Flow visualisation sits where science meets art. These posters, videos and images come from BioFSILab’s simulations of vortices, wakes and bio-inspired flows.
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Separated vortex ring above a three-dimensional porous disc Chandan Bose · ARCHER2 2024 · Winning Early Career entryFormation of a reverse Kármán vortex street in the wake of a morphing wing Hibah Saddal and Chandan Bose · ARCHER2 2025 · Winning ImageChaos in the vortex street: wake deflection by a partially flexible trailing edge Hibah Saddal · ARCHER2 2026Bending with the vortex: morphing response of a foil with graded chordwise flexibility to a vortical gust Hibah Saddal · ARCHER2 2026Comparison of vortex evolution over pitching forward and backward swept wings Ethan Warman, Lois Martin and Chandan Bose · ARCHER2 2025Vortices in motion: the hidden dynamics of a pitching forward swept wing Ethan Warman, Lois Martin and Chandan Bose · ARCHER2 2025Squid-inspired flexible nozzle for underwater propulsion Paras Singh, Daehyun Choi, Gourav Samal, Halley Wallace, Saad Bhamla and Chandan Bose · ARCHER2 2025Wake dynamics of bio-inspired vertical-axis wind turbine rotors Manu Aryal, Manabendra M. De and Chandan Bose · ARCHER2 2025Unsteady evolution of leading-edge vortices from a covert-inspired flexible flap Hibah Saddal and Chandan Bose · ARCHER2 2025Vortex shedding induced by multiple covert-inspired flaps Hibah Saddal and Chandan Bose · ARCHER2 2025Flow around a peregrine falcon and barn owl during gust encounters Hibah Saddal, Lucky Jayswal and Chandan Bose · ARCHER2 2025Deflected wake of a partially trailing-edge flexible aerofoil Hibah Saddal and Chandan Bose · ARCHER2 2025
Wing-Wake Interactions across Different Butterfly SpeciesGallery of Fluid Motion poster, 2026 · Arjun Shergill, Siddharth D. Sharma, Somnath Roy and Chandan BoseWake Dynamics of an Actively Deforming Owl WingGallery of Fluid Motion poster, 2026 · Yukesh Karki and Chandan BoseVortical Gust Interaction of Morphing Foils with Graded Chordwise FlexibilityGallery of Fluid Motion poster, 2026 · Hibah Saddal and Chandan BoseChaotic Manifolds behind a Flapping FoilGallery of Fluid Motion poster · Chandan Bose, Sayan Gupta and Sunetra Sarkar, IIT MadrasOpenFOAM Journal Cover, 2021Simulation featured on the cover of the OpenFOAM Journal, 2021OpenFOAM Journal Cover, Vol. 2 (2022)Wake streamlines behind a disk on the cover of the OpenFOAM Journal, Vol. 2
The Aerodynamic Afterlife of a Butterfly’s WingbeatBASIC 2026 · 1st place, Best Video and 3rd place, Best Image (simulation category) · Arjun Shergill and Chandan Bose, with support from Prof. Somnath Roy’s group, IIT Kharagpur · Read moreSquid-Inspired Flexible Nozzle for Underwater PropulsionAPS DFD 2025 Gallery of Fluid Motion (V029) · Paras Singh, Daehyun Choi, Halley J. Wallace, Gourav Samal, William Gilly, Saad Bhamla and Chandan Bose · Gallery entry · Watch on YouTubeTransition from Order to Chaos in the Wake of a Flapping AirfoilGallery of Fluid Motion video · Watch on YouTubeVortices in Motion: the Hidden Dynamics of a Pitching Forward Swept WingARCHER2 Image & Video Competition 2025 · Ethan Warman, Lois Martin and Chandan Bose · Watch on YouTubeSquid-Inspired Flexible Nozzle for Underwater Propulsion (ARCHER2 entry)ARCHER2 Image & Video Competition 2025 · Paras Singh, Daehyun Choi, Gourav Samal, Halley Wallace, Saad Bhamla and Chandan Bose · Watch on YouTubeWake Dynamics of Bio-Inspired Vertical Axis Wind Turbine RotorsARCHER2 Image & Video Competition 2025 · Manu Aryal, Manabendra M. De and Chandan Bose · Watch on YouTubeFlow Around a Peregrine Falcon and Barn Owl during Gust EncountersARCHER2 Image & Video Competition 2025 · Hibah Saddal, Lucky Jayswal and Chandan Bose · Watch on YouTubeDeflected Wake of a Partially Trailing-Edge Flexible AerofoilARCHER2 Image & Video Competition 2025 · Hibah Saddal and Chandan Bose · Watch on YouTube
