People
- Permanent members
- Senior Researchers and Postdocs.
- Roger Ayats López.
E-mail: roger.ayats
upc.edu .
Postdoc at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria
(ISTA), roger.ayatslopez@ist.ac.at
- PhD Students
- Baoying Wang.
E-mail: baoying.wang
upc.edu
- Former Group Members
- Josefina Antonijuan Rull. Associate professor of Applied
Maths, at UPC.
-
Joana d'Arc Prat Farran. Associate professor of Applied
Maths, at UPC.
- Marc Avila Canyellas.
Head of the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity
(ZARM), Professor for Fluid Mechanics at the Faculty of Production
Engineering of the University of Bremen, Germany.
- Daniel Crespo Artiaga.
Professor, Applied Physics, UPC.
- Esteban Meca Alvarez. Ayudante doctor, Universidad de Cordoba.
- Antonio Rubio. Instructor, Math Department, Arizona State
University.
- Odalys Sánchez Casals.
E-mail: odlyss
gmail.com
- Ferran García González.
E-mail: fernando.garcia-gonzalez
upc.edu .
Serra Húnter Fellow, Dep. of Fluid Mechanics, UPC.
- José Manuel López Alonso.
Profesor Ayudante Doctor, Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica,
Térmica y de Fluidos, Universidad de Málaga,
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- Carles Panades Guinart.
Senior Data Scientist at Sage AI Labs.
Selected Publications
Years: 1990, 1991,
1992, 1993, 1994,
1995, 1996, 1997,
1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011, 2012,
2013, 2014, 2015,
2016, 2017, 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021,
2022, 2023.
Note: The articles may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other
use requires prior permission of the author and of the publisher.
2023:
- Lopez, Jose M., Lopez, Juan M. and
Marques, F.. `Stably Stratified Taylor-Couette flows,'
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A,
381(2246), 20220115 (2023).
- Marques, F. and Lopez, Juan M..
`Impact of non-uniform ambient stratification on thermal plume dynamics,'
Physical Review Fluids
, 8(2), 023903, 25pp (2023).
Sarwar, W., El Mansy, R., Bergadà, J.M.
and Mellibovsky, F.
`Characteristic spanwise length scales of streamwise vortical structures in
the wake of a circular cylinder at Re=1500 measured via global and local
approaches,' Computers & Fluids, 251, 105760 (2023).
Wang, B., Mellibovsky, F., Ayats, R.,
Deguchi, K. and Meseguer, A. `Mean structure of the
supercritical turbulent spiral regime in Taylor-Couette flow,'
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A,
381(2246), 20220112 (2023).
2022:
- Alonso, A., Mercader, M., Batiste, O. and
Vega, J. `Analyzing slightly inclined cylindrical binary fluid
convection via higher order dynamic mode decomposition,' SIAM
Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 21(3), 2148-2186 (2022).
- El Mansy, R., Bergadà, J.M., Sarwar, W.
and Mellibovsky, F. `Aerodynamic performances and wake topology past
a square cylinder in the interface of two different-velocity streams,'
Physics of Fluids, 34 (6), 064106 (2022).
- El Mansy, R., Sarwar, W., Bergadà, J.M.
and Mellibovsky, F.
`Square cylinder in the interface of two different velocity streams',
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 950, A30 (2022).
- Lopez, Juan M. and Marques, F.
`Stratified Taylor-Couette flow: Nonlinear dynamics,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 930, 10 January 2022, A2,
31pp (2022).
- Sánchez Umbría, J. and
Net, M. `Thermal convection in rotating spherical geometry: A numerical
overview of the transitions from periodic axisymmetric to temporally complex
three-dimensional flows,'
Physical Review E, 106, 065102(12) (2022).
- Sánchez Umbría, J. and
Net, M. `Bifurcations to quasiperiodicity of the torsional solutions
of convection in rotating fluid spheres: Techniques and results,'
Physics of Fluids, 34, 114112 (2022).
- Tousi, N.M., Bergadà, J.M. and
Mellibovsky, F. `Large Eddy Simulation of optimal Synthetic Jet
Actuation on a SD7003 airfoil in post-stall conditions',
Aerospace Science and Technology, 127, 107679 (2022).
- Wang, B., Ayats, R., Meseguer, A. and
Marques, F. `Phase-locking flows between orthogonally stretching
parallel plates,'
Physics of Fluids
, 34(11) 114111, 30pp (2022).
Wang, B., Ayats, R., Deguchi, K.,
Mellibovsky, F. and Meseguer, A. `Self-sustainment of coherent
structures in counter-rotating Taylor-Couette flow,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 951, A21 (2022).
2021:
- Ayats R., Marques F., Meseguer
A. and Weidman P.D.
`Flows between orthogonally stretching parallel plates,'
Physics of Fluids, 33(2), 024103, 14pp (2021)
- Bergadà, J.M.,
Baghaei, M., Prakash, B., and Mellibovsky, F.
`Fluidic Oscillators, Feedback Channel Effect under Compressible
Flow Conditions,' Sensors, 21(17), 5768 (2021)
- Choueiri, G.H., Lopez, Jose M.,
Varshney, A., Sankar, S. and Hof, Björn.
`Experimental observation of the origin and structure of elastoinertial
turbulence,' PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
118(45), e2102350118 (2021)
- Sánchez, J. and Net, M.
`Three-dimensional quasiperiodic torsional flows in rotating spherical
fluids at very low Prandtl numbers,'
Physics of Fluids, 33, 114103 (2021)
- Sánchez J. and Net, M.
`Continuation of Double Hopf Points in Thermal Convection of Rotating
Fluid Spheres,' SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems,
20, 208-231 (2021)
- Sarwar, W.,
Bergadà, J.M., and Mellibovsky, F. `Onset of temporal
dynamics within a low reynolds-number laminar fluidic oscillator,'
Applied Mathematical Modelling, 95, 219-235 (2021)
- Sarwar W., Mellibovsky F., Alam M.
and Zafar F.
`Transition to Periodic Behaviour of Flow Past a Circular Cylinder
under the Action of Fluidic Actuation in the Transitional Regime,'
Energies, 14(16), 5069 (2021)
- Tousia, N.M., Coma, M.,
Bergadà, J.M., Pons-Prats, J., Mellibovsky, F. and Bugeda, G.
`Active flow control optimisation on SD7003 airfoil at pre and
post-stall angles of attack using synthetic jets,'
Applied Mathematical Modelling, 98, 435-464 (2021)
2020:
- An, B., Mellibovsky, F., Bergadà, J.M.
and Sang, W.M. `Towards a better understanding of wall-driven square
cavity flows using the lattice Boltzmann method,'
Applied Mathematical Modelling, 82, 469-486 (2020)
- An, B., Bergadà, J.M., Mellibovsky,
F., Sang, W.M. and Xi, C. `Numerical investigation on the flow around a
square cylinder with an upstream splitter plate at low Reynolds numbers,'
Meccanica, 55(5), 1037-1059 (2020)
- An, B., Bergadà, J.M., Mellibovsky, F.
and Sang, W.M. `New applications of numerical simulation based on lattice
Boltzmann method at high Reynolds numbers,' Computers & Mathematics
with Applications, 79(6), 1718-1741 (2020)
- Ayats R., Deguchi K., Mellibovsky
F. and Meseguer A.
`Fully nonlinear mode competition in magnetised Taylor–Couette flow,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 897, A14, 28pp (2020)
- Ayats R., Meseguer A. and
Mellibovsky F.
`Symmetry-breaking waves and space-time modulation mechanisms in
two-dimensional plane Poiseuille flow,'
Physical Review Fluids, 5, 094401, 21pp (2020)
- Jose M. Lopez, D. Feldmann, M. Rampp,
A. Vela-Martin, Liang Shi, Marc Avila.
`nsCouette -- A high-performance code for direct numerical simulations of
turbulent Taylor-Couette flow,' SoftwareX,
11, 100395 (2020)
- Lopez, Juan M. and Marques, F.
`Impact of centrifugal buoyancy on strato-rotational instability,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 890, A9, 19pp (2020)
- Sánchez J., Net, M. and
Vega J.M.
`Analyzing thermal convection in a two-dimensional circular annulus
via spatio-temporal Koopman decomposition,'
Physica D, 402, 132257, 13pp (2020)
- Sarwar, W. and Mellibovsky, F.
`Characterisation of three-dimensional vortical structures in the
wake past a circular cylinder in the transitional regime,'
Physics of Fluids, 32, 074104 (2020)
2019
- An, B., Bergadà, J.M. and Mellibovsky,
F. `The lid-driven right-angled isosceles triangular cavity flow,'
J. Fluid Mech., 875, 476-519 (2019)
- Marques, F. and Meseguer, A.
`Extensional and torsional pipe flow,'
Physical Review Fluids, 4, 103908, 24pp (2019).
- Mercader I., Batiste O., Alonso A., and
Knobloch E. 'Effect of small inclination on binary convection
in elongated rectangular cells,' Physical Review E,
99, 023113, 17pp (2019)
- Sánchez, J., Net, M.
'Stationary flows and periodic dynamics of binary mixtures in tall
laterally heated slots,' in Computational Modelling of
Bifurcations and Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics.
Ed. A. Gelfgat, Springer; 171-216 (2019).
- Sánchez, J. and Net, M.
'Torsional solutions of convection in rotating fluid spheres ,'
Physical Review Fluids, 4, 013501, 22p (2019)
2018
- Alonso A., Mercader I., and Batiste O.
'Time-dependent patterns in quasivertical cylindrical binary convection,'
Physical Review E, 97, 023108, 11pp (2018).
- Lopez, Juan M. and Marques, F.
`Rapidly rotating precessing cylinder flows: forced triadic resonances,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 839, 239-270 (2018).
- Mellibovsky, Fernando; Prat, Joana;
Notti, Emilio; Sala, A. 'Otterboard hydrodynamic performance
testing in flume tank and wind tunnel facilities,'
Ocean Engineering, 149, 238-244 (2018).
- Sánchez, J., Net, M. 'Prandtl
number dependence of convective fluids in tall laterally heated
