Research Output per year
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Taraxacum
Agriculture & Biology
low Reynolds number
Physics & Astronomy
flight
Agriculture & Biology
sinking
Physics & Astronomy
fruits
Agriculture & Biology
converters
Physics & Astronomy
bubbles
Physics & Astronomy
dissipation
Physics & Astronomy
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Research Output 2013 2018
A separated vortex ring underlies the flight of the dandelion
Cummins, C., Seale, M., Macente, A., Certini, D., Mastropaolo, E., Viola, I. M. & Nakayama, N., 17 Oct 2018, In : Nature. 562, 7727, p. 414-418 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
vortex rings
flight
porosity
seeds
vortices
Design principles of hair-like structures as biological machines
Seale, M., Cummins, C., Viola, I. M., Mastropaolo, E. & Nakayama, N., 31 May 2018, In : Interface. 15, 20180206.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Geometry
Biomimetics
Adhesion
Mechanical properties
Water
Analytical and computational modelling for wave energy systems: the example of oscillating wave surge converters
Dias, F., Renzi, E., Gallagher, S., Sarkar, D., Wei, Y., Abadie, T., Cummins, C. & Rafiee, A., Aug 2017, In : Acta Mechanica Sinica. 33, 4, p. 647-662 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
wave energy
modeling
sustainability
fluid mechanics
cost
A new model of viscous dissipation for an oscillating wave surge converter
Cummins, C. P. & Dias, F. A., Apr 2017, In : Journal of Engineering Mathematics. 103, 1, p. 195-216 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
converters
dissipation
hydrodynamic coefficients
viscous drag
flow theory
Permeable disks at low Reynolds numbers
Viola, I. M., Cummins, C., Mastropaolo, E. & Nakayama, N., 19 Nov 2017.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
low Reynolds number
wakes
vortices
drag coefficients
direct numerical simulation
Prizes
BAMC/SIAM Best Student Talk
Cathal Cummins (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
mechanic
student
physics
Five Scientific Findings That Could Lead to New Inventions
Cathal Cummins (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Research
Lead
Front cover feature of Physics Today
Cathal Cummins (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
physics
La Recherche's l'image du mois
Cathal Cummins (Recipient), Dec 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press / Media
The uplifting science of how dandelion seeds stay aloft
2/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Drifting Dandelion Seeds Produce a Vortex Never Before Seen
23/10/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research