Gaetano Sardina

Associate Professor at Fluid Dynamics

Gaetano Sardina is Associate Professor in Sustainable Process Engineering, with emphasis on numerical simulations of multiphase flows. The main focus of his research is the transport of particles, droplets and bubbles in Newtonian and complex flows. His research spans from industrial to environmental and biological applications. Additional areas of specific interest involve transport in porous media and cloud microphysics.

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Publications (25)
Projects (7)

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2022

Validation of an immersed boundary framework for urban flows

Patricia Vanky, Andreas Mark, Marie Haeger-Eugensson et al

Proceedings of the Conference on Modelling Fluid Flow CMFF’22. Vol. 18, p. 237-245

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2022

A multiscale methodology for small-scale bubble dynamics in turbulence

Niklas Hidman, Henrik Ström, Srdjan Sasic et al

International Journal of Multiphase Flow. Vol. 150

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2022

Solids back-mixing in the transport zone of circulating fluidized bed boilers

Tove Djerf, David Pallarès, Filip Johnsson et al

Chemical Engineering Journal. Vol. 428

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2022

Modelling the direct virus exposure risk associated with respiratory events

Jietuo Wang, Federico Dalla Barba, Alessio Roccon et al

Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Vol. 19 (186), p. 20210819-20210819

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2022

In-Line Monitoring of Carbon Dioxide Capture with Sodium Hydroxide in a Customized 3D-Printed Reactor without Forced Mixing

Emmanouela Leventaki, Francisco Baena-Moreno, Gaetano Sardina et al

Sustainability. Vol. 14 (17)

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2021

Assessment of hindered diffusion in arbitrary geometries using a multiphase DNS framework

Ananda Subramani Kannan, Andreas Mark, Dario Maggiolo et al

Chemical Engineering Science. Vol. 230

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2021

Key parameters for droplet evaporation and mixing at the cloud edge

J. Fries, Gaetano Sardina, G. Svensson et al

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. Vol. 147 (737), p. 2160-2172

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2021

A hydrodynamic basis for off-axis Brownian diffusion under intermediate confinements in micro-channels

Ananda Subramani Kannan, Andreas Mark, Dario Maggiolo et al

International Journal of Multiphase Flow. Vol. 143

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2021

Estimating time and length scales of indirect transmission of respiratory diseases

Gaetano Sardina, Francesco Picano

Bulletin of the American Physical Society. Vol. 66

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2021

The Knudsen Paradox in Micro-Channel Poiseuille Flows with a Symmetric Particle

Ananda Subramani Kannan, Tejas Sharma Bangalore Narahari, Yashas Bharadhwaj et al

Applied Sciences. Vol. 11 (1), p. 1-13

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2020

Numerical Frameworks for Laser-Induced Cavitation: Is Interface Supersaturation a Plausible Primary Nucleation Mechanism?

Niklas Hidman, Gaetano Sardina, Dario Maggiolo et al

Crystal Growth & Design. Vol. 20 (11), p. 7276-7290

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2020

Water transport and absorption in pharmaceutical tablets – a numerical study

Povilas Vaitukaitis, Dario Maggiolo, Johan Remmelgas et al

Meccanica. Vol. 55 (2), p. 421-433

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2019

Role of large-scale advection and small-scale turbulence on vertical migration of gyrotactic swimmers

Cristian Marchioli, Harshit Bhatia, Gaetano Sardina et al

Physical Review Fluids. Vol. 4

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2019

Laser-induced vapour bubble as a means for crystal nucleation in supersaturated solutions - Formulation of a numerical framework

Niklas Hidman, Gaetano Sardina, Dario Maggiolo et al

Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow. Vol. 1 (4)

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2019

Assessing the ability of the Eulerian-Eulerian and the Eulerian-Lagrangian frameworks to capture meso-scale dynamics in bubbly flows

Gaetano Sardina, Klas Jareteg, Henrik Ström et al

Chemical Engineering Science. Vol. 201, p. 58-73

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2019

A continuum-based multiphase DNS method for studying the Brownian dynamics of soot particles in a rarefied gas

Ananda Subramani Kannan, Vasilis Naserentin, Andreas Mark et al

Chemical Engineering Science. Vol. 210

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2019

A novel multiphase DNS method for the resolution of Brownian motion in a weakly rarefied gas using a continuum framework

Ananda Subramani Kannan, Vasilis Naserentin, Andreas Mark et al

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2019

On the time scales and structure of Lagrangian intermittency in homogeneous isotropic turbulence

Romain Watteaux, Gaetano Sardina, Luca Brandt et al

Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Vol. 867, p. 438-481

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2019

Numerical simulation of a laser-induced vapour bubble for crystal nucleation at low supersaturation levels

Niklas Hidman, Gaetano Sardina, Dario Maggiolo et al

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2018

Broadening of Cloud Droplet Size Spectra by Stochastic Condensation: Effects of Mean Updraft Velocity and CCN Activation

Gaetano Sardina, Stéphane Poulain, Luca Brandt et al

Journals of the Atmospheric Sciences. Vol. 75 (2), p. 451-467

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2018

Buoyancy-Driven Flow through a Bed of Solid Particles Produces a New Form of Rayleigh-Taylor Turbulence

Gaetano Sardina, Luca Brandt, G. Boffetta et al

Physical Review Letters. Vol. 121 (22)

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2018

The occurrence of meso-scale structures in bubbly flows

Gaetano Sardina, Klas Jareteg, Henrik Ström et al

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2017

Sedimentation of inertia-less prolate spheroids in homogenous isotropic turbulence with application to non-motile phytoplankton

M. N. Ardekani, Gaetano Sardina, L. Brandt et al

Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Vol. 831, p. 655-674

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2017

THE NATURE OF INSTABILITIES IN BUBBLY FLOWS/ A COMPARISON BETWEEN EULERIAN-EULERIAN AND EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN APPROACHES

Gaetano Sardina, Klas Jareteg, Henrik Ström et al

Conference Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Multiphase Flows in Industrial plants (MFIP17)

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2017

Assessment of pore diffusion in a micro-channel using an immersed boundary method

Ananda Subramani Kannan, Andreas Mark, Fredrik Edelvik et al

Conference Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Multiphase Flows in Industrial plants (MFIP17)

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2023–2026

Virtual Clouds: investigating and modelling the role of turbulence on cloud microphysics using multiscale numerical techniques