MILTON VAN DYKE AWARD - “CHEMICAL FLOWERS: BUOYANCY-DRIVEN INSTABILITIES UNDER MODULATED GRAVITY”

Yorgos Stergiou (Chair of Transport Processes at Interfaces) was awarded the Milton Van Dyke award for his Gallery of Fluid Motion contribution during the 74 ^th APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting (Phoenix, AZ) on 22 ^nd November 2021. The video with title “Chemical Flowers: buoyancy-driven instabilities under modulated gravity ”can be found here: https://gfm.aps.org/meetings/dfd-2021/613f7219199e4c7029f44c2a .

In this work characteristic patterns in radial Reaction-Diffusion-Advection fronts are presented. The experiments were conducted aboard a European Space Agency Parabolic Flight in November 2020. Co-authors are Dr. Karin Schwarzenberger and Prof. Kerstin Eckert along with partners of the CHYPI-FLOWER ESA Topical Team.