Frédéric Moisy Professor at University Paris-Saclay Laboratoire FAST Batiment 530, rue André Rivière Université Paris-Saclay 91405 Orsay Cedex France Phone: 33 1 69 1 58037 Room: 130 email: Instabilities, Waves and Turbulence

Research projects

The focus of my research is bio- and micro-fluidics, free-surface flows, hydrodynamic instabilities and turbulence.

Publication list - CV

• Free-surface flows
  • Dynamics of floaters,with W. Herreman, L. Martin-Witkowski
  • Wind waves generation, with M. Aulnette, J. Zhang, C. Nové-Josserand, S. Perrard, A. Lozano-Duran (Stanford University), M. Benzaquen (LadHyX), A. Paquier, A. Hector, P. Balondrade et M. Rabaud
  • Free-Surface Synthetic Schlieren (FS-SS) - see the tutorial
• Bio- and micro- fluidics
  • Hydrodynamics of bacterial suspensions, with J. Bouvard, H. Auradou (FAST), N. Busset (I2BC) and P. Mergaert (I2BC)
  • Phototaxis in swimming micro-algaes, with H. de Maleprade, R. Goldstein (DAMTP Cambridge), T. Ishikawa (Tohoku University)
• Waves and turbulence in rotating flows
  • Rotating turbulence on the Gyroflow platform, with A. Campagne, N. Machicoane, P.-P. Cortet, C. Lamriben, in collaboration with B. Gallet (CEA Saclay).
  • Inertial waves and modes, with N. Machicoane, P.-P. Cortet, C. Lamriben, J. Boisson; in collaboration with B. Voisin (LEGI, Grenoble), L.R.M. Maas (NIOZ, Netherlands) and T. Dauxois (ENS Lyon).

Past research projects:

• Strange rotation in a glass of beer, with J. Bouvard and W. Herreman
• Ship's wake: Kelvin or Mach angle?, with M. Rabaud
• Parametric instability and cross-waves (with M. Rabaud, E. Sultan and G.-J. Michon)
• A fluid Foucault pendulum, with J. Boisson, P.-P. Cortet and D. Cebron (ETH Zurich)
• Turbulent buoyant mixing (with J. Znaien, J.-P. Hulin and Y. Tanino)

Research highlights

• Pourquoi la mousse tourne-t-elle en sens inverse du liquide dans un verre de bière ?, L'Obs (4 oct 2018).
• La surprenante rotation de la mousse dans un verre de bière, CNRS-INSIS Actualités (17 sept 2018).
• Counter-Rotation Inside a Glass of Beer Shaken Stirringly, Improbable Research (August 7th, 2018).
• Bière qui roule amasse la mousse à l'envers, Le Monde (7 aout 2018).
• Quand la mousse de la bière tourne à contre-courant, Pour la Science (26 juillet 2018).
• Wake up, Nature Physics News and Views 9, 390 (july 2013).
• Physicists rethink celebrated Kelvin wake pattern for ships, Physics World (30 may 2013).
• Lord Kelvin Wipes Out on Speed Boat Wakes?, Science Now (9 may 2013).
• Vague à lame, Paris-Sud Magazine 84, 35 (juin 2013).
• Blick auf Bugwellen mit Google Earth, Pro-Physik (30 may 2013).
• Le sillage fait des vagues, Pour la Science 429, 7 (2013) - communiqué en ligne 29 mai 2013.
• A liquid Foucault pendulum, CNRS international magazine, 27 (octobre 2012).
• Un pendule de Foucault version liquide, CNRS Le journal, 268 (septembre-octobre 2012).

PhD students

• Julien Bouvard, 2022 [PDF], co-supervisor: H. Auradou
• Marine Aulnette, 2021 [PDF], co-supervisor: M. Rabaud
• Anna Paquier, 2016 [PDF], co-supervisor: M. Rabaud
• Antoine Campagne, 2015 [PDF], co-supervisor P.-P. Cortet
• Cyril Lamriben, 2012 [PDF] co-supervisor: P.-P. Cortet
• Jemil Znaien, 2009 [PDF] co-supervisor: J.P. Hulin
• Cyprien Morize, 2006 [PDF] co-supervisor: M. Rabaud

Teaching

Coordinator of Master's programme Dynamique des Fluides et Energétique of Université Paris-Saclay.

• Hydrodynamique, Licence 3 Formation Inter-Universitaire de Physique
• Turbulence, M2 Dynamique des Fluides et Energétique
• Techniques Expérimentales Avancées en Mécanique des Fluides

Matlab ressources

• EzyFit - A free curve fitting toolbox for Matlab
• PIVMat - A PIV post-processing and data analysis toolbox for Matlab
• Other Matlab functions
• My author page on the Matlab Central site