 [Editor's Pick]
  8. Cúñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Mimicking layer inversion in solid-liquid fluidized beds in narrow tubes. Powder Technology, v. 364, p. 994-1008, 2020
  9. Cúñez, F.D. and Franklin, E.M., Plug regime in water fluidized beds in very narrow tubes. Powder Technology, v. 345, p. 234-246, 2019
  10. Cúñez, 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



Experiments (Fluidized bed: alumina and water in a narrow tube). Cúñez and Franklin, Powder Technol., v. 345, p. 234-246, 2019.

CFD-DEM simulations (Fluidized bed: alumina and water in a narrow tube).Cúñez and Franklin, Powder Technol., v. 345, p. 234-246, 2019.

Nicolao Lima

Supervision
Post-doctoral position

Selected Publications
  1. Lima, N.C., Assis, W.R., Alvarez, C.A., Franklin, E.M., Barchan-barchan dune repulsion investigated at the grain scale. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129, e2024JF007741, 2024
  2. Carvalho, D.D., Lima, N.C., Franklin, E.M., Impact craters formed by spinning granular projectiles. Physical Review E, 108, 054904, 2023 [Selected as "Featured"]
  3. Carvalho, D.D., Lima, N.C., Franklin, E.M., Roles of packing fraction, microscopic friction, and projectile spin in cratering by impact. Physical Review E, 107, 044901, 2023
  4. Lima, N.C. Assis, W.R., Alvarez, C.A., Franklin, E.M., Grain-scale computations of barchan dunes. Physics of Fluids, 34, 123320, 2022 [Selected as "Featured"]
  5. Carvalho, D.D., Lima, N.C., Franklin, E.M., Contacts, motion and chain-breaking in a two-dimensional granular system displaced by an intruder. Physical Review E, v.105, 034903, 2022
  6. Schnorr Filho, E.A., Lima, N.C., Franklin, E.M., Resolved CFD-DEM simulations of the hydraulic conveying of coarse grains through a very-narrow elbow. Powder Technology, v. 395, p. 811-821, 2022.
  7. Cúñez, F.D., Lima, N.C. and Franklin, E.M., Motion and clustering of bonded particles in narrow solid-liquid fluidized beds. Physics of Fluids, 33, 023303, 2021 [Editor's Pick]
  8. Carvalho, D.D., Lima, N.C., Franklin, E.M. Motion of a solid body within a granular medium. In: 26th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM2021, 2021, Florianópolis (online), Brazil, 2021
  9. Oliveira, V.P.S., Cúñez, F.D., Lima, N.C. and Franklin, E.M., Numerical simulation of hydraulic conveying of solid particles through a narrow elbow. In: 26th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM2021, 2021, Florianópolis (online), Brazil, 2021
  10. Schnorr Filho, E. A., Lima, N.C. and Franklin, E.M., Numerical simulation of hydraulic conveying through a narrow elbow. In: 18th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering, 2020, Bento Gonçalves (online). ENCIT2020, Brazil, 2020


DEM simulations: SLFBs of trios of spheres (crystallization) [Physics of Fluids, 33, 023303, 2021]

Bruno Chimetta

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

Selected Publications
  1. Chimetta, B.P. and Franklin, E.M., A robust numerical strategy for finding surface waves in flows of non-Newtonian liquids. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, v. 332, 105153, 2023
  2. Chimetta, B.P. and Franklin, E.M., An analytical comprehensive solution for the superficial waves appearing in gravity-driven flows of liquid films. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik, v. 71, 122, 2020
  3. 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
  4. Chimetta, B.P. and Franklin, E.M., Asymptotic analysis for a Carreau-Yasuda fluid driven by gravity over an inclined plane. In: 18th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering, 2020, Bento Gonçalves (online). ENCIT2020, Brazil, 2020
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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

William Fonseca

Supervision
PhD thesis (ongoing): Using PIV and PTV measurements for modeling liquid-liquid flows inside rotating devices

