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Mydlarski Laboratory

Department of Mechanical Engineering | McGill University

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See also my Google Scholar page . Links to publisher's version of papers are given below. If you do not have access, you can find accepted manuscripts on eScholarship@McGill (McGill University’s institutional digital repository).

  • Singh, M., Germaine, E, Mydlarski, L. and Cortelezzi, L., 2023. Dependence of scalar mixing on initial conditions in turbulent channel flow. Physical Review Fluids. 8, Art. no. 124605, pp. 1-22.
  • Harrison, S. and Mydlarski, L., 2023. Wind-tunnel measurements of turbulent heat fluxes over melting ice. Submitted to the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
  • Hewes, A. and Mydlarski, L., 2023. Multi-scalar mixing in turbulent coaxial jets. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
  • Venne, K., Torriano, F., Mydlarski, L. and Baliga, B.R., 2022. Validation of a numerical model for hot-spot detection on the surface of a rotor pole using a scale model of a hydroelectric generator. Applied Thermal Engineering, 215, Art. no. 118967, pp. 1-13.
  • Kazemi, M., Khorsandi, B. and Mydlarski, L., 2022. Circular turbulent wall jets in quiescent and coflowing surroundings. Physics of Fluids, 34, Art. no. 025116, pp. 1-15.
  • Lortie, S. and Mydlarski, L., 2022. Investigation of internal intermittency by way of higher-order spectral moments. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 932 A20, pp. 1-27.
  • Hewes, A. and Mydlarski, L., 2022. Simultaneous measurements of velocity, gas concentration, and temperature by way of thermal-anemometry-based probes. Measurement Science and Technology, 33, Art. no. 015301, pp. 1-11.
  • Hewes, A. and Mydlarski, L., 2021. Design of thermal-anemometry-based probes for the simultaneous measurement of velocity and gas concentration in turbulent flows. Measurement Science and Technology, 32, Art. no. 105305, pp. 1-17.
  • Medvescek, J.I., Mydlarski, L. and Baliga, B.R., 2021. Densities of dilute aqueous solutions of 1-butanol and 1-pentanol at atmospheric pressure and temperatures in the range 283.15 to 353.15 K. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 66(4), pp. 1582-1591.
  • Kazemi, M., Khorsandi, B. and Mydlarski, L., 2021. Effect of acoustic Doppler velocimeter sampling volume size on measurements of turbulence. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38(2), pp. 259-268.
  • Moeini, M., Khorsandi, B. and Mydlarski, L., 2021. Effect of coflow turbulence on the dynamics and mixing of a nonbuoyant turbulent jet. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 147(1), Art. no. 04020088, pp. 1-13.
  • Gubian, P.A., Stoker,J., Medvescek, J.I., Mydlarski, L. and Baliga, B.R., 2020. Reply to “Comment on ‘Evolution of wall shear stress with Reynolds number in fully developed turbulent channel flow experiments’.” Physical Review Fluids, 5, Art. no. 127602, pp. 1-10.
  • Moeini, M., Khorsandi, B. and Mydlarski, L., 2020. Effect of acoustic Doppler velocimetry sampling frequency on statistical measurements of turbulent axisymmetric jets. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 146(7), Art. no. 04020048, pp. 1-17.
  • Hewes, A., Medvescek, J.I., Mydlarski, L. and Baliga, B.R., 2020. Drift compensation in thermal anemometry. Measurement Science and Technology, 31, Art. no. 045302, pp. 1-11.
  • Gubian, P.A., Stoker,J., Medvescek, J.I., Mydlarski, L. and Baliga, B.R., 2019. Evolution of wall shear stress with Reynolds number in fully developed turbulent channel flow experiments. Physical Review Fluids, 4, Art. no. 074606, pp. 1-15.
  • Meyer,C.R., Mydlarski, L. and Danaila, L., 2018. Statistics of incremental averages of passive scalar fluctuations. Physical Review Fluids, 3, Art. no. 094603, pp. 1-19.
  • Akutina, Y., Mydlarski, L., Gaskin, S. and Eiff, O., 2018. Error analysis of 3D-PTV through unsteady interfaces. Experiments in Fluids, 59:53, pp. 1-19.
  • Germaine, E., Mydlarski, L. and Cortelezzi, L., 2018. Persistence of local anisotropy of passive scalars in wall-bounded flows. Physical Review Fluids, 3, Art. no. 014606, pp. 1-9.
  • Mydlarski, L., 2017. A turbulent quarter century of active grids: From Makita (1991) to the present. Fluid Dynamics Research, 49(6), Art. no. 06140, pp. 1-20
  • Leite, R.C., Dmitriev, V, Hudon, C., Gingras, S., Guddemi, C., Piccard, J. and Mydlarski, L., 2017. Analysis of thermo-mechanical stress in fiber Bragg grating used for hydro-generator rotor temperature monitoring. Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications, 16(2), pp. 445-459.
