Publications

Year 2026

• On the Reynolds analogy for high-speed rough-wall flows: implications for wall modelling. Cogo, M.; Depieri, D.; Bernardini, M.; Picano, F., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 1039, A34. (2026).
• Assessment of flow-induced stability in the ExoMars disc-gap-band parachute for Mars supersonic descent. Placco, L.; Hancock, T.; Picano, F., ACTA MECHANICA. (2026).

Year 2025

• Development of supersonic turbulent boundary layers over prism-shaped rough surfaces. Cogo, M.; Modesti, D.; Picano, F.; Bernardini, M., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 1025, A21. (2025).
• Surface roughness effects on subsonic and supersonic turbulent boundary layers. Cogo, M.; Modesti, D.; Bernardini, M.; Picano, F., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 1009, A56. (2025).
• On flight instabilities of capsule-rigid parachute system during supersonic planetary descent. Placco, L.; Soldati, G.; Bernardini, M.; Picano, F., AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 160, 110026. (2025).
• A semi-stochastic approach for point-particle dispersion in Wall-Modeled Large Eddy Simulation of particle-laden turbulent flows. Kong, X.; Picano, F.; Dalla Barba, F., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, 105425. (2025).
• Numerical methods for multiphase flows. Garcia-Villalba, M.; Colonius, T.; Desjardins, O.; Lucas, D.; Mani, A.; Marchisio, D.; Matar, O. K.; Picano, F.; Zaleski, S., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, 191, 105285. (2025).
• Direct numerical simulations of the breakup of porous media in laminar duct flow. Dalla Barba, F.; Picano, F., MECCANICA. (2025).
• An extended ordinary state-based peridynamics model for addressing contact problems during crack propagation. Yang, J.; Shen, Z.; Dalla Barba, F.; Zhao, L., COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING, 446, 118271. (2025).
• State-based peridynamic modeling of fracture in J₂-elastoplastic materials. Pirzadeh, A.; Dalla Barba, F.; Sanavia, L.; Zaccariotto, M.; Galvanetto, U., ENGINEERING WITH COMPUTERS. (2025).

Year 2024

• Shaping active matter from crystalline solids to active turbulence. Yang, Q.; Jiang, M.; Picano, F.; Zhu, L., NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 15. (2024).
• Early Investigations on Electrolyte Mixing Issues in Large Flow Battery Tanks. Trovò, A.; Prieto-Díaz, P. A.; Zatta, N.; Picano, F.; Guarnieri, M., BATTERIES, 10, 133. (2024).
• Direct Numerical Simulation of Vortex Breakdown in Evaporating Dilute Sprays. Liberatori, J.; Battista, F.; Dalla Barba, F.; Ciottoli, P. P., FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION. (2024).
• Elastoplastic peridynamic formulation for materials with isotropic and kinematic hardening. Pirzadeh, A.; Dalla Barba, F.; Bobaru, F.; Sanavia, L.; Zaccariotto, M.; Galvanetto, U., ENGINEERING WITH COMPUTERS. (2024).

Year 2023

• Assessment of heat transfer and Mach number effects on high-speed turbulent boundary layers. Cogo, M.; Baù, U.; Chinappi, M.; Bernardini, M.; Picano, F., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 974, A10. (2023).
• Large-Eddy Simulation of the unsteady supersonic flow around a Mars entry capsule at different angles of attack. Placco, L.; Cogo, M.; Bernardini, M.; Aboudan, A.; Ferri, F.; Picano, F., AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 143, 108709. (2023).
• On the coupling between wall-modeled LES and immersed boundary method towards applicative compressible flow simulations. De Vanna, F.; Baldan, G.; Picano, F.; Benini, E., COMPUTERS & FLUIDS, 266, 106058. (2023).
• URANOS: A GPU accelerated Navier-Stokes solver for compressible wall-bounded flows. De Vanna, F.; Avanzi, F.; Cogo, M.; Sandrin, S.; Bettencourt, M.; Picano, F.; Benini, E., COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, 287, 108717. (2023).
• On the role of inertia in channel flows of finite-size neutrally buoyant particles. Yousefi, A.; Costa, P.; Picano, F.; Brandt, L., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 955. (2023).
• Effect of convective schemes in wall-resolved and wall-modeled LES of compressible wall turbulence. De Vanna, F.; Baldan, G.; Picano, F.; Benini, E., COMPUTERS & FLUIDS, 105710. (2023).
• Assessment of the parcel model in evaporating turbulent diluted sprays within a Large-Eddy-Simulation approach. Wang, J.; Dalla Barba, F., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, 104609. (2023).

