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  • 2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For her clarifying work on the structure of three dimensional turbulent boundary layers, and for better characterizing the connections between surface roughness geometry and boundary layer drag

Overview

Karen A. Flack is affiliated with the United States Naval Academy in the United States. Their research primarily revolves around fluid mechanics and engineering, with a focus on turbulence, surface roughness effects, and fluid dynamics in various environmental and mechanical contexts.

The main fields of study for Karen A. Flack include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, the subfields of interest encompass:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Their research topics cover:

  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
  • Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows

Recent scholarly publications by Karen A. Flack include:

  • The effect of a systematic change in surface roughness skewness on turbulence and drag, 2020, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
  • Important Parameters for a Predictive Model of ks for Zero-Pressure-Gradient Flows, 2022, AIAA Journal
  • Hydraulic characterization of sandpaper roughness, 2022, Experiments in Fluids

Additional papers connected to their network of frequent coauthors include:

  • Predicting the Drag of Rough Surfaces, 2021, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
  • Performance characteristics of a cross-flow hydrokinetic turbine in current only and current and wave conditions, 2020, Ocean Engineering

Frequent collaborators in research with Karen A. Flack include:

  • Michael P. Schultz
  • Daniel Chung
  • Elizabeth A. K. Murphy
  • Julio M. Barros
  • Cecily N. Steppe

Their publications have appeared regularly in several venues, specifically:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
  • International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
  • AIAA Journal
  • Experiments in Fluids

Karen A. Flack was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2014 for work clarifying the structure of three-dimensional turbulent boundary layers and characterizing the connection between surface roughness geometry and boundary layer drag.

Best Publications

  • Review of Hydraulic Roughness Scales in the Fully Rough Regime

    Karen A. Flack;Michael P. Schultz

  • The rough-wall turbulent boundary layer from the hydraulically smooth to the fully rough regime

    M. P. Schultz;K. A. Flack

  • Experimental support for Townsend’s Reynolds number similarity hypothesis on rough walls

    Karen A. Flack;Michael P. Schultz;Thomas A. Shapiro

  • Predicting the Drag of Rough Surfaces

    Daniel Chung;Nicholas Hutchins;Michael P. Schultz;Karen A. Flack

  • Examination of a critical roughness height for outer layer similarity

    K. A. Flack;M. P. Schultz;J. S. Connelly

  • Turbulence structure in rough- and smooth-wall boundary layers

    R.J. Volino;M.P. Schultz;K.A. Flack

  • Roughness effects on wall-bounded turbulent flowsa)

    Karen A. Flack;Michael P. Schultz

  • Turbulent boundary layers on a systematically varied rough wall

    Michael P. Schultz;Karen A. Flack

  • Reynolds-number scaling of turbulent channel flow

    M. P. Schultz;K. A. Flack

  • Outer layer similarity in fully rough turbulent boundary layers

    M. P. Schultz;K. A. Flack

  • Turbulence structure in a boundary layer with two-dimensional roughness

    R. J. Volino;M. P. Schultz;K. A. Flack

  • Turbulence structure in boundary layers over periodic two- and three-dimensional roughness

    Ralph J. Volino;Michael P. Schultz;Karen A. Flack

  • Moving beyond Moody

    Karen A. Flack

  • Turbulent Boundary Layers Over Surfaces Smoothed by Sanding

    Michael P. Schultz;Karen A. Flack

  • Impact of diatomaceous biofilms on the frictional drag of fouling-release coatings

    M. P. Schultz;J. M. Walker;C. N. Steppe;K. A. Flack

  • The effect of surface waves on the performance characteristics of a model tidal turbine

    Luksa Luznik;Karen A. Flack;Ethan E. Lust;Katharin Taylor

  • Review : Advances in three-dimensional turbulent boundary layers with emphasis on the wall-layer regions

    J. P. Johnston;K. A. Flack

  • Experimental and numerical studies of blade roughness and fouling on marine current turbine performance

    Jessica M. Walker;Karen A. Flack;Ethan E. Lust;Ethan E. Lust;Michael P. Schultz

  • Velocity-defect scaling for turbulent boundary layers with a range of relative roughness

    J. S. Connelly;M. P. Schultz;K. A. Flack

  • Effect of Jet Pulsing on Film Cooling—Part I: Effectiveness and Flow-Field Temperature Results

    Sarah M. Coulthard;Ralph J. Volino;Karen A. Flack

  • Turbulent boundary layers over a systematically varied rough wall

    Michael Schultz;Karen Flack

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Schultz
Michael P. Schultz United States Naval Academy
Elizabeth Murphy
Elizabeth Murphy National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Nicholas Hutchins
Nicholas Hutchins University of Melbourne

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