Research Interests
Turbulence and complex flows
Shear flows - wake flows of various bridge sections
Ocean turbulence - air-sea interaction
Coherent structures - POD analysis of the vorticity fields
Transport phenomena in biological flows
Aerodynamic of birds - Flow dynamics of a sparrow
Experimental fluid dynamics
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)
StereoPIV
MicroPIV
Software - URAPIV (more details)
Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV)
Infra Red imaging
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Contact Info
Western Engineering
Spencer Engineering Building,
Room number 3035A
Telephone: (519) 661-2111 ext. 80174
Fax: (519) 661-3808
email: rgurka@eng.uwo.ca
