Research Interests Micro-particle/bubble transport in turbulent flow in complex geometries. Turbulence dynamics and associated energy mechanisms in separated flows. Superhydrophobic surfaces and their effect on drag and turbulent flow characteristics. @: jp.mollicone@uniroma1.it
Work Experience
Research Fellow - Sapienza, University of Rome - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Current) Lecturer - Temple
University (Philadelphia, US), Rome Campus - Teaching of “Engineering
Dynamics” and “Mechanics of Solids” courses (Current) Research Scholarship - University of Padua, Department of Industrial Engineering (2016) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics - Sapienza, University of Rome, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2012-2016) Bachelor's degree (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering (Structural Mechanics and Thermo-fluids) - University of Malta – Faculty of Engineering (2008 – 2012) Engineering Design Assistant - Methode Electronics Malta Ltd. (2011-2012) Engineering Workshop Assistant - Playmobil Malta Ltd. (2010)
Publications - Mollicone, J.-P., Battista, F., Gualtieri, P., & Casciola, C. M.
(2018). Turbulence dynamics in separated flows: the generalised Kolmogorov
equation for inhomogeneous anisotropic conditions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
841, 1012-1039. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.114
- Costantini, R., Mollicone, J.-P., & Battista, F. (2018). Drag
reduction induced by superhydrophobic surfaces in turbulent pipe flow. Physics
of Fluids, 30(2), 025102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5011805
- Battista, F., Gualtieri, P., Mollicone, J.-P., & Casciola, C. M.
(2018). Application of the Exact Regularized Point Particle method (ERPP) to
particle laden turbulent shear flows in the two-way coupling regime. International Journal of Multiphase Flow.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2018.01.006
- Mollicone, J.-P., Battista, F., Gualtieri, P., & Casciola, C. M.
(2017). Effect of geometry and Reynolds number on the turbulent separated flow
behind a bulge in a channel. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 823, 100-133. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.255
- Mollicone, J.-P., Battista, F., Gualtieri, P., & Casciola, C. M.
(2016). Energy fluxes in turbulent separated flows. Journal of Physics:
Conference Series (Vol. 759, No. 1, p. 012003). IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/759/1/012003
Conferences - 2018: EUROMECH Colloquium 596 - Numerical simulations of flows with particles, bubbles & droplets (EC596, Venice). Turbulent transport of micro-bubbles and micro-particles in complex geometries
- 2017: Direct and Large Eddy Simulation 11 (DLES11, Pisa). DNS of separated flow: scale-by-scale analysis
- 2016: European Fluid Mechanics Conference 11 (EFMC11, Seville). Scale-by-scale turbulence dynamics in an obstructed channel
- 2015: Direct and Large Eddy Simulation 10 (DLES10, Limassol). DNS of a lower curved wall channel: turbulent separation
- 2015: Turbulence Heat and Mass Transfer 15 (THMT15, Sarajevo). Turbulence dynamics in the separated region of channel flow with a lower curved wall
- 2015: European Turbulence Conference 15 (ETC15, Delft). Turbulent separation in lower curved wall channels
- 2014: European Fluid Mechanics Conference 10 (EFMC10, Copenhagen). Turbulence dynamics in the separation bubble on a lower curved wall channel
Awards/Grants -
PhD scholarship after ranked, public competition
with written and oral exams (Sapienza, 2012)
- “Avvio
alla Ricerca”, funding for young researchers (Sapienza, 2014)
- Principal Investigator (PI) in three ISCRA C (Italian Super Computing Resource Allocation)
- Group member in three ISCRA B (Italian Super Computing Resource Allocation)
- Group member in two PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe)
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