Year 2022

• Wall-modeled LES of shock-wave/boundary layer interaction. De Vanna, F.; Bernardini, M.; Picano, F.; Benini, E., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW, 98, 109071. (2022).
• 3D fluid-structure interaction with fracturing: A new method with applications. Dalla Barba, F.; Zaccariotto, M.; Galvanetto, U.; Picano, F., COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING, 398, 115210. (2022).
• Assessment of subgrid dispersion models for large-eddy simulations of turbulent jet flows with dilute spray droplets. Angelilli, L.; Ciottoli, P. P.; Picano, F.; Valorani, M.; Im, H. G., PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 34, 073305. (2022).
• Finite-size evaporating droplets in weakly compressible homogeneous shear turbulence. Scapin, N.; Dalla Barba, F.; Lupo, G.; Rosti, M. E.; Duwig, C.; Brandt, L., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 934, A15. (2022).
• Direct numerical simulation of supersonic and hypersonic turbulent boundary layers at moderate-high Reynolds numbers and isothermal wall condition. Cogo, M.; Salvadore, F.; Picano, F.; Bernardini, M., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 945, A30. (2022).
• A straightforward strategy to unify WR/WMLES approaches for compressible wall-bounded flows. De Vanna, F.; Cogo, M.; Bernardini, M.; Picano, F.; Benini, E., AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022. (2022).
• Modelling the direct virus exposure risk associated with respiratory events. Wang, Jietuo; Dalla Barba, Federico; Roccon, Alessio; Sardina, Gaetano; Soldati, Alfredo; Picano, Francesco, JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE, 19, 20210819. (2022).
• Wall-modelled and wall-resolved Large-Eddy Simulations of shock-wave/boundary layer interaction. De Vanna, F.; Bernardini, M.; Picano, F.; Benini, E., AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022. (2022).

