Dr.-Ing. Davide Gatti

Institut für Strömungsmechanik
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Kaiserstraße 10, Geb. 10.23
76131 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 721 608 42368
Fax: +49 721 608 45147

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Research interests

Unsteady turbulent flow
Turbulent skin-friction drag reduction
Computational fluid dynamics and parallel scientific computing
Flow control over wing sections
Smart material and structures for flow control applications

Projects

Turbulent flow control at Constant Power Input (CPI)
How do turbulent superstructures interact with skin-friction drag?

Journal Publications

2024

Skin friction reduction via suppression of large scales in turbulent Couette flows
Andreolli, A.; Singh, M. K.; Gatti, D.
2024. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 108, Artkl.Nr.: 109444. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2024.109444

Tailoring anisotropic synthetic inflow turbulence generator for wind turbine wake simulations
Ali, N.; Gatti, D.; Kornev, N.
2024. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 16 (4), Art.-Nr.: 043308. doi:10.1063/5.0217802

Progress in Flow Control and Drag Reduction
Choi, K.-S.; Gatti, D.; Mortazavi, I.
2024. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 113 (1), 1. doi:10.1007/s10494-024-00557-z

Flow resistance over heterogeneous roughness made of spanwise-alternating sandpaper strips
Frohnapfel, B.; Deyn, L. von; Yang, J.; Neuhauser, J.; Stroh, A.; Örlü, R.; Gatti, D.
2024. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 980, 1–35. doi:10.1017/jfm.2024.40

Correction to: Measurements in a Turbulent Channel Flow by Means of an LDV Profile Sensor
Pasch, S.; Leister, R.; Gatti, D.; Örlü, R.; Frohnapfel, B.; Kriegseis, J.
2024. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. doi:10.1007/s10494-024-00532-8

2023

Drag Assessment for Boundary Layer Control Schemes with Mass Injection
Fahland, G.; Atzori, M.; Frede, A.; Stroh, A.; Frohnapfel, B.; Gatti, D.
2023. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. doi:10.1007/s10494-023-00462-x

Separating large-scale superposition and modulation in turbulent channels
Andreolli, A.; Gatti, D.; Vinuesa, R.; Örlü, R.; Schlatter, P.
2023. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 958, A37. doi:10.1017/jfm.2023.103

Measurements in a Turbulent Channel Flow by Means of an LDV Profile Sensor
Pasch, S.; Leister, R.; Gatti, D.; Örlü, R.; Frohnapfel, B.; Kriegseis, J.
2023. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. doi:10.1007/s10494-023-00469-4

Introducing a Multi-Modal Plasma Actuator for Turbulent Flow Actuation
Serpieri, J.; Hehner, M. T.; Pasch, S.; Gatti, D.; Kriegseis, J.
2023. AIAA Journal. doi:10.2514/1.J062812

Influence of flow–fiber coupling during mold-filling on the stress field in short-fiber reinforced composites
Karl, T.; Zartmann, J.; Dalpke, S.; Gatti, D.; Frohnapfel, B.; Böhlke, T.
2023. Computational Mechanics, 71 (5), 991–1013. doi:10.1007/s00466-023-02277-z

Spatio-Temporal Visual Analysis of Turbulent Superstructures in Unsteady Flow
Ghaffari, B.; Gatti, D.; Westermann, R.
2023. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 14 (8). doi:10.1109/TVCG.2022.3232367

2022

From drag-reducing riblets to drag-increasing ridges
von Deyn, L. H.; Gatti, D.; Frohnapfel, B.
2022. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 951, Art.-Nr.: A16. doi:10.1017/jfm.2022.796

Coherent near-wall structures and drag reduction by spanwise forcing
Gallorini, E.; Quadrio, M.; Gatti, D.
2022. Physical Review Fluids, 7 (11), Art.-Nr.: 114602. doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.114602

Structure of turbulence in the flow around a rectangular cylinder
Chiarini, A.; Gatti, D.; Cimarelli, A.; Quadrio, M.
2022. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 946, Art.-Nr.: A35. doi:10.1017/jfm.2022.599

Simulation of turbulent flow over roughness strips
Neuhauser, J.; Schäfer, K.; Gatti, D.; Frohnapfel, B.
2022. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 945, Art.-Nr.: A14. doi:10.1017/jfm.2022.536

Drag reduction on a transonic airfoil
Quadrio, M.; Chiarini, A.; Banchetti, J.; Gatti, D.; Memmolo, A.; Pirozzoli, S.
2022. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 942, Art.Nr. R2. doi:10.1017/jfm.2022.369

Effects of actuation mode on plasma-induced spanwise flow oscillations
Hehner, M. T.; Gatti, D.; Kotsonis, M.; Kriegseis, J.
2022. Journal of physics / D, 55 (20), Article no: 205203. doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ac526b

Spatial resolution issues in rough wall turbulence
Gatti, D.; Stroh, A.; Frohnapfel, B.; Örlü, R.
2022. Experiments in Fluids, 63 (3), 63. doi:10.1007/s00348-022-03412-x

The Wall-Jet Region of a Turbulent Jet Impinging on Smooth and Rough Plates
Secchi, F.; Gatti, D.; Frohnapfel, B.
2022. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 110 (2), 275–299. doi:10.1007/s10494-022-00387-x

Turbulent impinging jets on rough surfaces
Secchi, F.; Häber, T.; Gatti, D.; Schulz, S.; Trimis, D.; Suntz, R.; Frohnapfel, B.
2022. GAMM Mitteilungen, 45 (1), e202200005. doi:10.1002/gamm.202200005

Decomposition of the mean friction drag on an NACA4412 airfoil under uniform blowing/suction
Fan, Y.; Atzori, M.; Vinuesa, R.; Gatti, D.; Schlatter, P.; Li, W.
2022. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 932, A31. doi:10.1017/jfm.2021.1015

Ascending-descending and direct-inverse cascades of Reynolds stresses in turbulent Couette flow
Chiarini, A.; Mauriello, M.; Gatti, D.; Quadrio, M.
2022. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 930, Art.-Nr.: A9. doi:10.1017/jfm.2021.886

2021

Uniform blowing and suction applied to nonuniform adverse-pressure-gradient wing boundary layers
Atzori, M.; Vinuesa, R.; Stroh, A.; Gatti, D.; Frohnapfel, B.; Schlatter, P.
2021. Physical review fluids, 6 (11), Art.-Nr. 113904. doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.113904

Global energy budgets in turbulent Couette and Poiseuille flows
Andreolli, A.; Quadrio, M.; Gatti, D.
2021. Journal of fluid mechanics, 924, Article no: A25. doi:10.1017/jfm.2021.598

Analytical modeling and dimensionless characteristics of open wet clutches in consideration of gravity
Leister, R.; Najafi, A. F.; Kriegseis, J.; Frohnapfel, B.; Gatti, D.
2021. Forschung im Ingenieurwesen, 85, 849–857. doi:10.1007/s10010-021-00545-z

Reynolds-number scaling of a vorticity-Annihilating boundary layer
Kaiser, F.; Von Der Burg, M.; Sommeria, J.; Viboud, S.; Frohnapfel, B.; Gatti, D.; Rival, D. E.; Kriegseis, J.
2021. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 924, 2100600. doi:10.1017/jfm.2021.600

Investigation of Blowing and Suction for Turbulent Flow Control on Airfoils
Fahland, G.; Stroh, A.; Frohnapfel, B.; Atzori, M.; Vinuesa, R.; Schlatter, P.; Gatti, D.
2021. AIAA journal, 1–15. doi:10.2514/1.J060211

Asymptotic fiber orientation states of the quadratically closed Folgar-Tucker equation and a subsequent closure improvement
Karl, T.; Gatti, D.; Frohnapfel, B.; Böhlke, T.
2021. Journal of Rheology, 65 (5), 999–1022. doi:10.1122/8.0000245

Coupled simulation of flow-induced viscous and elastic anisotropy of short-fiber reinforced composites
Karl, T.; Gatti, D.; Böhlke, T.; Frohnapfel, B.
2021. Acta mechanica, 232 (6), 2249–2268. doi:10.1007/s00707-020-02897-z

Parametric Study on Ridges Inducing Secondary Motions in Turbulent Channel Flow
Deyn, L. H. von; Gatti, D.; Frohnapfel, B.; Stroh, A.
2021. Proceedings in applied mathematics and mechanics, 20 (1), e202000139PAMM. doi:10.1002/pamm.202000139

Beat-Frequency-Operated Dielectric-Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators for Virtual Wall Oscillations
Hehner, M. T.; Gatti, D.; Mattern, P.; Kotsonis, M.; Kriegseis, J.
2021. AIAA journal, 59 (2), 763–767. doi:10.2514/1.J059802

2020

Non-dimensional characteristics of open wet clutches for advanced drag torque and aeration predictions
Leister, R.; Najafi, A. F.; Gatti, D.; Kriegseis, J.; Frohnapfel, B.
2020. Tribology international, 152, 106442. doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106442

Structure function tensor equations in inhomogeneous turbulence
Gatti, D.; Chiarini, A.; Cimarelli, A.; Quadrio, M.
2020. Journal of fluid mechanics, 898, Art. Nr.: A5. doi:10.1017/jfm.2020.399

