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Selected Recent Publications

For reprints of past publications, not downloadable, please contact Kenny Breuer

This represents a selection of representative publications and presentations, it is not intended to be a complete list.

Books and Multimedia

  • Multimedia Fluid Mechanics. Homsy, G., Aref, H., Breuer, K.S., Hochgreb, S., Powell, K., Munson, B. & Robertson, C. Cambridge University Press. 2000. Second edition, revised and expanded, 2008.
  • A Gallery of Fluid Motion. Saminy, M., Breuer, K.S., Leal, G. & Steen, P. (editors). Cambridge University Press. 2003.
  • Microscale Diagnostic Techniques. Breuer, K.S. (editor). Springer-Verlag. 2004.

Near wall micro- and nanometer-scale flows, slip velocities and hindered diffusion.

  • Piekos, E. S. and K. S. Breuer (1996). "Numerical modeling of micromechanical devices using the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method." Journal of Fluids Engineering-Transactions of the ASME 118(3): 464-469.
  • Arkilic, E. B., M. A. Schmidt and K. S. Breuer (1997). "Gaseous slip flow in long microchannels." Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 6(2): 167-178.
  • Choi, C. H., K. J. A. Westin and K. S. Breuer (2003). "Apparent slip flows in hydrophilic and hydrophobic microchannels." Physics of Fluids 15(10): 2897-2902.
  • Han, G. X., J. C. Bird, K. Johan, A. Westin, Z. Q. Cao and K. S. Breuer (2004). "Infrared diagnostics for measuring fluid and solid motion inside silicon microdevices." Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 8(2): 169-182.
  • Jin, S., P. Huang, J. Park, J. Y. Yoo and K. S. Breuer (2004). "Near-surface velocimetry using evanescent wave illumination." Experiments in Fluids 37(6): 825-833.
  • Kwok, P. Y., M. S. Weinberg and K. S. Breuer (2005). "Fluid effects in vibrating micromachined structures." Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 14(4): 770-781.
  • Guasto, J. S., P. Huang and K. S. Breuer (2006). "Statistical particle tracking velocimetry using molecular and quantum dot tracer particles." Experiments in Fluids 41(6): 869-880. [PDF]
  • Huang, P., J. S. Guasto and K. S. Breuer (2006). "Direct measurement of slip velocities using three-dimensional total internal reflection velocimetry." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 566: 447-464. [PDF]
  • Huang, P. and K. S. Breuer (2007). "Direct measurement of anisotropic near-wall hindered diffusion using total internal reflection velocimetry." Physical Review E 76(4). [PDF]
  • Huang, P. and K. S. Breuer (2007). "Direct measurement of slip length in electrolyte solutions." Physics of Fluids 19(2). [PDF]
  • Guasto, J. S. and K. S. Breuer (2008). "Simultaneous, ensemble-averaged measurement of near-wall temperature and velocity in steady micro-flows using single quantum dot tracking." Experiments in Fluids 45(1): 157-166. [PDF]
  • Guasto, J. and K. Breuer (2009). "High-speed quantum dot tracking and velocimetry using evanescent wave illumination." Experiments in Fluids 47(6): 1059-1066. [PDF]
  • Huang, P., J. S. Guasto and K. S. Breuer (2009). "The effects of hindered mobility and depletion of particles in near-wall shear flows and the implications for nanovelocimetry." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 637: 241-265. [PDF]

Droplets and Contact Lines

  • Qian, B., M. Loureiro, D. A. Gagnon, A. Tripathi and K. S. Breuer (2009). "Micron-Scale Droplet Deposition on a Hydrophobic Surface Using a Retreating Syringe." Physical Review Letters 102(16). [PDF]
  • Bian Qian and Kenneth S. Breuer (2011) "The motion, stability and breakup of a stretching liquid bridge with a receding contact line" Journal of Fluid Mechanics 666: 554-572. [PDF]
  • T. S. Yu, J. Park, H. Lim, and K.S. Breuer. Fog deposition and accumulation on smooth and textured hydrophobic surfaces, Langmuir 28, 12771-12778 (2012), (http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la301901m).