Year 2021

• Hypersonic intake design using a CFD data-driven multi-objective optimisation strategy. De Vanna, F.; Bof, D.; Picano, F.; Benini, E., Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery conference, ASCEND 2021. (2021).
• Direct numerical simulation of the scouring of a brittle streambed in a turbulent channel flow. Dalla Barba, F.; Picano, F., ACTA MECHANICA, 232, 4705-4728. (2021).
• Short-range exposure to airborne virus transmission and current guidelines. Wang, J.; Alipour, M.; Soligo, G.; Roccon, A.; De Paoli, M.; Picano, F.; Soldati, A., PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 118, e2105279118. (2021).
• A wall-modeled/wall-resolved LES method for turbulent wall flows. De Vanna, Francesco; Cogo, Michele; Bernardini, Matteo; Picano, Francesco; Benini, Ernesto, ECCOMAS Congress 2020. (2021).
• High order conservative formulation of viscous terms for variable viscosity flows. De Vanna, Francesco; Benato, Alberto; Picano, Francesco; Benini, Ernesto, ACTA MECHANICA, 232, 2115-2133. (2021).
• Revisiting D²-law for the evaporation of dilute droplets. Dalla Barba, F.; Wang, J.; Picano, F., PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 33, 051701. (2021).
• Near-wall turbulence modulation by small inertial particles. Costa, P.; Brandt, L.; Picano, F., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS. (2021).
• Large-eddy simulations of the unsteady behavior of a hypersonic intake at Mach 5. De Vanna, F.; Picano, F.; Benini, E.; Quinn, M. K., AIAA JOURNAL, 59, 1-14. (2021).
• An interface capturing method for liquid-gas flows at low-Mach number. Dalla Barba, F.; Scapin, N.; Demou, A. D.; Rosti, M. E.; Picano, F.; Brandt, L., COMPUTERS & FLUIDS, 104789. (2021).
• Direct Numerical Simulations of the Evaporation of Dilute Sprays in Turbulent Swirling Jets. Ciottoli, P. P.; Battista, F.; Malpica Galassi, R.; Dalla Barba, F.; Picano, F., FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION. (2021).
• Direct numerical simulation of an evaporating turbulent diluted jet-spray at moderate Reynolds number. Wang, Jietuo; Dalla Barba, Federico; Picano, Francesco, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, 103567. (2021).
• Asymmetric invasion in anisotropic porous media. Maggiolo, D.; Picano, F.; Toschi, F., PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, 104, 045103. (2021).
• Metodo di gestione dello stato di carica per batterie a flusso. Guarnieri, Massimo; Trovò, Andrea; Picano, Francesco. (2021).
• Large-eddy simulations of the unsteady behaviour of a Mach 5 hypersonic intake. De Vanna, F.; Picano, F.; Benini, E., AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum. (2021).
• Unified wall-resolved and wall-modeled method for large-eddy simulations of compressible wall-bounded flows. De Vanna, Francesco; Cogo, Michele; Bernardini, Matteo; Picano, Francesco; Benini, Ernesto, PHYSICAL REVIEW FLUIDS, 6. (2021).
• Regimes of heat transfer in finite-size particle suspensions. Yousefi, A.; Ardekani, M. N.; Picano, F.; Brandt, L., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 121514. (2021).

Year 2020

• Uncertainty quantification analysis of RANS of spray jets. Ciottoli, P. P.; Petrocchi, A.; Galassi, R. M.; Angelilli, L.; Hernandez Perez, F. E.; Picano, F.; Valorani, M.; Im, H. G., AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum. (2020).
• A New Method for Fully Resolved Simulations of Fracturing in Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems. Dalla Barba, F.; Picano, F., ERCOFTAC Series. (2020).
• An Immersed Boundary Method for Moving Objects in Compressible Flows. De Vanna, F.; Picano, F.; Benini, E., ERCOFTAC Series. (2020).
• A sharp-interface immersed boundary method for moving objects in compressible viscous flows. De Vanna, F.; Picano, F.; Benini, E., COMPUTERS & FLUIDS, 104415. (2020).
• Suspensions of deformable particles in Poiseuille flows at finite inertia. Chiara, L. F.; Rosti, M. E.; Picano, F.; Brandt, L., FLUID DYNAMICS RESEARCH, 52, 065507. (2020).
• Solute transport and reaction in porous electrodes at high Schmidt numbers. Maggiolo, D.; Picano, F.; Zanini, F.; Carmignato, S.; Guarnieri, M.; Sasic, S.; Strom, H., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS. (2020).
• A Novel Approach for Direct Numerical Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Problems. Dalla Barba, F.; Picano, F., FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 105, 335-357. (2020).
• Enhancing the efficiency of kW-class vanadium redox flow batteries by flow factor modulation: An experimental method. Guarnieri, M.; Trovò, A.; Picano, F., APPLIED ENERGY, 114532. (2020).
• Direct numerical simulation of an evaporating turbulent diluted jet. Wang, Jietuo; Dalla Barba, Federico; Picano, Francesco. (2020).
• Editorial. Picano, F.; Tammisola, O.; Brandt, L., MECCANICA, 55, 295-297. (2020).
• A fluid-structure interaction model based on peridynamics and Navier-Stokes equations for hydraulic fracture problems. Dalla Barba, F.; Campagnari, P.; Zaccariotto, M.; Galvanetto, U.; Picano, F., Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics: Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems, ECCM 2018 and 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2018. (2020).