  • Pérez-Alvarado, A., Mydlarski, L. and Gaskin, S., 2016. Effect of the driving algorithm on the turbulence generated by a random jet array. Experiments in Fluids, 57:20, pp. 1-15.
  • Germaine, E., Mydlarski, L. and Cortelezzi, L., 2014. Evolution of the scalar dissipation rate downstream of a concentrated line source in turbulent channel flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 749, pp. 227-274.
  • Afara, S., Medvescek, J., Mydlarski, L., Baliga, B.R., and MacDonald, M., 2014. Development of a wall-shear-stress sensor and measurements in mini-channels with partial blockages. Experiments in Fluids, 55:1734, pp. 1-10.
  • Khorsandi, B., Gaskin, S.J. and Mydlarski, L., 2013. Effect of background turbulence on an axisymmetric turbulent jet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 736, pp. 250-286.
  • Germaine, E., Mydlarski, L. and Cortelezzi, L., 2013. 3DFLUX: A high-order, fully three-dimensional flux integral solver for the scalar transport equation. Journal of Computational Physics, 240, pp. 121-144.
  • Lepore, J. and Mydlarski, L., 2012. Finite-Péclet-number effects on the scaling exponents of high-order passive scalar structure functions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 713, pp. 453-481.
  • Khorsandi, B., Mydlarski, L. and Gaskin, S.J., 2012. Noise in turbulence measurements using acoustic Doppler velocimetry. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 138 No. 10, pp. 829-838.
  • Blum, D.B., Bewley, G., Bodenschatz, Gibert, M., Gylfason, A., Mydlarski, L., Voth, G., Xu and Yeung. P.K., 2011. Signatures of non-universal large scales in conditional structure functions from various turbulent flows. New Journal of Physics, Vol. 13, No. 11, pp. 113020-113034.
  • Lepore, J. and Mydlarski, L., 2011. Lateral dispersion from a concentrated line source in turbulent channel flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 678, pp. 417-450.
  • Berajeklian, A. and Mydlarski, L., 2011. Simultaneous velocity-temperature measurements in the heated wake of cylinder with implications for the modeling of turbulent passive scalars. Physics of Fluids, 23, 055107, pp. 1-10.
  • Lepore, J. and Mydlarski, L., 2009. Effect of the scalar injection mechanism on passive scalar structure functions in a turbulent flow. Physical Review Letters, 103, 034501, pp. 1-4.
  • Lavertu, T.M., Mydlarski, L. and Gaskin, S.J., 2008. Differential diffusion of high-Schmidt-number passive scalars in a turbulent jet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 612, pp. 439-475.
  • Costa-Patry, E. and Mydlarski, L., 2008. Interference of thermal fields emitted from concentrated sources in turbulent channel flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 609, pp. 349-375.
  • Lavertu, R.A. and Mydlarski, L., 2005. Scalar mixing from a concentrated source in turbulent channel flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 528, pp. 135-172.
  • L. McAlpine, T. Gandell, L. Winer, J. Gruzleski, L. Mydlarski, J. Nicell, and R. Harris, 2005. A collective approach towards enhancing undergraduate engineering education. European Journal of Engineering Education, 30 (3), pp. 377-384.
  • Beaulac, S. and Mydlarski, L., 2004. Dependence on the initial conditions of scalar mixing in the turbulent wake of a circular cylinder. Physics of Fluids, 16, pp. 3161-3172.
  • Tutkun, M. and Mydlarski, L., 2004. Markov properties of the turbulent scalar field. New Journal of Physics, 6, Article 49, pp. 1-24. Invited article in a Special Focus Issue on Turbulence.
  • Beaulac, S. and Mydlarski, L., 2004. Inverse structure functions of temperature in grid-generated turbulence. Physics of Fluids, 16, pp. 2126-2129.
  • Mydlarski, L., 2003. Mixed velocity-passive scalar statistics in high-Reynolds-number turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 475, pp. 173-203.
  • Danaila, L. and Mydlarski, L., 2001. Effect of gradient production on scalar fluctuations in decaying grid turbulence. Physical Review E, 64, pp. 0163161-0163169.
  • Mydlarski, L., Pumir, A., Shraiman, B.I., Siggia, E.D. and Warhaft, Z., 1998. Structures and multipoint correlators for turbulent advection: predictions and experiments. Physical Review Letters, 81, pp. 4373-4376.
  • Mydlarski, L. and Warhaft, Z., 1998. Three-point statistics and the anisotropy of a turbulent passive scalar. Physics of Fluids, 10, pp. 2885-2894.
  • Mydlarski, L. and Warhaft, Z., 1998. Passive scalar statistics in high-Péclet-number grid turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 358, pp. 135-175.
  • Mydlarski, L. and Warhaft, Z., 1996. On the onset of high-Reynolds-number grid-generated wind tunnel turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 320, pp. 331-368.