Animal Flight

  • Tian, X. D., J. Iriarte-Diaz, K. Middleton, R. Galvao, E. Israeli, A. Roemer, A. Sullivan, A. Song, S. Swartz and K. Breuer (2006). "Direct measurements of the kinematics and dynamics of bat flight." Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 1(4): S10-S18. [PDF]
  • Hubel, T., N. Hristov, S. Swartz and K. Breuer (2009). "Time-resolved wake structure and kinematics of bat flight." Experiments in Fluids 46(5): 933-943.[PDF]
  • Riskin, D. K., D. J. Willis, J. Iriarte-Diaz, T. L. Hedrick, M. Kostandov, J. Chen, D. H. Laidlaw, K. S. Breuer and S. M. Swartz (2008). "Quantifying the complexity of bat wing kinematics." Journal of Theoretical Biology 254(3): 604-615. [PDF]
  • Tatjana Hubel, Daniel Riskin, Sharon Swartz and Kenneth Breuer (2010) "Wake structure and Kinematics – the flight of the Lesser short nose fruit bats Cynopterus brachyotis" . Journal of Experimental Biology 213:3427:3440 [PDF]
  • Daniel K. Riskin, J Iriarte-Diaz, Kevin M. Middleton, Kenneth S. Breuer, and Sharon M. Swartz (2010) "The effect of body size on the wing movements of pteropodid bats, with insights into thrust and lift production" .Journal of Experimental Biology 213:4110-4122. doi: 10.1242/jeb.043091. [PDF]
  • Leigh C. MacAyeal, Daniel K. Riskin, Sharon M. Swartz and Kenneth S. Breuer (2011) "Climbing flight performance and load carrying in lesser dog-faced fruit bats (Cynopterus brachyotis)."Journal of Experimental Biology214 786-794 [PDF]
  • Jose Iriarte-Diaz, Daniel K. Riskin, David J. Willis, Kenneth S. Breuer and Sharon M. Swartz, (2011) "Whole-body kinematics of a fruit bat reveal the influence of wing inertia on body accelerations".Journal of Experimental Biology 214, 1546-1553 doi:10.1242/jeb.037804. [PDF]
  • David Willis, Joseph Bahlman, Kenneth Breuer and Sharon Swartz (2011) "Energetically Optimal Short-Range Gliding Trajectories for Gliding Animal" AIAA Journal 49 (12) 2650-2657. [PDF]
  • R. Albertani, T. Hubel, S. Swartz, K. Breuer, and J. Evers. In-flight wing-membrane strain measurements on bats, Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Volume 6 , 437 (2011). [PDF]
  • Tathana Y. Hubel, Nickolay I. Hristov, Sharon M. Swartz and Kenneth S Breuer. (2012) "Changes in kinematics and aerodynamics over a range of speeds in Tadarida brasiliensis, the Brazilian free-tailed bat. J.R.Soc. Interface, doi: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0838 [PDF]
  • D.K. Riskin, A Bergou, K.S. Breuer, S.M. Swartz (2012) "Upstroke wing flexion and the inertial cost of bat flight " Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1740), 2945-2950 [PDF]
  • J Iriarte-Diaz, DK Riskin, KS Breuer, SM Swartz (2012) "Kinematic Plasticity during Flight in Fruit Bats: Individual Variability in Response to Loading" PloS One 7 (5), e36665. [PDF]
  • J Colorado, A Barrientos, C Rossi, Bahlman, JW, KS Breuer (2012) "Biomechanics of smart wings in a bat robot: morphing wings using SMA actuators" Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 7 (3), 036006. [PDF]
  • J. W. Bahlman, S. M. Swartz, D. K. Riskin, and K. S. Breuer. Glide performance and aerodynamics of non-equilibrium glides in northern flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus), J R Soc Interface 10, 20120794 (2013), doi: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0794. [PDF]
  • O. Curet, S. Swartz, and K. Breuer. An aeroelastic instability provides a possible basis for the transition from gliding to flapping flight, Journal of The Royal Society Interface 10 (2013), (http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2012.0940).
  • J. W. Bahlman, S. M. Swartz, and K. S. Breuer. Design and characterization of a multi-articulated robotic bat wing, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 8, 016009 (2013), (http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/8/1/016009).

