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Karen Mulleners

EPFL STI IGM UNFOLD
MED 0 2426 (Bâtiment MED)
Station 9
1015 Lausanne

Publications

2025

Event-based reconstruction of time-resolved centreline deformation of flapping flags

G. RaynaudK. Mulleners

Measurement Science and Technology. 2025. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6501/adc1e7.

Highly agile flat swimming robot

F. HartmannM. BaskaranG. RaynaudM. BenbeddaK. Mulleners  et al.

SCIENCE ROBOTICS. 2025. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.adr0721.

Highly deformable flapping membrane wings suppress the leading edge vortex in hover to perform better

A. GehrkeK. Mulleners

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2025. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2410833121.

2024

Self-exploring automated experiments for discovery, optimization, and control of unsteady vortex-dominated flow phenomena

K. Mulleners

Physical Review Fluids. 2024. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.124701.

Eel-like robot swims more efficiently with increasing joint amplitudes compared to constant joint amplitudes

A. AnastasiadisA. RossiL. PaezK. MeloE. D. Tytell  et al.

Physical Review Fluids. 2024. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.110509.

Optimal blade pitch control for enhanced vertical-axis wind turbine performance

S. Le FouestK. Mulleners

Nature Communications. 2024. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-024-46988-0.

2023

Reconfiguring it out: How flexible structures interact with fluid flows

M. BaskaranL. HutinK. Mulleners

Physical Review Fluids. 2023. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.110509.

Time scales of dynamic stall development on a vertical-axis wind turbine blade

S. Le FouestD. FernexK. Mulleners

Flow. Applications on Fluid Mechanics. 2023. DOI : 10.1017/flo.2023.5.

Identification of the trade-off between speed and efficiency in undulatory swimming using a bio-inspired robot

A. AnastasiadisL. PaezK. MeloE. D. TytellA. Ijspeert  et al.

Scientific Reports. 2023. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-023-41074-9.

Review of rotating wing dynamic stall: Experiments and flow control

A. D. GardnerA. R. JonesK. MullenersJ. W. NaughtonM. J. Smith

Progress in Aerospace Sciences. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.paerosci.2023.100887.

Strength and timing of primary and secondary vortices generated by a rotating plate

D. FrancescangeliK. Mulleners

Experiments in Fluids. 2023. DOI : 10.1007/s00348-023-03667-y.

2022

To tread or not to tread: comparison between water treading and conventional flapping wing kinematics

S. KrishnaA. GehrkeK. Mulleners

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2022. DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/ac9a1b.

Aeroelastic characterisation of a bio-inspired flapping membrane wing

A. GehrkeJ. RicheuxE. UksulK. Mulleners

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2022. DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/ac8632.

The dynamic stall dilemma for vertical-axis wind turbines

S. Le FouestK. Mulleners

Renewable Energy. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.renene.2022.07.071.

Vortex Dislocation In The Near Wake Of A Cylinder With Span-Wise Variations In Diameter

F. AyancikL. SiegelG. HeA. HenningK. Mulleners

Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Application of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics. 2022. DOI : 10.55037/lxlaser.20th.202.

Influence Of Span-Wise Coherence In A Cylinder Wake On The Acoustic Radiations

L. SiegelG. HeK. MullenersA. Henning

Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Application of Laser and Imaging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics. 2022. DOI : 10.55037/lxlaser.20th.215.

Lagrangian analysis of bio-inspired vortex ring formation

M. BaskaranK. Mulleners

Flow. 2022. DOI : 10.1017/flo.2022.9.

All you need is time to generalise the Goman-Khrabrov dynamic stall model

F. AyancikK. Mulleners

Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2022. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2022.381.

Experimental quantification of unsteady leading-edge flow separation

J. DepardayX. HeJ. D. EldredgeK. MullenersD. R. Williams

Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2022. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2022.319.

Greenberg's Force Prediction for Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Blades

D. BensasonS. Le FouestA. YoungK. Mulleners

Aiaa Journal. 2022. DOI : 10.2514/1.J061417.

Doctorant·es actuel·les

Thomas Antoine Nicolas Berger, Gaétan Raynaud, Sahar Rezapour, Alexandros Anastasiadis, Lorenzo Ermanni

A dirigé les thèses EPFL de

Swathi Krishna, Guillaume de Guyon-Crozier, Diego Francescangeli, Sébastien Le Fouest, Alexander Gehrke, Mrudhula Baskaran

Cours

Aerodynamics

ME-445

Ce cours présente les bases de la dynamique des fluides pour comprendre comment l'air s'écoule autour d'ailes et de corps en deux et trois dimensions et pour comprendre et calculer les forces et les moments aérodynamiques agissant sur les objets résultant de l'écoulement de l'air.

Measurement techniques

ME-301

Cours pratique et théorique sur les techniques expérimentales d'observation et de mesure des variables physiques, telles que la force, la résistance, la température, la vitesse de flux, la déformation structurelle, etc.