5th da Vinci Competition 2010, Lisbon, Portugal

 

W​inner 2010

Oliver Buxton, Imperial College London, for his paper on:
 The Fine Scale Features of Turbulent Shear Flows

His research "makes use of state of the art laser diagnostic techniques to make fully three-dimensional measurements as well as instantaneous synchronised multi-scale measurements of the (dissipative) small scale motions possible, for the first time".

Download the winning presentation:
oliver_buxton_davinci_presentation_v1.pdf 

Interview available here

​Finalists:

Stefania Cherubini
Linear and Non-linear Global Instability Attached and Separated Flows over a Flat Plate.

Srikrishna Sahu
Experimental Investigation of Two-phase Interaction in a Polydisperse Spray.

Matthias Kinzel
Experimental Investigation of Turbulence under the Influence of System Rotation.

Rainer Dahms
Analyzing Spark Ignition Phenomena in Spray-guided Gasoline Engines, SparkCIMM - a New Non-spherical and Non-unity Lewis Number Ignition Model.

Christian Beck
Analysis of NOx Formation in Lean Spray Flames with Partial Prevaporization.

Extract from Leonardo's notebooks

 


Six candidates were invited to present their research for the 2010 da Vinci award at ERCOFTAC's Autumn Festival, 
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal