Marine Aero- & Hydrodynamics Laboratory

 

Wind-wave-current interactions in a marine surface layer Large-eddy simulation unravelling the wake effects Turbulence development under a tsunami at 1 km depth Interfacial curvature estimation

 

Welcome to the Marine Aero- & Hydrodynamics Laboratory led by Dr. Asim Önder at the Department of Marine Environment and Engineering of National Sun Yat-sen University. The lab conducts interdisciplinary research that lies at the interface of ocean engineering, applied mechanics, and data and computational science. We mainly focus on geophysical and engineering problems involving complex multi-phase, multi-scale flows in the marine environment. Our primary mission is to aid the understanding of small-scale processes controlling the global climate change and corresponding extreme events, and to mitigate their effects by supporting the development of resilient structures and innovative green energy technologies.

The current research interests include:

  • Air-sea interactions: wind-wave interactions, gas and heat exchange, Langmuir circulations
  • Offshore wind energy : metocean characterization, aero-hydro coupling, atmospheric-stability effects, land-sea transition
  • Oceanic/atmospheric turbulence: large-eddy simulation of near-surface layers, Reynolds-stress modelling, non-equilibrium turbulence
  • Tsunamis : bottom friction, sediment transport
  • Computational science : machine-learning models for interfacial flows, adjoint methods, immersed boundary methods, adaptive methods

Open Positions

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