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  • 2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to our understanding of unsteady animal flight and stratified turbulence, obtained using innovative diagnostic techniques

Overview

Geoffrey Spedding is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and contributes primarily to the field of Engineering. Their research focuses extensively on computational mechanics and aerospace engineering, with additional work in mechanical and environmental engineering as well as ecology.

The scientist's work is centered around topics including fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, fluid dynamics and vibration analysis, aerodynamics and acoustics in jet flows, biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms, aerodynamics and fluid dynamics research, aeroelasticity and vibration control, and wind and air flow studies.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Journal of Composite Materials

Geoffrey Spedding has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors such as Bjoern F. Klose, Gustaaf B. Jacobs, Chan-Ye Ohh, Vamsi Krishna Chinta, and Mitul Luhar, demonstrating ongoing research partnerships across multiple studies.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Spedding include:

  • Flow transitions on a cambered airfoil at moderate Reynolds number, published in 2021 in Physics of Fluids
  • Laboratory and numerical experiments on the near wake of a sphere in a stably stratified ambient, published in 2021 in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Direct numerical simulation of cambered airfoil aerodynamics at Re = 20,000, published in 2021 in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Wake identification of stratified flows using dynamic mode decomposition, published in 2022 in Physical Review Fluids
  • Application of electrolaminates for the development of biomimetic morphing unmanned aerial vehicles, published in 2023 in Journal of Composite Materials

In 2010, Geoffrey Spedding was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for contributions to the understanding of unsteady animal flight and stratified turbulence through innovative diagnostic techniques.

Best Publications

  • Low cost, high resolution DPIV for measurement of turbulent fluid flow

    A. M. Fincham;G. R. Spedding

  • Leading-edge vortex improves lift in slow-flying bats.

    F. T. Muijres;L. C. Johansson;R. Barfield;M. Wolf

  • A family of vortex wakes generated by a thrush nightingale in free flight in a wind tunnel over its entire natural range of flight speeds

    G R Spedding;Mikael Rosén;Anders Hedenström

  • Bat Flight Generates Complex Aerodynamic Tracks

    A. Hedenström;L. C. Johansson;M. Wolf;R. von Busse

  • Momentum and energy in the wake of a pigeon (Columba livia) in slow flight

    GR Spedding;Jmv Rayner;Colin J Pennycuick

  • The evolution of initially turbulent bluff-body wakes at high internal Froude number

    G. R. Spedding

  • The generation of circulation and lift in a rigid two-dimensional fling

    G. R. Spedding;T. Maxworthy

  • The Wake of a Kestrel (Falco Tinnunculus) in Flapping Flight

    G. R. Spedding

  • Turbulence, similarity scaling and vortex geometry in the wake of a towed sphere in a stably stratified fluid

    G. R. Spedding;F. K. Browand;A. M. Fincham

  • Energy dissipation and vortex structure in freely decaying, stratified grid turbulence

    A.M. Fincham;T. Maxworthy;G.R. Spedding

  • The Aerodynamics of Flight

    G. R. Spedding

  • Measurement of laminar flame speeds through digital particle image velocimetry: Mixtures of methane and ethane with hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and helium

    Yufei Dong;Christina M. Vagelopoulos;Geoffrey R. Spedding;Fokion N. Egolfopoulos

  • Span Efficiencies of Wings at Low Reynolds Numbers

    G. R. Spedding;J. McArthur

  • The wake of a jackdaw (Corvus monedula) in slow flight

    G. R. Spedding

  • The Wake of a Kestrel (<i>Falco Tinnunculus</i>) in Flapping Flight

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  • Bird or bat: comparing airframe design and flight performance

    Anders Hedenström;L Christoffer Johansson;Geoffrey R Spedding

  • Vortex wake and flight kinematics of a swift in cruising flight in a wind tunnel

    Per Henningsson;Geoff Spedding;Anders Hedenström

  • Performance analysis and application of grid interpolation techniques for fluid flows

    G. R. Spedding;E. J. M. Rignot

  • Similarity scaling and vorticity structure in high-Reynolds-number stably stratified turbulent wakes

    Peter J. Diamessis;Geoffrey R. Spedding;J. Andrzej Domaradzki

  • Stratified propelled wakes

    Patrice Meunier;Geoffrey R. Spedding

  • Technical aspects of microscale flight systems

    G. R. Spedding;P. B. S. Lissaman

  • Vortex wakes generated by robins Erithacus rubecula during free flight in a wind tunnel.

    Anders Hedenström;Mikael Rosén;G R Spedding

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Hedenström
Anders Hedenström Lund University
Josua P. Meyer
Josua P. Meyer Stellenbosch University
Tony Maxworthy
Tony Maxworthy University of Southern California
Kevin P. Chen
Kevin P. Chen University of Pittsburgh
Panayiotis Diplas
Panayiotis Diplas Lehigh University
Richard H. Rand
Richard H. Rand Cornell University

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