slots,' European Physical Journal Special Topics, 227,
481-492 (2018).
2017
- Marques, F., Meseguer, A.,
Mellibovsky, F. and Weidman, P.D. 'Extensional channel flow
revisited: a dynamical systems perspective,' Proceedings of the
Royal Society A, 473, 20170151, 23pp (2017).
- Net, M. and Sánchez, J.
'Periodic orbits in tall laterally heated rectangular cavities,'
Physical Review E, 95, 023102, 9pp (2017).
2016
- Garcia, F., Net, M., Sánchez, J.
'Continuation and stability of convective modulated rotating waves in
spherical shells,'
Physical Review E, 93, 013119, 11pp (2016).
- Lopez, Juan M. and Marques, F.
'Inertial waves in rapidly rotating flows: a dynamical systems
perspective,' Physica Scripta, 91, 124001, 12pp (2016).
- Lopez, Juan M. and Marques, F.
`Nonlinear and detuning effects of the nutation angle in
precessionally-forced rotating cylinder flow,'
Physical Review Fluids, 1, 023602, 17pp (2016).
- Ritter, P., Mellibovsky, F., and
Avila, M. 'Emergence of spatio-temporal dynamics from exact
coherent solutions in pipe flow,'
New Journal of Physics, 18(8), 083031, 13pp (2016).
- Sánchez, J., Garcia, F., Net, M.
'Critical torsional modes of convection in rotating fluid spheres at
high Taylor numbers,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 791, R1, 11pp (2016).
- Sánchez, J., Garcia, F., Net, M.
'Radial collocation methods for the onset of convection in rotating spheres,'
Journal of Computational Physics, 308, 273-288 (2016).
- Sánchez, J., Net, M.
'Numerical continuation methods for large-scale dissipative dynamical systems,'
European Physical Journal Special Topics, 225,
2465-2486 (2016).
- Sánchez, O., Mercader, I., Batiste,
O. and Alonso, A.
`Natural convection in a horizontal cylinder with axial rotation,'
Physical Review E, 93, 063113, 16pp (2016).
2015
- Garcia, F., Sánchez, J.,
Dormy, E., Net, M.
`Oscillatory Convection in Rotating Spherical Shells: Low Prandtl
Number and Non-Slip Boundary Conditions,' SIAM Journal on Applied
Dynamical Systems, 14, 1787-1807 (2015).
- Lopez, Jose M., Marques, F. and
Avila, M. `Conductive and convective heat transfer in fluid
flows between differentially heated and rotating cylinders,'
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 90,
959-967 (2015).
- Lopez, Jose M. and Marques, F.
`Dynamics of axially localized states in Taylor Couette flows,'
Physical Review E, 91(5), 053011, 14pp (2015).
- Maduell F., Sánchez J., Net M.,
González J. M., et. al.
`Mathematical modeling of distinct patterns of molecule removal on
on-line haemodiafiltration. Influence of dialysis duration and
infusion flow,' Blood Purification, 39, 288-296 (2015).
- Marques, F. and Lopez, Juan M.
`Precession of a rapidly rotating cylinder flow: traverse through resonance,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 782, 63-98 (2015).
- Meca, E., Mercader, I. and
Ramirez-Piscina, L. `Transitions between symmetric and
nonsymmetric regimes in binary-mixture convection,'
Physica D-Nonlinear Phenomena, 303, 39-49 (2015).
- Mellibovsky, F., Meseguer, A. `A
mechanism for streamwise localisation of nonlinear waves in shear flows,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 779, R1, 14pp (2015).
- Mellibovsky, F., Prat, J., Notti, E.,
Sala, A. `Testing otter board hydrodynamic performances in wind tunnel
facilities,' Ocean Engineering., 104, 52-62 (2015).
- Mellibovsky, L., Prieto-Alhambra, D.,
Mellibovsky, F., et. al. `Bone Tissue Properties Measurement by Reference
Point Indentation in Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis,'
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 30(9), 1651-1656
(2015).
- Net, M., Sánchez, J.
`Continuation of Bifurcations of Periodic Orbits for Large-Scale
Systems,' SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems,
14, 674-698 (2015).
- Sánchez, O., Ruiz, X., Pujalte, M.,
Mercader, I., Batiste, O. and Gavalda, J. `On the determination
of diffusion coefficients in two-component alloys and doped
semiconductors. Several implications concerning the International
Space Station,' International Journal of Heat and Mass
Transfer, 86, 508-518 (2015).
2014
- Alonso, A., Mercader, I. and
Batiste, O. `Pattern selection near the onset of convection in
binary mixtures in cylindrical cells,' Fluid Dynamics
Research, 46, 041418, 18pp (2014).
- Curbelo, J., Lopez, Juan M., Mancho,
A. M. and Marques, F. `Confined rotating convection with large
Prandtl number: Centrifugal effects on wall modes,'
Physical Review E, 89(1), 013019, 8pp (2014).
- Deguchi, K., Meseguer, A. and
Mellibovsky, F. `Subcritical Equilibria in Taylor-Couette Flow,'
Physical Review Letters, 112(18), 184502, 5pp (2014).
- Dijkstra, H. A., Wubs, F. W.,
Cliffe, A. K., et. al. `Numerical BifurcationMethods and their
Application to Fluid Dynamics: Analysis beyond Simulation,'
Communications in Computational Physics, 15(1), 1-45
(2014).
- Garcia, F., Sánchez, J. Net, M.
`Numerical simulations of thermal convection in rotating spherical
shells under laboratory conditions,'
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 230,
28-44 (2014).
- Garcia F., Bonaventura, L., Net M.,
Sánchez J. `Exponential versus IMEX high-order time integrators
for thermal convection in rotating spherical shells,'
Journal of Computational Physics, 264, 41-54 (2014).
- Lopez, Juan M. and Marques, F.
`Three-dimensional instabilities in a discretely heated annular
flow: Onset of spatio-temporal complexity via defect dynamics,'
Physics of Fluids, 26, 064102, 16pp (2014).
- Lopez, Juan M.; Marques, F.
`Rapidly rotating cylinder flow with an oscillating sidewall,'
Physical Review E, 89(1), 013013, 14pp (2014).
- Marques, F. and Lopez, Juan M.
`Spontaneous generation of a swirling plume in a stratified ambient,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 761, 443-463 (2014).
- Mercader, I.; Sánchez, O. and
Batiste, O. `Secondary flows in a laterally heated horizontal cylinder,'
Physics of Fluids, 26(1), 014104, 21pp (2014).
2013
- Avila, M., Mellibovsky, F., Roland,
N. & Hof, B. `Streamwise-localized solutions at the onset of
turbulence in pipe flow,' Physical Review Letters,
110(22), 224502, 4pp (2013).
- Lopez, Jose M., Marques, F. and Avila,
M. `The Boussinesq approximation in rapidly rotating flows,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 737, 56-77 (2013). See
also arXiv:1304.5941
[physics.flu-dyn].
- Lopez, Juan M. and Marques, F.
`Instability of plumes driven by localized heating,' Journal of
Fluid Mechanics, 736, 616-640 (2013).
- Marques, F., Mellibovsky, F. and
Meseguer, A. `Fold-pitchfork bifurcation for maps with Z2
symmetry in pipe flow,' Physical Review E, 88(1),
013006, 12pp (2013).
- Marques, F., Meseguer, A., Lopez,
Juan M., Pacheco, J. R. and Lopez, Jose M. `Bifurcations with
imperfect SO(2) symmetry and pinning of rotating waves,'
Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 469, 2152, 18pp (2013).
Complementary material in
arXiv:1206.1643v1 [math.DS].
- Mercader, I., Batiste, O., Alonso, A.,
and Knobloch, E. 'Traveling convectons in binary fluid convection,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 722, 240-266 (2013).
- Panades, C., Marques, F. and
Meseguer, A. `Mode competition in cylindrical flows driven by
sidewall oscillations,' Physical Review E, 87(4),
043001, 17pp (2013).
- Sanchez, J.; Garcia, F. and Net M.
'Computation of azimuthal waves and their stability in thermal
convection in rotating spherical shells with application to the
study of a double-Hopf bifurcation,' Physical Review E,
87(3), 033014, 11pp (2013).
- Sanchez, J. and Net M.
'A parallel algorithm for the computation of invariant tori in
large-scale dissipative systems,' Physica D-Nonlinear
Phenomena, 252, 22-33 (2013).
2012
- Altmeyer, S., Do, Y., Marques, F., and
Lopez, Juan M. 'Symmetry-breaking Hopf bifurcations to 1-, 2-,
and 3-tori in small-aspect-ratio counterrotating Taylor-Couette
flow,' Physical Review E, 86, 046316, 17pp (2012).
- Knobloch, E.,
Meseguer, A., and Marques, F., Editors of
'Special issue: Bifurcations in fluid dynamics-selected papers from
the BIFD2011 Conference,' Fluid Dynamics Research, 44
(3), June 2012.
- de Lozar, A., Mellibovsky, F., Avila,
M. & Hof, B. `Edge state in pipe flow experiments,'
Physical Review Letters, 108(21), 214502 (2012).
- Mellibovsky, F., Eckhardt, B.
'From travelling waves to mild chaos: a supercritical bifurcation
cascade in pipe flow,' Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
709, 149-190 (2012).
- Net, M., Garcia, F. and Sanchez, J.
'Numerical study of the onset of thermosolutal convection in
rotating spherical shells,' Physics of Fluids, 24,
064101 (2012).
2011
- Alonso, A., Batiste, O.,
Knobloch, E., Mercader, I. `Convectons,' in Localized States
in Physics: Solitons and Patterns. Ed. O. Descalzi, M. Clerc,
S. Residori and G. Assanto; 109--125, (2011). ISBN:
978-3-642-16548-1, Springer-Verlag.
- K. Avila, D. Moxey, A. de Lozar,
M. Avila, D. Barkley & B. Hof `The onset of turbulence in pipe
flow,' Science, 333(6039), 192-196 (2011). See also
the Perspective by B. Eckhardt ,
`A critical point for turbulence,' Science 333(6039), 165-166 (2011).
- Lopez, Juan M. and Marques, F.
`Instabilities and inertial waves generated in a librating cylinder,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 687, 171-193 (2011).

