( * indicates corresponding authors)
Publications
Papers in Preparation or Under Review
Wang, C.*, Butler, D., Dar, S, Eluchie, C., Gharib, M. "Characterization of the spatio-temporal an-isotropy of surface-piercing turbulent free-surface wake flows." In preparation.
Butler, D., Dar, S., Wang, C.*. "Physics of a dynamic instability of tubulent free-surface wake flows." In preparation.
Eluchie, C., Dar, S. Wang, C.*, “Comparative Analysis of Vortex Dynamics in Orifice-Driven and Deformable Surface Synthetic Jets”,AIAA Journal, under review
Nguyen, M., Mohammad, M., Mohammad, H.,Ding, H., Wang, C.* "Turbulent drag reduction via interactions of deformable air films over super-hydrophobic surfaces." Under Review.
Nguyen, M., Wang, C.*, “Dynamic free-slip effects of patterned superhydrophobic surfaces on transition turbulent boundary layers”, AIAA Journal, under review
Wang, C.* "On the physics of a special synthetic jet created by the oscillation of compliant surfaces." Under review.
Journal Publications
Dar, S., Eluchie, C., Wang, C.*, “Experimental Characterization of Duty Cycle Modulation in Square-Wave Synthetic Jet Actuators”, Physics of Fluids, Accepted
Butler, D., Wang, C.*, “Characterization of the Free-Surface Turbulent Wakes of Surface-Piercing Bluff Bodies”, AIAA Journal, accepted
Eluchie, C., Dar, S., & Wang, C.* (2025). Development of a novel synthetic jet using a deformable dynamics surface. Physics of Fluids, 37(12).
Butler, D., Dar, S., Nguyen, M., Eluchi, C., Zhou, K., Wang, C.* (2025). "Design of a high-speed, low-turbulence water flume with initial application to free surface turbulent wake flow." Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 100621.
Wang, C*., & Gharib, M. (2022). "Physics of a strongly oscillating axisymmetric air-water interface with a fixed boundary condition. Physical Review Fluids, 7(4), 044003.
Wang, C.*, & Gharib, M. (2022). On the turbulent drag reduction effect of the dynamic free-slip surface method." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(7), 879.
Wang, C.*, & Gharib, M. (2021). "Local relaminarization mechanism induced by a dynamic free-slip boundary." Physical Review Fluids, 6(8), 084604.
Wang, C., & Gharib, M.* (2020). "Effect of the dynamic slip boundary condition on the near-wall turbulent boundary layer." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 901, A11. Featured on the front cover of Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
Patents
Wang, C., Jeon, D., Grivel, M., Pereira, F., & Gharib, M. (2020). U.S. Patent No. 10,787,231. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Darolles, I. M., Fahimi, A., Wang, C., Aria, A. I., Cendon, L., & Gharib, M. (2021). U.S. Patent No. 11,056,712. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Conference Papers
Butler, D., Gerlock, S., Dar, S., & Wang, C.* (2025). "Characterization of the free-surface turbulent wakes of surface-piercing bluff bodies." AIAA Aviation Forum, Jul 21- 25, Las Vegas, 2025.
Nguyen, M., & Wang, C.* (2025). "Air Bubble Techniques in Reducing Friction Drag in Turbulent Boundary Layer." AIAA Aviation Forum, Jul 21- 25, Las Vegas, 2025.
Eluchie, C., Dar, S., Wang, C.*, “Comparative Analysis of Vortex Dynamics in Orifice-Driven and Deformable Surface Synthetic Jets”, AIAA Aviation, Jul 21- 25, Las Vegas, 2025
Dar, S., Eluchie, C., Wang, Z., Garcia-Guillen, P., & Wang, C.* (2025). "Experimental study of novel synthetic jets induced by dynamic deformable surfaces." AIAA Aviation Forum, Jul 21- 25, Las Vegas, 2025.
Wang, C.*, Eluchie, C., Jeon, D., Gharib, M. “Measurement of turbulent wake flows near an unsteady free surface using defocusing PIV”, International Symposium of Particle Image Velocimetry 2025, Tokyo, Japan, 2025
Wang, C.*, & Gharib, M. (2022). "Turbulent drag reduction using a dynamic free-slip surface." The 34th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics.