Avshalom Manela
Instructor in Applied Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, MIT
avshalom AT math.mit.edu
Room 2-348, Tel: 1-617-324-2597
Department of Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research
Interests
I am interested in a variety of topics in fluid mechanics, including heat and mass transfer in microfluidics,
flow-induced motion of thin elastic structures and several
aspects in low-speed aeroacoustics.
My CV is available here.
Teaching
Department of Mathematics, MIT:
18.03 Differential Equations
18.04 Complex variables with applications
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion Israel:
Dynamics (undergrad)
Thermodynamics (undergrad)
Jet engines (undergrad)
Navigation and guidance systems (grad)
Received the Technion teaching assitant award, 1999, 2001.
Journal Publications
Manela, A., Howe, M.S. 2009
The forced motion of a flag,
J. Fluid Mech., accepted.
Manela, A., Frankel, I. 2009
From the generalized Boussinesq
approximation to the marginally super-adiabatic limit,
Chem. Eng. Comm., accepted.
Manela, A., Howe, M.S. 2009
On the stability and sound of an
unforced flag,
J. Sound Vib. 321, 994-1006. [PDF]
Manela, A., Hadjiconstantinou, N.G. 2008
Gas
motion induced by unsteady boundary heating in a small-scale
slab,
Phys. Fluids 20, 117104. [PDF]
Manela, A., Hadjiconstantinou, N.G. 2007
On the motion induced in a gas confined in a small-scale gap due to instantaneous boundary heating,
J. Fluid Mech. 593, 453-462. [PDF]
Manela, A., Frankel, I. 2007
On the compressible Taylor-Couette problem,
J. Fluid Mech. 588, 59-74. [PDF]
Manela, A., Frankel, I. 2006
On the Rayleigh-Bénard problem: Dominant compressibility effects,
J. Fluid Mech. 565, 461-475. [PDF]
Manela, A., Frankel, I. 2005
On the Rayleigh-Bénard problem in the continuum limit: Effects of temperature differences and model of
interaction,
Phys. Fluids 17, 118105. [PDF]
Manela, A., Frankel, I. 2005
On the Rayleigh-Bénard problem in the continuum limit,
Phys. Fluids 17, 036101. [PDF]
Manela, A., Frankel, I. 2003
Generalized Taylor Dispersion in suspensions of swimming micro-organisms,
J. Fluid Mech. 490, 99-127. [PDF]
Conference Papers
Manela, A., Howe, M.S. 2008
On the sound produced by a flapping flag,
AIAA paper No. AIAA-2008-2951.
Manela, A., Frankel, I. 2007
On the Taylor-Couette problem in the continuum limit,
Rarefied Gas Dynamics, edited by Ivanov, M.
and Rebrov, A. (Publishing House of SBRAS, Novosibirsk), 818-823.
Manela, A., Frankel, I. 2005
On the Rayleigh-Bénard problem in rarefied gases,
Rarefied Gas Dynamics, edited by Capitelli, M.
(American Institute of Physics, New York), 264-269.
Music
Here is
a recording of myself playing Schubert's Impromptu Op. 142, no. 2, at the annual concert of the
Department of Mathematics at MIT, Jan 2009.