- Mellibovsky, F., Eckhardt, B.
`Takens-Bogdanov bifurcation of travelling wave solutions in pipe flow'.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 670, 96-129 (2011).
- Mercader, I., Batiste, O., Alonso,
A., Knobloch, E. `Dissipative solitons in binary fluid convection,'
Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series S,
4(5), 1213-1225 (2011).
- Mercader, I., Batiste, O., Alonso, A., and
Knobloch, E. `Convectons, anticonvectons and multiconvectons in binary
fluid convection,'Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 667,
586-606 (2011).
- Pacheco, J. R., Lopez, Juan M. and Marques,
F. `Pinning of rotating waves to defects in finite Taylor-Couette flow,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 666, 254-272 (2011).
- Panades, C., Marques, F. and Lopez,
Juan M. `Transitions to three-dimensional flows in a cylinder
driven by oscillations of the sidewall,' Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 681, 193-204 (2011); see also
arXiv:1011.1029.
2010
- Avila, M., Willis, A.P. and Hof, B.
`On the transient nature of localized pipe flow turbulence,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 646, 127-136 (2010).
- Do, Y., Lopez, Juan M. and Marques, F.
`Optimal harmonic response in a confined crossflow boundary layer flow,'
Physical Review E, 82, 036301, 8pp (2010).
- Garcia, F., Net, M., García-Archilla,
B. and Sánchez J. 'A comparison of high-order time integrators
for thermal convection in rotating spherical shells,'
Journal of Computational Physics, 229, 7997-8010 (2010).
- Hof, B., de Lozar, A., Avila, M., Tu,
X. and Schneider, T.M. `Eliminating Turbulence in Spatially
Intermittent Flows,' Science, 327(5972), 1491-1494 (2010).
Supplementary Materials:
Materials and Methods,

