Our guest this week is Mechanical Engineering Master's candidate Austin L'Ecuyer. His current research is primarily focused on Turbulent Systems, falling under the broader category of Fluid Dynamics. On today's episode we discuss the theoretical underpinnings as well as the applications of turbulence in natural and artifical systems. It was a real treat having Austin on the show: I'm sure you'll feel the same!
If you or someone you know is a graduate student and interested in sharing your knowledge and current research projects on the podcast, please reach out and connect with us at abstractcast@gmail.com! We're always looking for well-spoken and enthusiastic graduatie students to hop on the show! (Austin is the perfect example of this.)
For those of you who are curious about the "nitty gritty", we come across such concepts as:
Order of Magnitude
The Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Laminar vs. Turbulent Flows
Chaos and Randomness
Kolmogorov Scales (of Turbulence)
Viscosity
Energy Cascades
The Navier Stokes Equations
& Hot Wire Anemometry