Year 2019

• Comparison of energy losses in a 9 kW vanadium redox flow battery. Trovò, A.; Picano, F.; Guarnieri, M., JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, 227144. (2019).
• Numerical Simulations of an Isochoric Hybrid Rocket Combustion Chamber and Comparison with Tests. Barato, F.; Paccagnella, Enrico; Venturelli, G.; Pavarin, D.; Picano, F.; Lestrade, J.-Y., 8th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences. (2019).
• Particle based method and X-ray computed tomography for pore-scale flow characterization in VRFB electrodes. Maggiolo, Dario; Zanini, Filippo; Picano, Francesco; Trovò, Andrea; Carmignato, Simone; Guarnieri, Massimo, ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS, 91-96. (2019).
• Interface-resolved simulations of small inertial particles in turbulent channel flow. Costa, P.; Brandt, L.; Picano, F., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS. (2019).
• Settling of finite-size particles in turbulence at different volume fractions. Fornari, Walter; Zade, Sagar; Brandt, Luca; Picano, Francesco, ACTA MECHANICA. (2019).
• Evaporation dynamics in dilute turbulent jet sprays. Dalla Barba, F.; Picano, F., ERCOFTAC Series. (2019).
• Maximizing Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Efficiency: Strategies of Flow Rate Control. Trovò, A.; Picano, F.; Guarnieri, M., Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics – ISIE 2019. (2019).

Year 2018

• Numerical study of heat transfer in laminar and turbulent pipe flow with finite-size spherical particles. Ardekani, M. N.; Asmar, L. A.; Picano, F.; Brandt, L., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW, 189-199. (2018).
• The effect of polydispersity in a turbulent channel flow laden with finite-size particles. Fornari, Walter; Picano, Francesco; Brandt, Luca, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS. B, FLUIDS, 54-64. (2018).
• Direct and large eddy simulations of droplet condensation in turbulent warm clouds. Sardina, G.; Picano, F.; Brandt, L.; Caballero, R., ERCOFTAC Series. (2018).
• Clustering and entrainment effects on the evaporation of dilute droplets in a turbulent jet. Dalla Barba, Federico; Picano, Francesco, PHYSICAL REVIEW FLUIDS, 3. (2018).
• Effects of the finite particle size in turbulent wall-bounded flows of dense suspensions. Costa, Pedro; Picano, Francesco; Brandt, Luca; Breugem, Wim-Paul, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 450-478. (2018).
• Heat transfer in laminar Couette flow laden with rigid spherical particles. Niazi Ardekani, M.; Abouali, O.; Picano, F.; Brandt, L., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 308-334. (2018).

Year 2017

• Numerical study of turbulent channel flow laden with finite-size non-spherical particles. Brandt, Luca; Ardekani, Mehdi Niazi; Picano, Francesco; Costa, Pedro; Breugem, Wim-Paul, 10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2017. (2017).
• DNS of the evaporation of acetone droplets in a saturated turbulent jet spray. Dalla Barba, Federico; Picano, Francesco, 10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2017. (2017).
• Turbulent channel flow of a dense binary mixture of rigid particles. Lashgari, Iman; Picano, Francesco; Costa, Pedro; Breugem, Wim-Paul; Brandt, Luca, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 623-645. (2017).
• Turbulence modulation by dense suspensions in channel flows. Picano, Francesco; Costa, Pedro; Breugem, Wim-Paul; Brandt, Luca, 10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2017. (2017).
• Lattice-Boltzmann and Lagrange Particle Tracking methods based on porous medium X-ray Computed Tomography for analysing fluid dispersion in Flow Battery electrodes. Maggiolo, Dario; Trovò, Andrea; Picano, Francesco; Zanini, Filippo; Carmignato, Simone; Guarnieri, Massimo, Abstracts of the 21st Solid State Ionics Conference. (2017).
• Drag reduction in turbulent channel flow laden with finite-size oblate spheroids. Niazi Ardekani, M.; Costa, P.; Breugem, W.-P.; Picano, Francesco; Brandt, L., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 43-70. (2017).
• Lattice-Boltzmann and Lagrange Particle Tracking methods based on porous medium X-ray Computed Tomography for analysing fluid dispersion in Flow Battery electrodes. Maggiolo, Dario; Trovò, Andrea; Picano, Francesco; Zanini, Filippo; Carmignato, Simone; Guarnieri, Massimo, Abstracts of the VII Coupled Problems. (2017).