- Lopez, Juan M. and Marques, F.
`Sidewall boundary layer instabilities in a rapidly rotating cylinder
driven by a differentially co-rotating lid,'
Physics of Fluids, 22, 114109, 10pp (2010).
- Mercader, I., Batiste, O. and Alonso A.
`An efficient spectral code for incompressible flows in cylindrical
geometries,' Computers & Fluids, 39, 215-224 (2010).
- Mercader, I., Batiste, O., Alonso
A. and Knobloch, E. `Convectons in periodic and bounded
domains,' Fluid Dynamics Research, 42, 025505, 10pp
(2010).
- Rubio, A., Lopez, Juan M. and Marques,
F. `Onset of Kuppers-Lortz-like dynamics in finite rotating
thermal convection,' Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 644, 337-357
(2010).

- Sánchez J. and Net M. `On the
multiple shooting continuation of periodic orbits by Newton-Krylov methods,'
Int. J. Bifurcation and Chaos, 20(1), 43-61 (2010).
- Sánchez J., Net M. and
Simó C. `Computation of invariant tori by Newton-Krylov
methods in large-scale dissipative systems,' Physica D,
239, 123-133 (2010).
2009
- Cui, Y. D., Lopez, Juan M., Lim,
T. T. and Marques, F. `Harmonically forced enclosed swirling
flow,' Physics of Fluids, 21(3), 034106, 10pp (2009).

- Lopez, Juan M. and Marques, F.
`Centrifugal effects in rotating convection: nonlinear dynamics,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 628, 269-297 (2009).

- Lopez, Juan M., Marques, F.,
Rubio, A. M. and Avila, M. `Crossflow instability of finite
Bodewadt flows: transients and spiral waves,' Physics of
Fluids, 21, 114107, 9pp (2009).

- Mellibovsky, F., Meseguer, A.
`Critical threshold in pipe flow transition' Philos. Transact. A Math.
Phys. Eng. Sci., 367, 545-560 (2009).
- Mellibovsky, F., Meseguer, A., Schneider, T. M.
and Eckhardt, B. `Transition in Localized Pipe Flow Turbulence'
Physical Review Letters, 103, 054502, 4pp (2009).
- Mercader, I., Batiste, O.,
Alonso A. and Knobloch E. `Localized pinning states in closed
containers: Homoclinic snaking without bistability,' Physical
Review E, 80(2), 025201, 7pp (2009).
- Meseguer, A., Mellibovsky, F.,
Avila, M. and Marques, F. `Instability mechanisms and transition
scenarios of spiral turbulence in Taylor-Couette flow,'
Physical Review E, 80, 046315, 4pp (2009).

- Meseguer, A., Mellibovsky, F.,
Avila, M. and Marques, F. `Families of subcritical spirals in
highly counter-rotating Taylor-Couette flow,' Physical Review
E, 79(3), 036309, 4pp (2009).
- Meseguer, A., Mellibovsky, F.,
Marques, F. and Avila, M. `Shear instabilities in Taylor-Couette flow,'
Advances in Turbulence XII, Ed. Bruno Eckhardt, Springer
Proceedings in Physics, 132, 115-118 (2009).
- Rubio, A., Lopez, Juan M. and
Marques, F. `Interacting oscillatory boundary layers and wall modes in
modulated rotating convection,' Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
625, 75-96 (2009).

2008
- Abshagen, J., Lopez, Juan M., Marques,
F. & Pfister G.
`Bursting dynamics due to a homoclinic cascade in Taylor-Couette flow,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 613, 357-384 (2008).

- Avila, M., Belisle,
M. J., Lopez, Juan M., Marques, F. & Saric, W. S.
`Mode competition in modulated Taylor-Couette flow,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 601, 381-406 (2008).

- Avila, M., Grimes, M., Lopez,
Juan M. and Marques, F. `Global endwall effects on centrifugally
stable flows,' Physics of Fluids, 20(10), 104104, 7pp (2008).

- Bergeon, A., Burke, J., Knobloch,
E. and Mercader, I. `Eckhaus instability and homoclinic
snaking,' Physical Review E, 78, 046201 (2008).
- Garcia, F,, Sanchez, J., & Net, M.
`Antisymmetric Polar Modes of Thermal Convection in Rotating Spherical
Fluid Shells at High Taylor Numbers,' Physical Review Letters,
101, 194501 (2008).
- Lopez, Juan M., Cui,
Y. D., Marques, F. & Lim, T. T.
`Quenching of vortex breakdown oscillations via harmonic modulation,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 599, 441-464 (2008).

- Marques, F. & Lopez, Juan M.
`Influence of wall modes on the onset of bulk convection in a rotating
cylinder,' Physics of Fluids, 20, 024109 (2008).
- Mercader, I.,
Alonso, A., Batiste, O.
`Spatiotemporal dynamics near the onset of convection for binary
mixtures in cylindrical containers,'
Physical Review E, 77, 036313 (2008).
- Net, M., Garcia F. &
Sanchez J. `On the onset of low-Prandtl-number convection in
rotating spherical shells: non-slip boundary conditions,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 601, 317-337 (2008).
- Rubio, A., Lopez,
Juan M. and Marques, F. `Modulated rotating convection: Radially
traveling concentric rolls,' Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 608, 357-378 (2008).
2007
- Alonso, A., Batiste, O. &
Mercader, I. (2007)
`Numerical simulations of binary fluid convection in large aspect
ratio annular containers,'
Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics, 146, 261-277 (2007).
- Alonso, A., Batiste,
O., Meseguer, A. & Mercader, I. (2007)
`Complex dynamical states in binary mixture convection with weak
negative Soret coupling,'
Physical Review E, 75, 026310, 15pp (2007).
- Avila, M., Marques, F., Lopez,
Juan M. & Meseguer, A.
`Stability control and catastrophic transition in a forced
Taylor-Couette system,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 590, 471-496 (2007).
- Lopez, Juan M., Marques,
F., Mercader, I. & Batiste, O. `Onset of convection in a moderate
aspect-ratio rotating cylinder: Eckhaus-Benjamin-Feir instability,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 590, 187-208 (2007).
- Mellibovsky, F.,
Meseguer A. 'Pipe flow transition thresholds following localized
impulsive
perturbations,' Physics of Fluids, 19, 044102 (2007).
- Marques, F., Mercader,
I., Batiste, O. & Lopez, Juan M.
`Centrifugal effects in rotating convection: Axisymmetric states and
three-dimensional instabilities,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 580, 303-318 (2007).
- A. Meseguer, A., Avila, M.,
Mellibovsky, F., and Marques, F.
`Solenoidal spectral formulations for the computation of secondary
flows in cylindrical and annular geometries,'
Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics, 146, 249-259 (2007).
- Meseguer, A.,
Mellibovsky, F. `On a solenoidal Fourier-Chebyshev spectral
method for stability analysis of the Hagen-Poiseuille
flow,' Applied Numerical Mathematics, 57, 920-938 (2007).
2006
- Avila, M., Meseguer,
A. & Marques, F. `Double Hopf bifurcation in co-rotating spiral
Poiseuille flow,' Physics of Fluids, 18(6), 064101
(2006).
- Batiste O, Knobloch E,
Alonso A, & Mercader I. 'Spatially localized binary-fluid convection,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 560, 149-158 (2006).
- García-Archilla B.,
Sánchez J. and Simó C. 'Krylov methods and tests
functions for detecting bifurcations in one parameter-dependent partial
differential equations,' BIT, 46(4), 731-757 (2006).
- Lopez, Juan M., Rubio, A. & Marques,
F. 'Traveling circular waves in axisymmetric rotating convection,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 569, 331-348 (2006).
- Marques, F. & Lopez,
Juan M.
`Onset of three-dimensional unsteady states in small aspect-ratio
Taylor-Couette flow,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 561, 255-277 (2006).
- Mellibovsky, F., Meseguer,
A. 'The role of streamwise perturbations in pipe flow transition,'
Physics of Fluids, 18074104 (2006).
- Mercader, I.,
Batiste, O. & Alonso, A. `Continuation of travelling-wave
solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations,' International Journal
for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 52, 707721 (2006).
- Sanchez J, Net M,
Vega JM `Amplitude equations close to a triple-(+1) bifurcation point of
D-4-symmetric periodic orbits in O(2)-equivariant systems,'
Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, 6
(6), 1357-1380 (2006).
2005
- Abshagen, J., Lopez,
Juan M., Marques, F. & Pfister, G. `Mode competition of rotating waves in
reflection-symmetric Taylor-Couette flow,' Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 540, 269-299 (2005).
- Abshagen, J., Lopez,
Juan M., Marques, F. & Pfister, G. `Symmetry breaking via global
bifurcations of modulated rotating waves in hydrodynamics,' Physical
Review Letters, 94(7), 074501, 4pp (2005).
- Batiste, O. & Knobloch, E.
`Simulations of Localized States of Stationary Convection in 3He-4He
Mixtures,' Physical Review Letters 95, 244501, 4pp (2005).
- Batiste, O. & Knobloch, E.
`Simulations of oscilatory convection in 3He-4He mixtures in moderate aspect
ratio containers,' Physics of Fluids 17, 064102, 14pp
(2005).
- Blackburn, H. M.,
Marques, F. & Lopez, Juan M.
`Symmetry breaking of two-dimensional time-periodic wakes,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 522, 395-411 (2005).
- Leung, J. J. F., Hirsa, A. H.,
Blackburn, H. M., Marques, F. & Lopez, Juan M. `Three-dimensional
modes in a periodically driven elongated cavity,' Physical Review
E, 71, 026305 (2005), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.026305.
- Lopez, Juan M. & Marques, F.
`Finite aspect ratio Taylor-Couette flow: Shil'nikov dynamics of 2-tori,'
Physica D, 211, 168-191 (2005).
- Mercader I, Batiste O,
Ramirez-Piscina L, Ruiz X, Rudiger S & Casademunt J.
'Bifurcations and chaos in single-roll natural convection with low
Prandtl number,' Physics of Fluids, 17 (10), 104108 (2005).
- Meseguer, A. & Marques, F.
`On the stability of medium gap co-rotating spiral Poiseuille flow,'
Physics of Fluids, 17(9), 094104 (2005).
- Meseguer, A. & Marques, F.
`Bicritical instabilities in pressure driven helicoidal flows,'
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 14, 228-235 (2005).
- Mellibovsky, F.,
Meseguer, A. `Global finite amplitude perturbations in medium
aspect ratio pipe flow,'
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 14, 192-205 (2005).
- Net M, Sanchez J. 'Symmetric
periodic orbits and global dynamics of tori in an O(2) equivariant
system: Two-dimensional thermal convection,' International Journal
of Bifurcation and Chaos, 15 (12), 3953-3972 (2005).
2004
- Alonso, A. & Batiste, O.
`Onset of oscillatory binary fluid convection in three-dimensional cells,'
Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics 18(2-4),
239-250 (2004).
- Batiste O, Alonso A, Mercader I
`Hydrodynamic stability of binary
mixtures in Benard and thermogravitational cells,' Journal of
Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics 29 (4) 359-375 (2004).
Dodd, N., Iranzo, V. & Caballería, M.