Selected Publications
  1. Fonseca, W. D. P., Perissinotto, R. M., Cerqueira, R. F. L., Verde, W. M., Castro, M. S., Franklin, E. M., Particle image velocimetry in the impeller of a centrifugal pump: relationship between turbulent flow and energy loss. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 99, 102675, 2024.
  2. Perissinotto, R. M., Cerqueira, R. F. L., Verde, Fonseca, W. D. P., Franklin, E. M., Castro, M. S., Analysis of Energy Losses and Head Produced by a Radial Impeller using Particle Image Velocimetry. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 46, 576, 2024
  3. Fonseca, W. D. P., Perissinotto, R. M., Cerqueira, R. F. L., Verde, W. M., Castro, M. S., Franklin, E. M., Particle image velocimetry in the impeller of a centrifugal pump: a POD-based analysis. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 94, 102483, 2023
  4. Perissinotto, R. M., Fonseca, W. D. P., Cerqueira, R. F. L., Verde, Bannwart, A. C., Franklin, E. M., Castro, M. S., Particle image velocimetry in a centrifugal pump: Influence of walls on the flow at different axial positions. Journal of Fluids Engineering, 146, 031204, 2024
  5. Perissinotto, R. M., Cerqueira, R. F. L., Fonseca, W. D. P., Verde, W. M., Biazussi, J. L., Bannwart, A. C., Franklin, E. M., Castro, M. S., Particle image velocimetry in a centrifugal pump: details of the fluid flow at different operation conditions. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 89, 102282, 2022
  6. Perissinotto, R.M., Monte Verde, W., Biazussi, J.L., Bulgarelli, N.A.V., Fonseca, W.D.P., Castro, M.S., Franklin, E.M., Bannwart, A.C. Flow visualization in centrifugal pumps: A review of methods and experimental studies. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 203, 108582, 2021
  7. Fonseca, W. D. P., Perissinotto, R. M., Cerqueira, R. F. L., Verde, W. M., Castro, M. S., Franklin, E.M. Estimation of the dissipation rate in a centrifugal pump impeller by using PIV. In: 27th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM2023, Florianópolis, Brazil, 2023
  8. Fonseca, W. D. P., Perissinotto, R. M., Cerqueira, R. F. L., Franklin, E. M., Verde, W. M., Biazussi, J. L., Castro, M. S., Bannwart, A. C. Proper orthogonal decomposition of the turbulent flow in an impeller of a centrifugal pump. In: 20th International Symposium on Application of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics - LXLASER2022, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, 2022
  9. Cerqueira, R. F. L., Perissinotto, R. M., Fonseca, W. D. P., Verde, W. M., Biazussi, J. L., Franklin, E. M., Castro, M. S., Bannwart, A. C. A Coupled PIV/PTV Technique for the Dispersed Oil-Water Two-Phase Flows Within a Centrifugal Pump Impeller. In: 8th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering - MCM'22, 2022, Prague, Czech Republic, 2022
  10. Perissinotto, R. M., Fonseca, W. D. P., Cerqueira, R. F. L., Verde, W. M., Biazussi, J. L., Franklin, E. M., Bannwart, A. C., Castro, M. S. Flow Visualization in the Impeller and Diffuser of a Centrifugal Pump using Time-Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry. In: 8th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering - MCM'22, 2022, Prague, Czech Republic, 2022


PIV in a centrifugal pump, from Fonseca et al., Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 94, 102483, 2023

Elmar Anton Schnorr Filho

Supervision
MSc thesis: Hydraulic conveying of coarse grains through a narrow elbow
(co-advisor: Nicolao Cerqueira Lima)

Selected Publications
  1. Schnorr Filho, E.A., Lima, N.C., Franklin, E.M., Resolved CFD-DEM simulations of the hydraulic conveying of coarse grains through a very-narrow elbow. Powder Technology, v. 395, p. 811-821, 2022.
  2. Schnorr Filho, E. A., Lima, N.C. and Franklin, E.M., Numerical simulation of hydraulic conveying of solid particles through a narrow elbow. In: 26th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM2021, 2021, Florianópolis (online), Brazil, 2021
  3. Schnorr Filho, E. A., Lima, N.C. and Franklin, E.M., Numerical simulation of hydraulic conveying through a narrow elbow. In: 18th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering, 2020, Bento Gonçalves (online). ENCIT2020, Brazil, 2020


CFD-DEM simulations of the hydraulic conveying of coarse grains through a narrow elbow

Esteban Cúñez

Supervision
MSc thesis (ongoing): Growth of three-dimensional dunes under turbulent flows

Selected Publications
  1. Cúñez, E.A., Franklin, E.M. Detection and tracking of barchan dunes using Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Reports, 14, 18381, 2024
  2. Cúñez, E.A., Franklin, E.M. Machine Learning for barchan dune detection. In: 27th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM2023, Florianópolis, Brazil, 2023



Automatic detection, classifcation, outline and tracking of interacting dunes through Cnvolutional Neural Network, from Cúñez and Franklin, Scientific Reports, accepted.

Henrique Oliveira

Supervision
MSc thesis (ongoing): Numerical investigation of particle segregation in polydisperse fluidized beds

Selected Publications
  1. Oliveira, H.B., Franklin, E.M., Bidisperse micro fluidized beds: Effect of bed inclination on mixing. Physics of Fluids, 36, 013303, 2024 [Editor's Pick]
  2. Oliveira, H.B., Franklin, E.M. Particle segregation in bidisperse narrow beds fluidized at different inclinations. In: 27th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM2023, Florianópolis, Brazil, 2023



Bidisperse micro fluidized beds in different inclinations, from Oliveira and Franklin, Physics of Fluids, 36, 013303, 2024.

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: Subaqueous 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. Cúñez, 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. Cúñez, 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. Cúñez, 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

Jimmy Alvarez

Supervision
MSc thesis: Turbulent flow perturbed by bedforms

Selected Publications
  1. Alvarez, J.G., Borges, D.S., Franklin, E.M., Dataset of turbulent flow over interacting barchan dunes. Data in Brief, 52, 109978, 2024
  2. Alvarez, J.G., Assis, W.R., Franklin, E.M., Turbulent flow over dunes: experimental determination. In: 19th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering - ENCIT2022, 2022, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, 2022


PIV on a pair of dunes, Alvarez eu al., Data in Brief, 52, 109978, 2024

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

Layse Pôrto

Supervision
MSc thesis: Remote sensing of dunes

Selected Publications
  1. Porto, L.B., Franklin, E.M., Study of dune fields by remote sensing. In: 19th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering - ENCIT2022, 2022, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, 2022