Year 2016

• The effect of particle density in turbulent channel flow laden with finite size particles in semi-dilute conditions. Fornari, W.; Formenti, A.; Picano, Francesco; Brandt, L., PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 28, 033301. (2016).
• Lattice-Boltzmann simulations of two phase flows in Fuel Cell Gas Diffusion Layers. Maggiolo, Dario; Picano, Francesco; Toschi, Federico; Guarnieri, Massimo, Abstract of 11th European Fluid Mechanics Conference. (2016).
• Characterization of fluid flow dispersion in electrodes by means of computed tomography and Lattice-Boltzmann simulations. Maggiolo, Dario; Trovò, Andrea; Picano, Francesco; Zanini, Filippo; Carmignato, Simone; Guarnieri, Massimo, Abstracts of the 8th German-Italian-Japanese Meeting of Electrochemistry. (2016).
• Channel flow of rigid sphere suspensions: Particle dynamics in the inertial regime. Lashgari, Iman; Picano, Francesco; Breugem, Wim-Paul; Brandt, Luca, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, 12-24. (2016).
• Rheology of Confined Non-Brownian Suspensions. Fornari, Walter; Brandt, Luca; Chaudhuri, Pinaki; Lopez, Cyan Umbert; Mitra, Dhrubaditya; Picano, Francesco, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 116, 018301. (2016).
• Sedimentation of finite-size spheres in quiescent and turbulent environments. Fornari, Walter; Picano, Francesco; Brandt, Luca, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 640-669. (2016).
• Flow and dispersion in anisotropic porous media: A lattice-Boltzmann study. Maggiolo, Dario; Picano, Francesco; Guarnieri, Massimo, PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 28, 102001. (2016).
• Reduced particle settling speed in turbulence. Fornari, Walter; Picano, Francesco; Sardina, Gaetano; Brandt, Luca, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 153-167. (2016).
• Universal Scaling Laws for Dense Particle Suspensions in Turbulent Wall-Bounded Flows. Costa, Pedro; Picano, Francesco; Brandt, Luca; Breugem, Wim-Paul, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 117. (2016).
• Batterie redox al vanadio: una soluzione per l’accumulo stazionario di energia elettrica. Moro, Federico; Alotto, Piergiorgio; Bertucco, Alberto; Bortolin, Stefano; Del Col, Davide; Giomo, Monica; Maggiolo, Dario; Picano, Francesco; Trovò, Andrea; Guarnieri, Massimo, Memorie Unità Gruppo Elettrotecnica. (2016).
• Characterization of Fluid Flow Dispersion in Electrodes by Means of Computed Tomography and Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations. Maggiolo, Dario; Trovò, Andrea; Picano, Francesco; Zanini, Filippo; Carmignato, Simone; Guarnieri, Massimo, PRIME Pacific Rim Meeting 2016 – Meeting Program. (2016).
• Numerical Simulation of an Isochoric Combustion Chamber for Hybrid Rocket Propulsion. Barato, F.; Paccagnella, E.; Venturelli, G.; Scarpa, Michele; Picano, F.; Pavarin, D.; Lestrade, J.-Y., Space Propulsion 2016. (2016).
• Turbulent flow of a suspension of rigid spherical particles in plane channels. Brandt, Luca; Picano, Francesco; Breugem, Wim-Paul, Springer Proceedings in Physics, 311-315. (2016).

