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We explore the transport properties of turbulent vortices as a function of a wide variety of fundamental dimensionless parameters.  The effects of vortex angular acceleration, buoyancy reversal, compressibility, confinement, rotation, stationarity, and stratification on turbulent transport of mass, momentum, and energy have been explored in laboratory experiments, numerical simulations, and simple physical models. 

Practical applications include the super- and hypersonic boundary layer, re-laminarization of the turbulent boundary layer, vortex-generator control, thunderstorms, turbidity currents, magma chamber mixing, combustion chamber mixing, bluff-body aerodynamics, fuel evaporation in aircraft fuel tanks, and spacecraft fire extinguishers.

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Adding turbulence to wildfire research: A conversation with A&A Professor Robert Breidenthal

A&A Professor Robert Breidenthal is a contributor to a new study on wildfire behavior that highlights the obstacles for fire science and provides guidance for investing in future research, which must include building diverse partnerships and collaboration across disciplines.