Do riblets exhibit fully rough behaviour?
Gatti, D.; Deyn, L. von; Forooghi, P.; Frohnapfel, B.
2020. Experiments in fluids, 61 (3), Article: 81. doi:10.1007/s00348-020-2921-0

Objective barriers to the transport of dynamically active vector fields
Haller, G.; Katsanoulis, S.; Holzner, M.; Frohnapfel, B.; Gatti, D.
2020. Journal of fluid mechanics, 905, Art. Nr.: A17. doi:10.1017/jfm.2020.737

Aerodynamic Effects of Uniform Blowing and Suction on a NACA4412 Airfoil
Atzori, M.; Vinuesa, R.; Fahland, G.; Stroh, A.; Gatti, D.; Frohnapfel, B.; Schlatter, P.
2020. Flow, turbulence and combustion, 105, 735–759. doi:10.1007/s10494-020-00135-z

2019

An efficient numerical method for the generalised Kolmogorov equation
Gatti, D.; Remigi, A.; Chiarini, A.; Cimarelli, A.; Quadrio, M.
2019. Journal of turbulence, 20 (8), 457–480. doi:10.1080/14685248.2019.1664746

On the stages of vortex decay in an impulsively stopped, rotating cylinder
Kaiser, F.; Frohnapfel, B.; Ostilla-Mónico, R.; Kriegseis, J.; Rival, D. E.; Gatti, D.
2019. Journal of fluid mechanics, 885, A6. doi:10.1017/jfm.2019.974

Quantification of amplitude modulation in wall-bounded turbulence
Dogan, E.; Örlü, R.; Gatti, D.; Vinuesa, R.; Schlatter, P.
2019. Fluid dynamics research, 51 (1), Art. Nr.: 011408. doi:10.1088/1873-7005/aaca81

Stokes-layer formation under absence of moving parts - A novel oscillatory plasma actuator design for turbulent drag reduction
Hehner, M. T.; Gatti, D.; Kriegseis, J.
2019. Physics of fluids, 31 (5), Art.-Nr.: 051701. doi:10.1063/1.5094388

2018

Global energy fluxes in turbulent channels with flow control
Gatti, D.; Cimarelli, A.; Hasegawa, Y.; Frohnapfel, B.; Quadrio, M.
2018. Journal of fluid mechanics, 857, 345–373. doi:10.1017/jfm.2018.749

Predicting Turbulent Spectra in Drag-reduced Flows
Gatti, D.; Stroh, A.; Frohnapfel, B.; Hasegawa, Y.
2018. Flow, turbulence and combustion, 100 (4), 1081–1099. doi:10.1007/s10494-018-9920-8

2017

Turbulent Duct Flow Controlled with Spanwise Wall Oscillations
Straub, S.; Vinuesa, R.; Schlatter, P.; Frohnapfel, B.; Gatti, D.
2017. Flow, turbulence and combustion, 99 (3-4), 787–806. doi:10.1007/s10494-017-9846-6

2016

Reynolds-number dependence of turbulent skin-friction drag reduction induced by spanwise forcing
Gatti, D.; Quadrio, M.
2016. Journal of fluid mechanics, 802 (2), 553–582. doi:10.1017/jfm.2016.485

2015

Experimental assessment of spanwise‑oscillating dielectric electroactive surfaces for turbulent drag reduction in an air channel flow
Gatti, D.; Güttler, A.; Frohnapfel, B.; Tropea, C.
2015. Experiments in Fluids, 56 (5), Art.Nr. 110. doi:10.1007/s00348-015-1983-x

2014

The dielectric breakdown limit of silicone dielectric elastomer actuators
Gatti, D.; Haus, H.; Matysek, M.; Frohnapfel, B.; Tropea, C.; Schlaak, H. F.
2014. Applied physics letters, 104 (5), 052905. doi:10.1063/1.4863816

2013

Performance losses of drag-reducing spanwise forcing at moderate values of the Reynolds number
Gatti, D.; Quadrio, M.
2013. Physics of fluids, 25 (12), Art.Nr.: 125109. doi:10.1063/1.4849537

Conference Contributions

Betreute studentische Arbeiten

Masterarbeit von Daniel De la Torre (2024): "Development of an experimental setup to study the thermo-hydraulic performance of structured channel flows"
Bachelorarbeit von Ngoc Hoang Ta (2024) : "A comparative study of shape optimization methods"

Vorlesungen

1) Mathematical Methods in Fluid Dynamics
2) Fluid Mechanics with Matlab
3) Vortex Dynamics