Our Turbulent Environment

Journal publications
  1. Buono E, Katul GG, Heisel M, Vettori D, Poggi D, Peruzzi C, and C Manes (2024).  The vertical-velocity skewness in the inertial sublayer of turbulent wall flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1001, R1. Webpage. PDF (open access).
  2. Buono E, Katul GG, Heisel M, Poggi D, Peruzzi C, Vettori, D, and C Manes (2024).  The vertical-velocity skewness in the atmospheric boundary layer without buoyancy and Coriolis effects. Physics of Fluids, 36(11), 115153. Webpage. PDF (accepted version).
  3. Ehsani R, Heisel M, Puccioni M, Hong J, Iungo V, Voller V, and M Guala (2024).  Stochastic modal velocity field in rough-wall turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 999, A56. Webpage. PDF (open access).
  4. Heisel M and M Chamecki (2024). On the departure from Monin-Obukhov surface similarity and transition to the convective mixed layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 190, 28. Webpage. PDF (open access).
  5. Ehsani R, Heisel M, Li J, Voller VR, Hong J, and M Guala (2024). Stochastic modelling of the instantaneous velocity profile in rough-wall turbulent boundary layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 979, A12. Webpage. PDF (open access).
  6. Heisel M and M Chamecki (2023). Evidence of mixed scaling for mean profile similarity in the stable atmospheric surface layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 80(8), 2057-2073. Webpage. PDF.
  7. Heisel M, Sullivan PP, Katul GG, and M Chamecki (2023). Turbulence organization and mean profile shapes in the stably stratified boundary layer: zones of uniform momentum and air temperature. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 186, 533-565. Webpage. PDF (open access).
  8. Heisel M, de Silva CM, Katul GG, and M Chamecki (2022). Self-similar geometries within the inertial subrange of scales in boundary layer turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 942, A33. Webpage. PDF (open access).
  9. Heisel M (2022). Effect of finite Reynolds number on self-similar crossing statistics and fractal measurements in turbulence. Physical Review Fluids, 7(1), 014604. Webpage. PDF.
  10. Heisel M, Chen B, Kok J, and M Chamecki (2021). Gentle topography increases vertical transport of coarse dust by orders of magnitude. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(14), e2021JD034564. Webpage. PDF.
  11. Heisel M, de Silva CM, Hutchins N, Marusic I, and M Guala (2021). Prograde vortices, internal shear layers, and the Taylor microscale in high-Reynolds-number wall turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 920, A52. Webpage. PDF (open access).
  12. Li C, Lim K, Berk T, Abraham A, Heisel M, Guala M, Coletti F, and J Hong (2021). Settling and clustering of snow particles in atmospheric turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 912, A49. Webpage. PDF (open access).
  13. Heisel M, Katul GG, Chamecki M, and M Guala (2020). Velocity asymmetry and turbulent transport closure in smooth- and rough-wall boundary layers. Physical Review Fluids, 5(10), 104605. Webpage. PDF. 
  14. Heisel M, Daugherty C, Finley N, Linderman L, Schillinger D, French C, and M Guala (2020). Aerodynamics of highway sign structures: from laboratory tests and field monitoring to structural design guidelines. Journal of Structural Engineering, 146(11), 04020233. Webpage. PDF. 
  15. Guala M, Heisel M, Singh A, Musa M, Buscombe D, and P Grams (2020). A mixed length scale model for migrating fluvial bedforms. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(15), 2019GL086625. Webpage. PDF.
  16. Zhu Q, Stoter SKF, Heisel M, French CE, Guala M, Linderman L, and D Schillinger (2020). Reducing wind-induced vibrations of road sign structures through aerodynamic modifications: a computational pilot study for a practical example. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 188, 104132. Webpage. PDF (accepted version).
  17. Heisel M, de Silva CM, Hutchins N, Marusic I, and M Guala (2020). On the mixing length eddies and logarithmic mean velocity profile in wall turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 887, R1. Webpage. PDF.
  18. Heisel M, Dasari T, Liu Y, Hong J, Coletti F, and M Guala (2018). The spatial structure of the logarithmic region in very-high-Reynolds-number rough wall turbulent boundary layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 857, 704-747. Webpage. PDF.
  19. Heisel M, Hong J, and M Guala (2018). The spectral signature of wind turbine wake meandering: a wind tunnel and field-scale study. Wind Energy, 21(9), 715-731. Webpage. PDF (accepted version).
  20. Musa M, Heisel M, and M Guala (2018). Predictive model for local scour downstream of hydrokinetic turbines in erodible channels. Physical Review Fluids, 3(2), 024606. Webpage. PDF.
Theses
  1. Heisel M (2020). Organization and scaling of coherent structures in the outer region of high-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layers . PhD Thesis. University of Minnesota. Link (repository).