ARC Complex Open Systems Research Network

Prof Julio Soria

 

Professor (Personal Chair), Laboratory for Turbulence Research in Aerospace and Combustion (LTRAC), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash Univ Address: Prof. Julio Soria LTRAC Department of Mechanical Engineering Monash University Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia users.monash.edu.au/~soria Phone: +61 3 9905 3829 Fax: +61 3 9905 1825 Email: julio.soria@eng.monash.edu.au Webpage: http://www.personal.monash.edu.au/~soria/LTRAC Research Node: VIC-2

 

Role in Network

Academic - Researcher

COSNet Research Themes

1. Irreversibility and Emergence in Nonequilibrium Systems
2. Turbulence and Coherent Structures, Control and Computation
3. Dynamics and Statistics of Multi-Scale Systems

COSNet Application Areas

1. Complex Physical Systems
2. Complex Biological Systems
3. Complex Computational Systems

 

Research Topics

* Aerodynamics,
* Fluid Dynamics,
* High Reynolds Number Turbulence Physics,
* Coherent Structures in Turbulent Shear Flows and Turbulence Control,
* Laminar-Turbulence Transition and Control,
* Adaptive Control of High Performance Lifting Surfaces,
* Turbulent Combustion its Dynamics Control ,
* Particle Image Velocimetry and Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry,
* Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion,
* Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulence,
* Large Eddy Simulations of Turbulence.

 

Publications

1. J.E. Cater, J. Soria, & T.T. Lim 2004 The interaction of the piston vortex with a piston-generated vortex ring. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 499, 327 – 343.
2. K.D. von Ellenrieder, K. Parker & J. Soria 2003 Flow structures behind a heaving and pitching finite-span wing. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 490, 129 – 138.
3. J. Cater & J. Soria 2002 The Evolution of Round Zero-Net-Mass Flux Jets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 472, 167-200.
4. W. Kollmann, A. Ooi, M.S. Chong & J. Soria 2001 Direct numerical simulations of vortex breakdown in swirling jets. Journal of Turbulence 2(005), 1-17.
5. A. Ooi, J. Martin, J. Soria & M.S. Chong 1999 A study of the evolution and characteristics of the invariants of the velocity gradient tensor in isotropic turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 381, 141-174 .
6. A. Lozano, J. Kostas & J. Soria 1999 Use of holography in particle image velocimetry measurements of a swirling flow. Experiments in Fluids 27(3), 251-261.
7. J. Martin, A. Ooi, M.S. Chong & J. Soria 1998 Dynamics of the velocity gradient tensor invariants in isotropic turbulence. Physics of Fluids 10(9),.
8. Chong, M.S., Soria, J., Perry, A.E., Chacin, J., Cantwell B.J. & Na, Y. 1998 A study of the turbulence structures of wall-bounded shear flows using DNS data. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 357, 225-248.
9. J. Soria 1996 An investigation of the near wake of a circular cylinder using a video-based digital cross-correlation particle image velocimetry technique. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 12, 221-233.
10. J. Soria, M.S. Chong, R. Sondergaard, A.E. Perry & B.J. Cantwell 1994 A study of the fine scale motions of incompressible time-developing mixing layers. Physics of Fluids 6(2), 871-884  

Professional or Public Outreach Activities

* Chairman of the scientific advisory committee of the 15th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Sydney, 2004
* Member, standing scientific advisory committee, International Symposia on Particle Image Velocimetry
* Member, standing scientific advisory committee, Asian Visualisation Conference Series
* Member, standing scientific committee of the Australian Conferences on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion
* Member of organizing committee of 2003 Australian Symposium on Combustion and The 8th Australian Flame Days, Melbourne, 2003
* Member of organizing committee of 2nd International Workshop on Pyrolysis, Perth, 2003
* Member of organizing committee of 1st International Workshop on Pyrolysis, Melbourne, 2002
* Member of the scientific advisory committee of the 14th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, 2001
* Chairman of the organizing committee for the 2nd Australian Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion conference, Melbourne, 1999
* Treasurer and member of the organizing committee of the 13th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Melbourne, 1998
* Member of the review panel of the 1st Australian Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion conference, Sydney 1996
 

Grants

Year Short Title Funding
2004 Integrated combustion research facility for biomass derived fuels. ARC LIEF $690k Atomization and combustion physics of Australian bio-oils. ARC Linkage (CSIRO) $195k The structure of turbulence at high Reynolds number. ARC Discovery Grant $305k
2004 The effect of mean flow on zero-net-mass jets in cross-flow. Monash Small Engineering Grant $20k
2003 Mixing and combustion in swirling jet flow with vortex breakdown. Monash Research Fund $30k
2003 The structure of elliptic jets in cross-flow. Monash Small Engineering Grant $20k  

Membership/Fellowship of Key Organisations

Member of the American Physical Society (APS)
Member of the European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH)  

Awards and Distinctions

* 1990, awarded the Inaugural President's Prize of the Acoustical Society of Australia for the best paper entitled "The evaluation of sound intensity from tape recorded signals via the quarter-square multiplier principle".
* 1991, awarded the Harold V Disney Prize of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (London, UK), Power Industries Division for the best paper of the year entitled "Flow-excited resonance in a duct: the feedback mechanism."
* 1992, awarded Research Fellowships at the Center for Turbulence Research (CTR), Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center, USA.
* 1996, awarded Research Fellowships at the Center for Turbulence Research (CTR), Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center, USA.