Summary of current activities

I am currently active in 8 collaborative projects, with researchers from Team Calisto at Inria as well as national and international collaborations. Each project is concerned with physical/theoretical aspects and numerical methods. My current research topics involve:

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Lagrange-Lagrange approaches for the simulation
of particle-laden flows

Since 2020

Context: internal project within Team Calisto
Objective: Development of a stochastic Lagrange-Lagrange model for the simulation of solid particle dispersion in complex turbulent flows.
In collaboration withMireille Bossy (Team Calisto, Inria SAM).

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Formation and growth of soot aggregates

Since 2020

Context: collaboration initiated at the ASFERA meeting in 01/2020
Objective: Investigation of the role of particle properties (electric charge, composition, density) on the aggregation of soot particles. Numerical simulations coupling fine-scale evaluations of aggregate-aggregate interaction potentials and a Monte-Carlo Aggregation Code (MCAC).
In collaboration with: Jérôme Yon and José Moran (CORIA, Rouen).

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Uncertainty quantification & scientific workflows
for multiphase flow simulations

2017-2021

Context: work carried out within the H2020 project VIMMP, which aims at developing a Virtual Materials Marketplace.
Objective: Involvement in two aspects of the project:
   + Development of a Common Data Model gathering the information required for the execution of scientific workflows (possibly involving a range of softwares for multiphase flows or materials).
   + Setup of a methodology for the quantification of uncertainties and illustration of the approach on a given workflow (point-source dispersion of particles in a turbulent pipe).
In collaboration with: 17 industrial & academic partners coming from seven EU countries are involved in the VIMMP project.

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Uncertainty quantification for the simulation
of droplet dispersion in the air

Since 2020

Context: work initiated with Inria's Covid Mission Spreading_Factor
Topic: Setup of a methodology for sensitivity analysis (SA) and uncertainty quantification (UQ) in numerical simulations of droplet dispersion in the air.
In collaboration with: Mireille Bossy & Kerlyns Martinez & Jérémie Bec (Team Calisto, Inria SAM), Hervé Guillard (Team Castor, Inria SAM), Céline Grandmont (Team Commedia, Inria Paris), Nicolas Rutard & Angelo Murrone (ONERA).

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Models for non-spherical particle dynamics in
wall-bounded turbulent flows

2018-2021

Context: work carried out as part of the POPART project (co-funded by University Côte d'Azur, IDEX UCAjedi) 
Objectives: Involved in the two aspects of the project
+ Development of a microscopic model for the orientation of flexible elongated particles in wall-bounded turbulent flows (PhD by S. Allende).
+ Development of a stochastic model for particle orientation, compatible with hybrid Euler/Lagrange approaches for two-phase flows (PhD by L. Campana)
In collaboration with: Martin Ferrand (CEREA), Jean-Pierre Minier (EDF R&D), Jérémie Bec and Mireille Bossy (Team Calisto, Inria).

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Collision-induced particle resuspension

Since 2020

Context: collaborative initiated at a workshop in Nice in 2018
Objectives: Analysis of experimental data showing evidence of collision-induced particle resuspension in monolayer resuspension and development of corresponding models.
In collaboration with: Grégory Lécrivain (HZDR).

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Unified Generalized Langevin models for particle
dynamics in wall-bounded flows

Since 2020

Context: part of a continuous collaboration with partners from EDF R&D.
Objectives: Improvement of existing particle stochastic methods (Simplified Langevin Model and Generalized Langevin Model) for single-phase and two-phase flow simulations, including unified wall-function boundary conditions.
In collaboration with: Martin Ferrand (CEREA) and Jean-Pierre Minier (EDF R&D).

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Effect of bio-fouling on microplastic buoyancy
and sedimentation in oceans

Since 2019

Context: collaborative work initiated by the PLAISE project, funded by the CNRS program on Plastics and microplastics in marine systems.
Objectives: Development of a model to reproduce the effect of bio-organism colonization on microplastic buoyancy and sedimentation. Comparison to experimental data provided by partners.
In collaboration with: Maria-Luiza Pedrotti (LOV).

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