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Jean-Marc Chomaz

Jean-Marc Chomaz

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
53
Citations
9940
World Ranking
1007
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Ampère Prize (Prix Ampère de l’Électricité de France), French Academy of Sciences
  • 2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his fundamental and elegant studies of linear and nonlinear global modes in shear flows, and for the discovery of a new zigzag instability of vortices in stratified media

Overview

Jean-Marc Chomaz is affiliated with École Polytechnique in France, contributing to research predominantly in fluid mechanics and related physical sciences. Their work spans various interdisciplinary fields, including molecular biology, physiology, astronomy and astrophysics, organic chemistry, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on fluid dynamics and physical phenomena in natural systems. Key papers include:

  • "Transient growth, edge states, and repeller in rotating solid and fluid" (2021) published in Physical review. E
  • "FLM volume 914 Cover and Front matter" (2021) published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • "Terra Bulla, the influence of Yves Couder on the emerging domain of arts and physics sciences" (2020) published in Comptes Rendus Mécanique
  • "FLM volume 923 Cover and Front matter" (2021) published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • "Rêve quantiquele jour où j'ai imaginé l'océan" (2021) published in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Their scholarly contributions frequently appear in journals such as:

  • .able.
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Physical review. E
  • Comptes Rendus Mécanique
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

The main topics covered in their research concern:

  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Chemistry and Stereochemistry Studies
  • History and advancements in chemistry

Jean-Marc Chomaz collaborates often within a network of co-authors, including Virgile Novarina, Walid Breidi, Laurent Karst, Olga Flór, and Kevin Ha. These frequent collaborators reflect a multidisciplinary research approach integrating physics, chemistry, and broader natural sciences.

Their work has been recognized through notable awards such as the Ampère Prize from the French Academy of Sciences in 2012 as well as being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2001. The APS fellowship citation references studies on linear and nonlinear global modes in shear flows and the discovery of a new zigzag instability of vortices in stratified media.

Best Publications

  • GLOBAL INSTABILITIES IN SPATIALLY DEVELOPING FLOWS: Non-Normality and Nonlinearity

    Jean Marc Chomaz

  • Experimental study of vortex breakdown in swirling jets

    Paul Billant;Jean-Marc Chomaz;Patrick Huerre

  • Breaking of rotational symmetry in a swirling jet experiment

    Thomas Loiseleux;Jean-Marc Chomaz

  • Scaling analysis and simulation of strongly stratified turbulent flows

    Geert Brethouwer;P. Billant;Erik Lindborg;J. M. Chomaz

  • Bifurcations to local and global modes in spatially developing flows.

    J. M. Chomaz;P. Huerre;L. G. Redekopp

  • Self-similarity of strongly stratified inviscid flows

    Paul Billant;Jean-Marc Chomaz

  • On the hydrodynamics of soap films

    Y. Couder;J. M. Chomaz;M. Rabaud

  • A frequency selection criterion in spatially developing flows

    Jean-Marc Chomaz;Patrick Huerre;Larry G. Redekopp

  • The structure of the near wake of a sphere moving horizontally in a stratified fluid

    J. M. Chomaz;P. Bonneton;E. J. Hopfinger

  • Experimental evidence for a new instability of a vertical columnar vortex pair in a strongly stratified fluid

    Paul Billant;Jean-Marc Chomaz

  • Absolute/convective instabilities in the Batchelor vortex: a numerical study of the linear impulse response

    Ivan Delbende;Jean-Marc Chomaz;Patrick Huerre

  • The effect of swirl on jets and wakes: Linear instability of the Rankine vortex with axial flow

    T. Loiseleux;J. M. Chomaz;P. Huerre

  • Mode selection in swirling jet experiments: a linear stability analysis

    François Gallaire;Jean-Marc Chomaz

  • Spiral vortex breakdown as a global mode

    François Gallaire;Michael Ruith;Eckart Meiburg;Jean-Marc Chomaz

  • Evolution of the wall shear stresses during the progressive enlargement of symmetric abdominal aortic aneurysms

    A.-V. Salsac;S. R. Sparks;J.-M. Chomaz;J. C. Lasheras

  • Global Measures of Local Convective Instabilities

    Carlo Cossu;J. Chomaz

  • Global mode interaction and pattern selection in the wake of a disk: a weakly nonlinear expansion

    Philippe Meliga;Jean-Marc Chomaz;Denis Sipp

  • Direct numerical simulations of round jets: Vortex induction and side jets

    P. Brancher;J. M. Chomaz;P. Huerre

  • Internal waves produced by the turbulent wake of a sphere moving horizontally in a stratified fluid

    P. Bonneton;J. M. Chomaz;E. J. Hopfinger

  • Internal waves generated by a moving sphere and its wake in a stratified fluid

    Emil J. Hopfinger;Jan-Bert Flor;J. M. Chomaz;P. Bonneton

  • Absolute and convective instabilities, front velocities and global modes in nonlinear systems

    Arnaud Couairon;Jean-Marc Chomaz

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Huerre
Patrick Huerre École Polytechnique
Denis Sipp
Denis Sipp Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales
Peter J. Schmid
Peter J. Schmid King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
François Gallaire
François Gallaire École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Philippe Bonneton
Philippe Bonneton University of Bordeaux
Emil J. Hopfinger
Emil J. Hopfinger Grenoble Alpes University
Juan C. Lasheras
Juan C. Lasheras University of California, San Diego
Dan S. Henningson
Dan S. Henningson Royal Institute of Technology
Olivier Pouliquen
Olivier Pouliquen Aix-Marseille University
Peter A. Monkewitz
Peter A. Monkewitz École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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