Year 2015

• Flow regimes of inertial suspensions of finite size particles. Lashgari, I.; Picano, F.; Breugem, W.-P.; Brandt, L., Proceedings – 15th European Turbulence Conference, ETC 2015. (2015).
• Turbulent channel flow of dense suspensions of neutrally buoyant spheres. Picano, Francesco; Breugem, Wim-Paul; Brandt, Luca, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 463-487. (2015).
• Numerical simulations of aggregate breakup in bounded and unbounded turbulent flows. Bäbler, Matthäus U.; Biferale, Luca; Brandt, Luca; Feudel, Ulrike; Guseva, Ksenia; Lanotte, Alessandra S.; Marchioli, Cristian; Picano, Francesco; Sardina, Gaetano; Soldati, Alfredo; Toschi, Federico, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 104-128. (2015).
• A Lattice-Boltzmann Model of mass transport in the diffusion layers of Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. Maggiolo, Dario; Picano, Francesco; Guarnieri, Massimo, 228th ECS Meeting Abstracts. (2015).
• Mechanics of dense suspensions in turbulent channel flows. Picano, F.; Costa, P.; Breugem, W.-P.; Brandt, L., Proceedings – 15th European Turbulence Conference, ETC 2015. (2015).
• Fractal scaling of turbulent premixed flame fronts: Application to LES. Battista, F.; Troiani, G.; Picano, Francesco, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW, 78-87. (2015).
• Exact regularized point particle method for multi-phase flows in the two-way coupling regime. Gualtieri, P.; Picano, Francesco; Sardina, G.; Casciola, C. M., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 520-561. (2015).
• Transition and self-sustained turbulence in dilute suspensions of finite-size particles. Lashgari, I.; Picano, Francesco; Brandt, L., THEORETICAL & APPLIED MECHANICS LETTERS, 5, 121-125. (2015).
• Continuous Growth of Droplet Size Variance due to Condensation in Turbulent Clouds. Sardina, Gaetano; Picano, Francesco; Brandt, Luca; Caballero, Rodrigo, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 115, 184501. (2015).
• Direct numerical simulation of hydrogen-carbon monoxide turbulent premixed flame. ERCOFTAC Series. (2015).
• Curvature Effects in Turbulent Premixed Flames of H2/Air: a DNS Study with Reduced Chemistry. Rocco, G.; Battista, F.; Picano, Francesco; Troiani, G.; Casciola, C. M., FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 359-379. (2015).
• Application of the Lattice-Boltzmann Method for Modeling All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. Maggiolo, Dario; Picano, Francesco; Marion, Andrea; Guarnieri, Massimo, Particle-based Methods IV – Fundamentals and Applications. (2015).
• Transition to Turbulence in the Presence of Finite Size Particles. Lashgari, Iman; Picano, Francesco; Breugem, Wim-Paul; Brandt, Luca, PROCEDIA IUTAM, 211-217. (2015).

Year 2014

• Turbulent mixing of a slightly supercritical van der Waals fluid at low-Mach number. Battista, F.; Picano, Francesco; Casciola, C. M., PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 055101. (2014).
• The effect of the Basset history force on particle clustering in homogeneous and isotropic turbulence. Olivieri, S.; Picano, Francesco; Sardina, G.; Iudicone, D.; Brandt, L., PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 041704. (2014).
• Laminar, Turbulent, and Inertial Shear-Thickening Regimes in Channel Flow of Neutrally Buoyant Particle Suspensions. Lashgari, Iman; Picano, Francesco; Breugem, Wim-Paul; Brandt, Luca, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. (2014).
• Statistics of Particle Accumulation in Spatially Developing Turbulent Boundary Layers. Sardina, G.; Picano, Francesco; Schlatter, P.; Brandt, L.; Casciola, C. M., FLOW TURBULENCE AND COMBUSTION, 27-40. (2014).