Memrane aerodynamics, fluid-structure interactions and vortex dynamics

  • Song, A., X. D. Tian, E. Israeli, R. Galvao, K. Bishop, S. Swartz and K. Breuer (2008). "Aeromechanics of membrane wings with implications for animal flight." AIAA Journal 46(8): 2096-2106. [PDF]
  • Molki, M. and K. Breuer (2010). "Oscillatory motions of a prestrained compliant membrane caused by fluid-membrane interaction." Journal of Fluids and Structures 26(3): 339-358. [PDF]
  • R. M. Waldman and K. S. Breuer. Accurate measurement of streamwise vortices using dual-plane PIV, Experiments in Fluids (2012), 10.1007/s00348-012-1368-3. [PDF]

Bacterial motility, Flagellar mechanics and Hydrodynamic synchronization

  • Kim, M., J. C. Bird, A. J. Van Parys, K. S. Breuer and T. R. Powers (2003). "A macroscopic scale model of bacterial flagellar bundling." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100(26): 15481-15485. [PDF].
  • Darnton, N., L. Turner, K. Breuer and H. C. Berg (2004). "Moving fluid with bacterial carpets." Biophysical Journal 86(3): 1863-1870. [PDF]
  • Kim, M. J. and K. S. Breuer (2004). "Enhanced diffusion due to motile bacteria." Physics of Fluids 16(9): L78-L81. [PDF]
  • Kim, M. J., M. M. J. Kim, J. C. Bird, J. Park, T. R. Powers and K. S. Breuer (2004). "Particle image velocimetry experiments on a macro-scale model for bacterial flagellar bundling." Experiments in Fluids 37(6): 782-788. [PDF]
  • Jay, G. D., J. R. Torres, M. L. Warman, M. C. Laderer and K. S. Breuer (2007). "The role of lubricin in the mechanical behavior of synovial fluid." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(15): 6194-6199. [PDF]
  • Kim, M. J. and K. S. Breuer (2007). "Controlled mixing in microfluidic systems using bacterial chemotaxis." Analytical Chemistry 79(3): 955-959. [PDF]
  • Kim, M. J. and K. S. Breuer (2007). "Use of bacterial carpets to enhance mixing in microfluidic systems." Journal of Fluids Engineering-Transactions of the ASME 129(3): 319-324. [PDF]
  • Kim, M. J. and K. S. Breuer (2008). "Microfluidic pump powered by setf-organizing bacteria." Small 4(1): 111-118. [PDF]
  • Schmidt, B. J., P. Huang, K. S. Breuer and M. B. Lawrence (2008). "Catch strip assay for the relative assessment of two-dimensional protein association kinetics." Analytical Chemistry 80(4): 944-950. [PDF]
  • Schmidt, B. J., P. Huang, J. Guasto, K. S. Breuer and M. B. Lawrence (2008). "Microfluidics approaches to exploit micropatterned ligands for the assessment of rapid, two-dimensional protein-carbohydrate association kinetics." Biorheology 45(1-2): 136-137.
  • Qian, B., T. R. Powers and K. S. Breuer (2008). "Shape transition and propulsive force of an elastic rod rotating in a viscous fluid." Physical Review Letters 100(7). [PDF]
  • Qian, B., H. Jiang, D. A. Gagnon, K. S. Breuer and T. R. Powers (2009). "Minimal model for synchronization induced by hydrodynamic interactions." Physical Review E 80(6): 061919. [PDF]
  • Bin Liu, Thomas R. Powers, and Kenneth S. Breuer (2011) "Force-free swimming of a model helical flagellum in viscoelastic fluids" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (49) 19516-19520. [PDF]
  • M. Dasgupta, B. Liu, H. C. Fu, M. Berhanu, K. S. Breuer, T. R. Powers, and A. Kudrolli. Speed of a swimming sheet in newtonian and viscoelastic fluids, Phys. Rev. E 87, 013015 (2013), (http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreve.87.013015).

Turbulence Control

  • Rathnasingham, R. & Breuer, K.S. "Active control of turbulent boundary layers," Journal of Fluid Mechanics 495. pp. 209-233. 2003. [PDF]
  • Breuer, K.S., Park, J. & Henoch, C. "Actuation and control of a turbulent channel flow using Lorentz forces." Physics of Fluids, 16 (4) pp. 897-907.. 2004. [PDF]
  • Henoch, C., Krupenkin, T.N., Kolodner, P., Taylor, J.A., Hodes, M.S., Lyons, A.M., Peguero, C. and Breuer, K.S. "Turbulent Drag Reduction Using Superhydrophobic Surfaces." AIAA Paper, 2006-3192. San Francisco, CA. June 2006. [PDF]
  • Peguero, C. and Breuer KS. " On Drag Reduction in Turbulent Channel Flows over a Superhydrophobic Surface" Proceedings of the 12th European Turbulence Conference, Marburg Germany, September 2009. [PDF]

 

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