Research output per year
Research output per year
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Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
Please visit: https://voilab.eng.ed.ac.uk/phd
Download the CV from here.
Lab members
Dr Chandan Bose (Research Associate)
Dr Yabin Liu (Research Associate)
Dr Stefano Gambuzza (Research Associate)
Dr Shūji Ōtomo (Research Associate)
Jean-Babtiste Souppez (PhD)
Geethanjali Pavar (PhD)
Callum Bruce (PhD)
Kuba Frankowski (PhD)
Doudou Huang (PhD)
Bappa Mitra (PhD)
Mridu Sai Charan Aerukalava Seshasayee (PhD)
Fangyuan Liu (Visiting PhD)
Alumni
Dr Daniele Certini (PhD, 2022)
Dr Gabriele Pisetta (PhD, 2022)
Dr Shūji Ōtomo (PhD, 2021)
Dr Kristin Luttik (PhD, 2021)
Dr Weidong Dai (PhD, 2021)
Dr Abel Arredondo-Galeana (Research Associate, 2019-2020)
Dr Cathal Cummins (Research Associate, 2016-2019)
Dr Gabriel Thomas Scarlett (PhD, 2019)
Dr Abel Arredondo-Galeana (PhD, 2019)
Dr Tamás István Józsa (PhD, 2018)
Rowan Evelin Muir (MScR, 2018)
Robin LeMestre (Visitor, 2016)
Dr Francesca Tagliaferri (PhD, 2015)
VOILAb: Vortex Interaction Laboratory
Our research is in fluid mechanics and our focus is on those conditions where the forces on a body immersed in a fluid are due to the formation of vortical flow structures. This often occurs in nature, where natural evolution has led to optimal solutions for complex problems. Hence, we seek inspiration from the fluid mechanics of plants and animals to develop new technology. Vortices, for instance, are exploited by natural flyers to fly stably and efficiently in the turbulent wind. Similarly, the forces on very thin surfaces, such as the wings of small drones and the sails of a yacht, are dominated by vortex flow. Our research aims to understand and, when possible control, the formation, stability and interaction of these vortices in order to improve performance, efficiency and survivability of different engineering systems.
Visit our Laboratory webpage: https://voilab.eng.ed.ac.uk
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Experimental and numerical aerodynamics of sailing yachts, Politecnico di Milano
Award Date: 2 Oct 2008
Master of Engineering, Università degli studi di Genova
Award Date: 26 Apr 2001
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
O'Bradaigh, C., Viola, I. M., Venugopal, V. & McCarthy, E.
1/09/19 → 29/02/28
Project: Research
Cheung, R., McCarthy, E., O'Bradaigh, C. & Viola, I. M.
1/05/19 → 30/04/20
Project: Research
1/11/18 → 30/04/19
Project: Research
Peterson, B. (Creator), Pisetta, G. (Creator), Pavar, G. (Creator), Akhtar, H. (Creator), Menoloascina, F. (Creator), Mangano, E. (Creator), Nila, A. (Creator), Molinari, E. (Creator), McDougall, C. (Creator), Denison, F. (Creator), Dunn, K. (Creator), Gabl, R. (Creator), Digard, P. (Creator), Dunn, M. (Creator), Lo, T. Y. M. (Creator), Mehendale, F. V. (Creator), Cummins, C. (Creator) & Viola, I. M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 19 May 2020
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2826
Dataset
Bandiera, L. (Creator), Pavar, G. (Creator), Pisetta, G. (Creator), Otomo, S. (Creator), Mangano, E. (Creator), Seckl, J. (Creator), Digard, P. (Creator), Molinari, E. (Creator), Menolascina, F. (Creator) & Viola, I. M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 11 Aug 2020
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2897, https://datashare.is.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/3729
Dataset
Viola, I. M. (Creator) & Scarlett, G. (Creator), GitHub, 2018
https://github.com/gabscarlett/Tidal-turbine-hydrodynamic-model
Dataset
Viola, I. M. (Creator), Peterson, B. (Creator), Pisetta, G. (Creator), Pavar, G. (Creator), Akhtar, H. (Creator), Menoloascina, F. (Creator), Mangano, E. (Creator), Nila, A. (Creator), Molinari, E. (Creator), Cummins, C. (Creator), McDougall, C. (Creator), Denison, F. (Creator), Dunn, K. (Creator), Gabl, R. (Creator), Digard, P. (Creator), Dunn, M. (Creator), Lo, T. Y. M. (Creator) & Mehendale, F. V. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 22 May 2020
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2831
Dataset
Viola, I. M. (Creator), Peterson, B. (Creator), Pisetta, G. (Creator), Pavar, G. (Creator), Akhtar, H. (Creator), Menolascina, F. (Creator), Mangano, E. (Creator), Nila, A. (Creator), Molinari, E. (Creator), Cummins, C. (Creator), McDougall, C. (Creator), Denison, F. (Creator), Dunn, K. (Creator), Gabl, R. (Creator), Digard, P. (Creator), Dunn, M. (Creator), Lo, T. Y. M. (Creator) & Mehendale, F. V. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 21 May 2020
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2830
Dataset
17/10/18
10 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
1/05/20 → 21/05/20
5 items of Media coverage, 10 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research
23/08/17 → 28/08/17
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
4/07/12
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research