Year 2013

• Effects of polymer additives on turbophoresis in a turbulent channel flow. Sardina, G.; Nowbahar, A.; Picano, Francesco; Brandt, L., Proceedings of European Turbulence Conference 14. (2013).
• Numerical studies of inertial suspensions of non-Brownian rigid spheres: Steady and periodic shear. Brandt, L.; Rabault, J.; Picano, Francesco, Abstract Book of 85th Annual Meeting of The Society of Rheology. (2013).
• DNS of turbulent channel flows laden with finite-size particles at high volume fractions. Picano, Francesco; Breugem, W.-P.; Brandt, L., Proceedings of European Turbulence Conference 14. (2013).
• Shear Thickening in Non-Brownian Suspensions: An Excluded Volume Effect. Picano, Francesco; Breugem, W.-P.; Mitra, D.; Brandt, L., PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. (2013).
• Curvature and velocity strain dependencies of burning speed in a turbulent premixed jet flame. Troiani, G.; Battista, F.; Picano, Francesco; Casciola, C. M., Proceedings of European Turbulence Conference 14. (2013).
• Rheological properties and microstructure in suspensions of ellipsoidal particles. Picano, Francesco, Book of Abstract, Particles in Turbulence 2013. (2013).
• Turbulent consumption speed via local dilatation rate measurements in a premixed bunsen jet. Troiani, G.; Battista, F.; Picano, Francesco, COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 2029-2037. (2013).
• Turbulence-Combustion Interaction in H2-CO/Air Bunsen Flame. Battista, F.; Picano, Francesco; Troiani, G.; Casciola, C. M., Proceedings of European Turbulence Conference 14. (2013).
• Direct numerical simulation of hydrogen-carbon monoxide turbulent premixed flame. Battista, F.; Picano, Francesco; Troiani, G.; Casciola, C. M., Proceedings of Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation 9. (2013).
• Turbophoresis attenuation in a turbulent channel flow with polymer additives. Nowbahar, Arash; Sardina, Gaetano; Picano, Francesco; Brandt, Luca, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 706-719. (2013).
• Clustering and turbulence modulation in particle laden shear flows. Gualtieri, P.; Picano, Francesco; Sardina, G.; Casciola, C. M., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 134-162. (2013).
• Active suspensions in thin films: nutrient uptake and swimmer motion. Lambert, R. A.; Picano, Francesco; Breugem, W.-P.; Brandt, L., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 528-557. (2013).
• Breakup of small aggregates in bounded and unbounded turbulent flows. Bäbler, M.; Biferale, L.; Brandt, L.; Feudel, U.; Guseva, K.; Lanotte, A.; Marchioli, C.; Pecile, E.; Picano, Francesco; Sardina, G.; Soldati, A.; Toschi, F., Proceedings of European Turbulence Conference 14. (2013).
• The sharp interface limit of the Cahn-Hilliard/Navier-Stokes model for binary fluids. Magaletti, F.; Picano, Francesco; Chinappi, M.; Marino, L.; Casciola, C. M., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 95-126. (2013).

Year 2012

• Mass flux and particle motion in an active suspension. Lambert, R. A.; Picano, Francesco; Breugem, W.-P.; Brandt, L., Book of Abstract of 9th European Fluid Mechanics Conference. (2012).
• Statistics of particle pair relative velocity in the homogeneous shear flow. Gualtieri, P.; Picano, Francesco; Sardina, G.; Casciola, C. M., PHYSICA D-NONLINEAR PHENOMENA, 245-250. (2012).
• Transport of Inertial Particles in Turbulent Jets. Picano, Francesco; Sardina, G.; Gualtieri, P.; Casciola, C. M., Progress in Turbulence and Wind Energy IV. (2012).
• Exact regularized point particle method for particle-laden flows in the two-way coupling regime. Gualtieri, P.; Picano, Francesco; Sardina, G.; Casciola, C. M., Proceedings of Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer 7. (2012).
• Wall accumulation and spatial localization in particle-laden wall flows. Sardina, G.; Schlatter, P.; Brandt, L.; Picano, Francesco; Casciola, C. M., JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 50-78. (2012).