`A subcritical instability of wave-driven alongshore currents,'
J. Geophys. Res. 109, C02018 (2004).
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Iranzo, V., Marques,
F. & Lopez, Juan M. `From global to local bifurcations in a forced
Taylor-Couette flow,' Theoretical and Computational Fluid
Dynamics 18(2-4), 115-128 (2004).
Lopez, Juan M. & Marques,
F. `Mode competition between rotating waves in a swirling flow
with reflection symmetry,' Journal of Fluid
Mechanics 507, 265-288 (2004).
Lopez, Juan M., Marques,
F., Hirsa,
A. H. & Miraghaie, R. `Symmetry breaking in free-surface
cylinder flows,' Journal of Fluid Mechanics 502,
99-126 (2004).
Lopez, Marques,
F. & Shen, J.
`Complex dynamics in a short annular container with rotating
bottom and inner cylinder,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 501, 327-354 (2004).
Marques, F., Lopez,
Juan M. & Blackburn,
H. M. `Bifurcations in systems with Z2 spatio-temporal
and O(2) spatial symmetry,' Physica D, 189,
247-276 (2004).
Meca E, Mercader I, Batiste O, &
Ramirez-Piscina, L. 'Blue sky catastrophe in double-diffusive
convection,' Physical Review Letters, 92(23), 234501 (2004).
Meca, E., Mercader, I.,
Batiste, O. & Ramirez-Piscina, L.
`Complex dynamics in double-diffusive convection,'
Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics 18(2-4),
231-238 (2004).
Mercader I, Alonso A,
Batiste O. 'Numerical analysis of the Eckhaus instability in
travelling-wave convection in binary mixtures ,' European Physical
Journal E 15 (3) 311-318 (2004).
Mercader, I.,
Batiste, O. & Ruiz, X.
`Quasi-Periodicity and Chaos in a Differentially Heated Cavity,'
Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics 18(2-4),
221-230 (2004).
Sanchez J, Net M,
Garcia-Archilla B, Simo C. 'Newton-Krylov continuation of
periodic orbits for Navier-Stokes flows,' Journal of Computational
Physics, 201 (1), 13-33 (2004).
2003
- Lopez, Juan M. &
Marques, F.
`Small aspect ratio Taylor-Couette flow: Onset of a very-low-frequency
three-torus state,' Physical Review E, 68, 036302, (2003).
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.036302.
- Marques, F., Gelfgat,
A. Yu. & Lopez, Juan M. `Tangent double Hopf bifurcation in a
differentially rotating cylinder flow,' Physical Review E,
68, 016310 (2003), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.016310.
- Meseguer, A. `Streak breakdown
instability in pipe Poiseuille flow,' Physics of Fluids,
15 (5), 1203-1205 (2003).
- Meseguer, A., Trefethen,
L. N. `Linearized pipe flow to Reynolds number 10(7),'
Journal of Computational Physics, 186 (1), 178-197 (2003).
- Net, M., Alonso, A.,
Sanchez, J. 'From stationary to complex time-dependent flows at
moderate Rayleigh numbers in two-dimensional annular thermal
convection,' Physics of Fluids, 15 (5), 1314-1326 (2003).
2002
- Antonijoan J., Sanchez J.
`On stable Taylor vortices above the transition to wavy vortices,'
Physics of Fluids, 14 (5), 1661-1665 (2002).
- Batiste O., Knobloch E.,
Mercader I., Net M. `Simulations of oscillatory binary fluid
convection in large aspect ratio containers,'
Physical Review E, 65, 016303, 19pp (2002).
- Lopez, Juan M., Hart,
J. E., Marques, F., Kittelman, S. & Shen, J. `Instability
and mode interactions in a differentially-driven rotating
cylinder,' Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 462, 383-409 (2002).
- Lopez, Juan M. &
Marques, F.
`Modulated Taylor-Couette flow: Onset of spiral modes,'
Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 16, 59-69, (2002).
doi: 10.1007/s00162-002-0065-x.
- Lopez, Juan M., Marques,
F. & Shen, J.
`An Efficient Spectral-Projection Method for the Navier-Stokes Equations in
Cylindrical Geometries II. Three dimensional cases,'
Journal of Computational Physics, 176, 384-401 (2002).
- Marques, F., Lopez,
Juan M. & Iranzo, V. `Imperfect Gluing Bifurcation in a
Temporal Glide-Reflection Symmetric Taylor-Couette flow,' Physics
of Fluids Letters, 14, L33-L36 (2002).
- Marques, F., Lopez,
Juan M. & Shen, J. `Mode interactions in an enclosed swirling
flow: A double Hopf between azimuthal wavenumbers 0 and
2,' Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 455, 263-281 (2002).
- Mercader I., Prat J.,
Knobloch E.
`Robust heteroclinic cycles in two-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard
Convection without Boussinesq symmetry,' International Journal of
Bifurcation and Chaos, 12 (11), 2501-2522 (2002).
- Meseguer, A.
`Energy transient growth in the Taylor Couette problem,'
Physics of Fluids, 14 (5), 1655-1660 (2002).
- Meseguer, A.
`Nonnormal Effects in the Taylor Couette Problem,'
Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 16, 71-77, (2002).
doi: 10.1007/s00162-002-0067-8.
- Meseguer, A. &
Marques, F.
`On the competition between centrifugal and shear instability in
spiral Poiseuille flow,' Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
455, 129-148 (2002), doi: 10.1017/S0022112001007315.
- Prat J., Mercader I.,
Knobloch E. `The 1:2 Mode Interaction in Rayleigh-Bénard
Convection with and without Boussinesq symmetry,'
International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos,
12 (2), 281-308 (2002).
- Sanchez, J., Marques, F. &
Lopez, Juan M. `A continuation and bifurcation technique for
Navier-Stokes flows,' Journal of Computational
Physics, 180, 78-98, (2002). doi: 10.1006/jcph.2002.7072.
2001
- Batiste O., Net M.,
Mercader I., Knobloch E.
`Oscillatory binary fluid convection in large aspect-ratio containers'
Physical Review Letters, 86 (11), 2309-2312 (2001).
- Lopez, Juan M., Marques,
F. & Sanchez, J. `Oscillatory modes in an enclosed swirling flow,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 439, 109-129 (2001).
- Marques, F., Lopez,
Juan M. & Shen, J. `A periodically forced flow displaying
symmetry breaking via a three-tori gluing bifurcation and two-tori
resonances,' Physica D, 156, 81-97 (2001).
- Marques, F. & Lopez,
Juan M.
`Precessing vortex breakdown mode in an enclosed cylinder flow,'
Physics of Fluids, 13, 1679-1682 (2001).
- Mercader I., Prat J.,
Knobloch E. `The 1:2 Mode Interaction in Rayleigh-Bénard
Convection with Weakly Broken Midplane Symmetry,' International
Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 11, 27-41 (2001).
- Pino D., Net M., Sanchez J.,
Mercader I.
`Thermal Rossby waves in a rotating annulus. Their stability.'
Physical Review E, 63 (5), 056312, 14pp (2001).
2000
- Alonso A., Sanchez
J., Net M. `Transition to Temporal Chaos in an O(2)-Symmetric
Convective System for Low Prandtl Numbers,' Prog. Theor. Phys. Suppl.,
