• In preparation

    • A. Rehman and D. Floryan, Swimming in a wavy stream
    • D. Floryan and C. W. Rowley, Adjoint optimization of fish swimming
    • D. Floryan and A. J. Smits, Nonlinear damping in flexible swimmers
  • Published

    • [PDF] A. Guo, D. Floryan, and M. D. Graham, Self-similar, spatially localized structures in turbulent pipe flow from a data-driven wavelet decomposition, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2023), 971, A9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.639
    • [PDF] D. Yudin, D. Floryan, and T. Van Buren, Propulsive performance of oscillating plates with time-periodic flexibility, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2023), 959, A31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.166
    • [PDF] D. Floryan, A fundamental limit on energy savings in controlled channel flow, and how to beat it, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2023), 954, R3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.1059
    • [PDF] D. Floryan and M. D. Graham, Data-driven discovery of intrinsic dynamics, Nature Machine Intelligence (2022), 4(12), 1113–1120. DOI: 10.1038/s42256-022-00575-4
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    • [PDF] D. Floryan and M. D. Graham, Discovering multiscale and self-similar structure with data-driven wavelets, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021), 118(1), e2021299118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021299118
    • [PDF] M. D. Graham and D. Floryan, Exact coherent states and the nonlinear dynamics of wall-bounded turbulent flows, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (2021), 53, 227–253. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-051820-020223
      Invited
    • [PDF] T. Van Buren, D. Floryan, L. Ding, L. H. O. Hellstrom, and A. J. Smits, Turbulent pipe flow response to a step change in surface roughness, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2020), 904, A38. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.704
    • [PDF] D. Floryan, T. Van Buren, and A. J. Smits, Swimmers' wake structures are not reliable indicators of swimming performance, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics (2020), 15(2), 024001. DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ab6fb9
    • [PDF] D. Floryan and C. W. Rowley, Distributed flexibility in inertial swimmers, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2020), 888, A24. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.49
    • [PDF] A. Goza, D. Floryan, and C. W. Rowley, Connections between resonance and nonlinearity in swimming performance of a flexible heaving plate, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2020), 888, A30. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.60
    • [PDF] D. Floryan, T. Van Buren, and A. J. Smits, Large-amplitude oscillations of foils for efficient propulsion, Physical Review Fluids (2019), 4(9), 093102. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.093102
    • [PDF] T. Van Buren, D. Floryan, and A. J. Smits, Scaling and performance of simultaneously heaving and pitching foils, AIAA Journal (2019), 57(9), 3666–3677. DOI: 10.2514/1.J056635
      Invited to Special Issue on Advances in Bio-inspired Propulsion
    • [PDF] D. Floryan and C. W. Rowley, Clarifying the relationship between efficiency and resonance for flexible inertial swimmers, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2018), 853, 271–300. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2018.581
    • [PDF] D. Floryan, T. Van Buren, and A. J. Smits, Efficient cruising for swimming and flying animals is dictated by fluid drag, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018), 115(32), 8116–8118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1805941115
      From the cover
      • Commentary by G. K. Taylor, Simple scaling law predicts peak efficiency in oscillatory propulsion, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018), 115(32), 8063–8065. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1809769115
    • [PDF] T. Van Buren, D. Floryan, N. Wei, and A. J. Smits, Flow speed has little impact on propulsive characteristics of oscillating foils, Physical Review Fluids (2018), 3(1), 013103. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.3.013103
    • [PDF] D. Floryan, T. Van Buren, and A. J. Smits, Forces and energetics of intermittent swimming, Acta Mechanica Sinica (2017), 33(4), 725–732. DOI: 10.1007/s10409-017-0694-3
      Invited
    • [PDF] D. Floryan, T. Van Buren, C. W. Rowley, and A. J. Smits, Scaling the propulsive performance of heaving and pitching foils, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2017), 822, 386–397. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2017.302
    • [PDF] T. Van Buren, D. Floryan, D. Quinn, and A. J. Smits, Nonsinusoidal gaits for unsteady propulsion, Physical Review Fluids (2017), 2(5), 053101. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.053101
    • [PDF] T. Van Buren, D. Floryan, D. Brunner, U. Senturk, and A. J. Smits, Impact of trailing edge shape on the wake and propulsive performance of pitching panels, Physical Review Fluids (2017), 2(1), 014702. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.014702
    • [PDF] S. T. M. Dawson, M. S. Hemati, D. Floryan, and C. W. Rowley, Lift enhancement of high angle of attack airfoils using periodic pitching, AIAA Paper 2016-2069. DOI: 10.2514/6.2016-2069
    • [PDF] D. Floryan and J. M. Floryan, Drag reduction in heated channels, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2015), 765, 353–395. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.683
    • [PDF] J. W. Hofferth, R. A. Humble, D. Floryan, and W. S. Saric, High-bandwidth optical measurements of the second-mode instability in a Mach 6 quiet tunnel, AIAA Paper 2013-0378. DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-378
    • [PDF] M. Z. Hossain, D. Floryan, and J. M. Floryan, Drag reduction due to spatial thermal modulations, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2012), 713, 398–419. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.465
  • Book chapters

    • [PDF] T. Van Buren, D. Floryan, and A. J. Smits, Bioinspired underwater propulsors, in Bioinspired Structures and Design, editors L. Daniel and W. Soboyejo, Cambridge University Press, 2020. DOI: 10.1017/9781139058995.006