Roshko Memorial Symposium
On Saturday, September 16, 2017, generations of family, friends, colleagues and students gathered for a day-long celebration of the life and work of Anatol Roshko. Hosted by GALCIT and the Division of Engineering and Applied Science, the event featured a symposium on the progress and unanswered questions of fluid dynamics, a field Roshko progressed significantly in his long career.
Photos courtesy of Kali Jeane
Audio Presentations
Symposium Schedule
| 8:45 am |
Continental Breakfast
Exterior Ramo Auditorium |
| 9:15 am |
Welcome
Mory Gharib |
| 9:30 am |
On Being an Anatol Student
Mory Gharib |
| 9:45 am |
From Mixing Layers to Vorticity Transport in Turbulent Shear Flow: A Search for ‘Mechanics’
Garry Brown |
| 10:15 am |
High-Speed Jet Noise
Dimitri Papamoschou |
| 10:30 am |
Bluff Body and Separated Flows
Peter Bearman |
| 11:00 am |
Structure and Control of Reattaching Flows with Subharmonics of Anatol’s Canadian Roots
Lorenz Sigurdson |
| 11:15 am |
Morning Break
Ramo Exterior |
| 11:30 am |
Anatol Roshko and Gas Dynamics
Hans Hornung |
| 12:00 pm |
Entrainment in Turbulent Shear Flows or Why Does a Turbulent Mixing Layer Grow, and Why at the Rate it Does?
Roddam Narasimha |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:05 pm |
Anatol and Clouds
Bob Breidenthal |
| 2:20 pm |
Vortex Induced Vibration
Anthony Leonard |
| 2:50 pm |
Unsteady Vortex Dynamics around Olympic Class Sailboats Due to Bodyweight Motions
Charles Williamson |
| 3:05 pm |
Fresh Insight Leading to New Understanding in Classical Problems from Wall Bounded Flows to Bluff-Body Wakes
Hassan Nagib |
| 3:35 pm | Break |
| 3:50 pm |
Unanswered Questions/Unmatched Challenges
Panel Discussion Moderator Garry Brown Panel Parviz Moin Fazle Hussain Beverley McKeon Javier Jimenez |
| 4:50 pm |
Closing Remarks
Ravi Ravichandran |
| 6:30 pm |
Reception
Caltech Athenaeum |
| 7:30 pm |
Dinner
Caltech Athenaeum |