139, 315-324 (2000).
- Antonijoan J., Sanchez J.
`Transitions from Taylor vortex flow in a co-rotating
Taylor-Couette system.,'
Physics of Fluids 12 (12), 3147 (2000).
- Dodd, N., Iranzo, V., Reniers, A. `Shear instabilities of
wave-driven alongshore currents
(Shear waves: A Review of fluctuations in surf zone
currents)' Rev. Geophys., 38 (4), 437-463 (2000).
- Lopez, Juan M. &
Marques, F.
`Dynamics of three-tori in a periodically forced Navier-Stokes flow,'
Physical Review Letters, 85, 972-975 (2000).
- Lopez, Juan M., Marques,
F. & Shen, J.
`Endwall effects in a periodically forced centrifugally unstable flow,'
Fluid Dynamics Research, 27, 91-108 (2000).
- Lopez, Juan M. &
Marques F.
`Determining the self-rotation number following a Naimark-Sacker
bifurcation in the periodically forced Taylor-Couette flow,'
ZAMP, 51, 61-74 (2000).
- Lopez, Juan M. &
Marques F.
`Quasiperiodic response to parametric excitations,' in
Numerical Methods for Bifurcation Problems and Large-Scale Dynamical
Systems. Ed. L. Tuckerman and E. Doedel.
IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications,
119, 209-228 (2000), Springer-Verlag.
- Marques, F. &
Lopez, Juan M. `Spatial and temporal resonances in a periodically
forced extended system,' Physica D, 136, 340-352 (2000).
- Meseguer, A. &
Marques, F. `Axial Effects in the Taylor-Couette Problem:
Spiral-Couette and Spiral-Poiseuille flows,' in Physics of Rotating
Fluids. Ed. C. Egbers and G. Pfister. Lecture Notes in
Physics, 549, 118-136 (2000). Springer-Verlag.
- Meseguer A.& Marques F.
`On the competition between centrifugal and shear instability in
spiral Couette flow,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 402, 33-56 (2000).
- Pino D., Mercader I.,
Net M.
`Thermal and inertial modes of convection in a rapidly rotating annulus,'
Physical Review E, 61, (2), 1507-1517 (2000).
- Sanchez J., Antonijoan J.
`Continuation techniques applied to the Taylor-Couette problem.
Spiral flow and the stability of Taylor vortices,' in Continuation
Methods in Fluid Dynamics. Ed. D. Henry and A. Bergeon.
Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics, 74,
203-212 (2000). Vieweg.
1999
- Alonso A., Net M.,
Mercader I., Knobloch E. `Onset of Convection in a Rotating
Annulus with Radial Gravity and Heating,' Fluid Dynamics
Research, 24, (7), 133-145 (1999).
- Batiste O., Mercader
I., Net M., Knobloch E.
`Onset of Oscillatory Binary Fluid Convection in Finite Containers,'
Physical Review E, 59 (6), 6730-6741 (1999).
- Drissi A., Net M.,
Mercader I. `Subharmonic Instabilities of Tollmien- Schlichting
waves in 2D Poiseuille Flow,'
Physical Review E, 60, (2), 1781-1791 (1999).
1998
- Antonijoan, J.,
Marques, F. & Sanchez, J. `Nonlinear spirals in the
Taylor-Couette problem,' Physics of Fluids, 10, 829-838 (1998).
- Marques, F., Sanchez,
J. & Weidman, P.D.
`Generalized Couette-Poiseuille flow with boundary mass transfer,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 374, 221-249 (1998).
- Prat J., Mercader I.,
Knobloch E.
`Resonant mode interactions in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection,'
Physical Review E, 58, (3), 3145-3156 (1998).
1997
- Marques F. & Lopez,
Juan M.
`Taylor-Couette flow with axial oscillations of the inner cylinder:
Floquet analysis of the base flow,'
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 348, 153-175 (1997).
1996
1995
- Alonso A., Net M.,
Knobloch E. `On the transition to columnar convection,'
Phys. of Fluids, 7 (5), 935-940 (1995).
- Marques F., Crespo D. & Sanchez J.
`Mixing in Stratified Couette Flow,' in
Mixing in Geophysical Flows, Eds. J.M. Redondo, O. Metais, 257-269,
CIMNE, Barcelona (1995).
- Mercader I., Net M.,
Knobloch E. `Binary Fluid Convection in a cylinder,'
Physical Review E, 51, 339-350 (1995).
- Net M., Mercader I.,
Knobloch E. `Binary Fluid Convection in a Rotating Cylinder,'
The Physics of fluids, 7, (7), 1553-1567 (1995).
- Prat J., Massaguer J.M.,
Mercader I. `Large-Scale Flows and Resonances in 2D Thermal Convection,'
The Physics of fluids, 7, (1), 121-134 (1995).
1994
- Falqués A., Iranzo V.
`Numerical simulation of vorticity waves in the nearshore,'
J.Geophys. Res., 99(C1), 825-841 (1994).
- Goldstein H. F.,
Knobloch E., Mercader I., Net M.
`Convection in a rotating cylinder II: Linear Theory for Low Prandtl numbers,'
Journal Fluid Mechanics, 262, 293-324 (1994).
- Prat J., Mercader I., Massaguer J.M.
`Symmetrical Large-Scale Velocity Fields in 2D Thermal Convection,'
International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos,
4, (5), 1369-1374 (1994).
1993
- Falqués A., Iranzo V., Montoto A. `Resonance of
longshore currents under topographic forcing,'Physics Fluids
(A), 5 (12), 3071-3084 (1993).
- Goldstein H. F.,
Knobloch E., Mercader I., Net M.
`Convection in a rotating cylinder I: Linear Theory,'
Journal Fluid Mechanics, 248, 83-604 (1993).
- Marques F., Net
M., Massaguer & J.M. Mercader I. `Thermal Convection in
Vertical Cylinders. A Method Based on Potentials of Velocity,'
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
110, 157-169 (1993).
- Net M., Mercader I., Knobloch E., Goldstein H. F.
`Rotating convection in a finite cylinder.,'
Applied Scientific Research, 51, 61-65 (1993).
- Sanchez, J., Crespo
D. & Marques F. `Spiral vortices between concentric cylinders,'
Applied Scientific Research 51, 55-59 (1993).
1992
- Falqués A., Iranzo V. `Edge waves on a longshore shear
flow,'Physics Fluids (A), 5(12),
2169-2190 (1992).
- Iranzo V., Falqués A. `Some spectral methods for
differential equations in unbounded domains,'Comp. Meth. Applied
Mech. Engineering, 98, 105-126 (1992).
1991
- Mercader I., Net M., Falqués A.
`Spectral methods for high order equations,'
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering,
91, 1245-1251 (1991).
1990
- Marques, F.
`On Boundary Conditions for Velocity Potencials
in confined Flows. Application to Couette Flow,'
Physics of Fluids A 2, 729-737 (1990).
- Massaguer J. M., Mercader I., Net M.
`Nonlinear dynamics of vertical vorticity in Low Prandtl Number Thermal
Convection,'
Journal Fluid Mechanics, 214, 579-597 (1990).
- Massaguer J. M., Mercader I., Net M.
`Hysteresis in a transition to chaos,'
Physics Letters A, 149, 195-199 (1990).
Recent PhD
Roger Ayats López. Exact Coherent Structures in the Transitional
Regime of Shear and Centrifugal Flows.
Advisors: Alvaro Meseguer and
Fernando Mellibovsky. Date: March 2022. 
Wasim Sarwar. Active Flow Control Methods for Aerodynamic
Applications.
Advisor: Fernando Mellibovsky. Date: May, 2020.

Bo Ann. Numerical investigation on applications simulated via
using lattice Boltzmann method.
Advisors: Josep M. Bergadà
Granyó and Fernando Mellibovsky. Date: December 2019.

José Manuel López Alonso. Numerical modeling of
simple laboratory experiments of rotating flows.
Advisors:
Francisco Marques and Marc Avila. Date: February 2015. 
Carles Panades Guinard. Nonlinear dynamics in oscillatory
cylindrical cavities.
Advisors: Francisco Marques and Alvaro
Meseguer. Date: June 2013. 
Antonio M. Rubio. Studies in rotating convection.
Advisors:
Juan M. Lopez and Francisco Marques. Date: August 2009. 
Marc Avila. Nonlinear dynamics of mode competition in annular
flows.
Advisors: Francisco Marques, John Lopez and Alvaro
Meseguer. Date: June 2008. Sobresaliente "Cum Laude".

Fernando Mellibovsky. Subcritical transition in shear flows.
Advisors: Alvaro Meseguer and Francisco Marques. Date: June 2008.
Sobresaliente "Cum Laude".

Oriol Batiste. Convecció oscil.latòria d'una barreja
binària en un recinte rectangular. [Oscillatory convection of
a binary mixture in a rectangular domain]
Advisors: Isabel
Mercader and Marta Net. Date: September 2001. Apto "Cum Laude".
David Pino. Inestabilidades térmicas e
hidrodinámicas ligadas a rupturas de simetría en
cavidades anulares. [Thermal and Hidrodynamical Instabilities and
Symmetry Breaking in a Cylindrical Annulus]
Advisors: Marta Net
and Isabel Mercader. Date: February 2001. Apto "Cum Laude".
Arantxa Alonso. Convección térmica en un anillo
cilíndrico en rotación. [Thermal convection in a
Rotating Cylindrical Annulus]
Advisor: Marta Net. Date:
1999. Apto "Cum Laude".
Josefina Antonijoan. Bifurcaciones secundarias en el flujo de
Taylor-Couette. [Secondary Instabilities in Taylor-Couette Flow]
Advisor: Joan Sánchez. Date: 1999. Apto "Cum Laude".
Alvaro Meseguer. Primeras bifurcaciones en el flujo de
Couette-Poiseuille y en el Cavity Flow. [First Bifurcations in
Couette-Poiseuille and Cavity Flows]
Advisor: F. Marques. Date:
1998. Sobresaliente "Cum laude". 
Joana Prat. Generació espontania de vents en règim
de convecció tèrmica. [Spontaneous Drift Generation in
Thermal Convection]
Advisors: J.M. Massaguer and Isabel Mercader.
Date: October 1996. Apto "Cum Laude".
Amadeo Montoto. Ressonància i inestabilitat d'origen
topogràfic del corrent en una platja. [Beach Instabilities and
Resonance of Topographic Origin]
Advisors: V. Iranzo and
A. Falqués. Date: 1996. Apto "Cum Laude".
Juan Sánchez. Simulación numérica en flujos
confinados: estructuras preturbulentas. [Confined Flow Numerical
Simulations: Preturbulent Structures]
Advisor: F. Marques. Date:
1994. Sobresaliente "Cum laude".
Daniel Crespo. Caracterización del flujo entre cilindros
concéntricos mediante Tratamiento Digital de Imágenes.
[Analysis of the flow between concentric cylinders using Digital Image
Methods]
Advisor: F. Marques. Date: 1994. Sobresaliente "Cum
laude".
External funding.
International funding.
- MAST3, European Union. Prediction of aggregated-scale coastal
evolution (PACE), PL950021. 01/02/1996-31/01/1999.
- Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, AECI. Sistemas
fuera de equilibrio: formación y evolución de estructuras y
transición al caos [Systems far from equilibrium: pattern formation,
evolution, and transition to chaos], Network
00043. 1997-2000.
- National Science Fundation, NSF, USA. Dynamic control and
parametric resonance in hydrodynamic systems: A theoretical,
computational and experimental investigation,
DMS-9706951. 1997-2000.
- MAST3, European Union. Surf and swash zone mechanics
(SASME), PL96-1021. 01/10/1997-30/09/2000.
- NSF, USA. US-Spain Cooperative Research: Dynamic control
and parametric resonance in hydrodynamic systems,
INT-9732637. 1998-2001.
- US-Spain Science and Technology program, USA. Nonlinear
oscillatory instabilities in convection, 99231 JO497.
6/1999-6/2001.
- NSF, USA. Spatial And Temporal Resonances In Hydrodynamics:
A Theoretical, Experimental, and Numerical Exploration,
CTS-9908599. 2000-2003.
- AECI, Programa de cooperación internacional hispano-israelí.
Numerical modeling of three-dimensional nonlinear dynamics of confined
swirling flows, 2002/2003.
- Fellowships and exchange programs, Switzerland.
The Effects of Geometrically Forced Break of Bifurcation Patterns
of a Swirling Flow/Vortex Breakdown System, 2003-2004.
- NSF, USA. Stochastic parametric forcing in hydrodynamics,
DMS-05052705. 2005-2008.
- Accion Integrada MEC/DAAD. Spatio-temporal complexity and
pattern formation in hydrodynamics, HA2005-0087 .
2006-2007.
- NSF USA. Catastrophic transition to turbulence in
rotation-dominated flows, CBET-1336410. 2013/16.
Spanish funding.
- DGICYT. Inestabilidades del flujo longitudinal medio en una
playa [Mean alongshore flow instabilities in a beach],
PB91-0594. 15/06/1992-15/06/1994.
- DGICYT. Circulación a gran escala en fluidos
confinados [Large scale circulation in confined flows],
PB91-0595. 15/6/1992-15/6/1995.
- DGICYT. Inestabilidades morfológicas de la zona de
rompientes, PB93-0948. 27/06/1994-27/06/1997.
- DGICYT. Ruptura de simetría en sistemas no-periódicos
[Symmetry breakup in non periodic systems],
PB94-1216. 01/7/1995-01/7/1998.
- DGICYT. Interacción entre estructuras, evolución y
procesos de mezcla en flujos de tipo Couette y Poiseuille [Pattern
interaction, evolution and mixing in Couette and Poiseuille type
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Collaborators.
- Bjorn Hof, Sebastian Altmeyer; Institute of Science and
Technology Austria (IST Austria).
- Bruno Eckhardt; Marburg University, SYNMIKRO, Germany.
- Bosco García; Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
- Alexander Gelfgat; Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
- Edgard Knobloch; University of California at Berkeley, USA.
- John Hart, Patrick Weidman; Colorado University, USA.
- Amir Hirsa, R. Miraghaie; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New
York, USA.
- T.T. Lim, Y.D. Cui; National University of Singapore.
- John Lopez, Rafael Pacheco, Antonio Rubio; Arizona State
University, USA.
- Joaquin Ortega; Universidad de Malaga, Spain.
- Gerd Pfister, Jan Abshagen; Kiel University, Germany.
- Jie Shen; University of Purdue, USA.
- Carles Simó; Universidad de Barcelona, Spain.
- Alexander Smits, Ioannis Kevrekidis;
Princeton University, USA.
- Younghae Do; Kyungpook National University
Daegu, Korea.