Ricco, Pierre, Professor

Professor Pierre Ricco

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Professor in Fluid Mechanics

p.ricco@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7726

Sir Frederick Mappin Building

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Professor Pierre Ricco
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
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S1 3JD

Profile

Pierre Ricco received his PhD in Applied Mathematics (Fluid Mechanics) from Imperial College London in 2006, and is a registered Professional Engineer. Before joining the department, he was a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at King's College London.

He obtained a MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering (Thermal/Fluids systems) at the University of Texas at Austin (2000), a five-year-long Laurea in Ingegneria Meccanica at Politecnico di Milano (2001), and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Environmental and Applied Fluid Dynamics at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (2001).

He carried out his post-doc research at the Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Imperial College and he took part in the 2004 Summer Research Program at the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University.

Pierre's research focuses on fluid mechanics and he has used experimental, numerical and theoretical techniques. He has been interested in turbulent drag reduction by moving surfaces (spanwise wall oscillations and traveling waves), and in boundary-layer transition to turbulence induced by free-stream perturbations. He has also worked on the problem of attenuation of pressure waves generated by high-speed trains travelling through tunnels.

Research interests

Flow control
Flow instability
Transition to turbulence
Perturbation methods in applied mathematics

Publications

Journal articles

Xu D, Ricco P & Marensi E (2024) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1000.
Zhu K & Ricco P (2024) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 998.
Xu D, Ricco P & Duan L (2023) . AIAA Journal, 1-29.
Ricco P (2023) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 972.
Ricco P & Duan L (2023) . Physics of Fluids, 35(6).
Ricco P & Skote M (2022) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 943.
Xie F, Pérez-Muñoz JD, Qin N & Ricco P (2022) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 941.
Ricco P & Alvarenga C (2022) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 932.
Ricco P & Alvarenga C (2021) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 927, a18.
Ricco P, Skote M & Leschziner MA (2021) . Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 123, 100713.
Nguyen V-T, Ricco P & Pironti G (2021) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 912.
Sui Y, Niu J, Ricco P, Yuan Y, Yu Q, Cao X & Yang X (2021) . International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 88, 108752-108752.
Viaro S & Ricco P (2019) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 876, 1146-1157.
Olivucci P, Ricco P & Aghdam SK (2019) . Physical Review Fluids, 4(9).
Al-Bakri BAR & Ricco P (2019) . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 138, 866-878.
Al-Tameemi WTM & Ricco P (2019) . International Journal of Multiphase Flow.
Viaro S & Ricco P (2019) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 867, 250-299.
Wise DJ, Olivucci P & Ricco P (2018) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 856, 1064-1066.
Viaro S & Ricco P (2018) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 845, R11-R113.
Al-Tameemi WTM & Ricco P (2018) . Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, 140(6).
Goldstein ME & Ricco P (2018) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 838, 435-477.
Ricco P & Hicks PD (2018) . Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 111(1), 23-49.
Al-Tameemi WT & Ricco P (2018) . International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements, 6(1), 198-207.
Marensi E & Ricco P (2017) . Physics of Fluids, 29(11).
Ricco P, Marensi E & Wu X (2017) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 817, 80-121.
Papadakis G, Lu L & Ricco P (2016) . Physical Review Fluids, 1(4).
Ricco P, Walsh E, Brighenti F & McEligot DM (2016) . International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow.
Khosh Aghdam S & Ricco P (2016) . Physics of Fluids, 28(3).
Perrault C, Brugues A, Bazellieres E, Ricco P, Lacroix D & Trepat X (2015) . Biophysical Journal, 109(8), 1533-1536.
Hicks PD & Ricco P (2015) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 768, 348-374.
Wise DJ, Alvarenga C & Ricco P (2014) . Physics of Fluids, 26(12), 125107-125107.
Wise DJ & Ricco P (2014) . JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 746, 536-564.
Ricco P, Shah D & Hicks PD (2013) . PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 25(5).
Ricco P & Hahn S (2013) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 722, 267-290.
Ricco P, Ottonelli C, Hasegawa Y & Quadrio M (2012) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 700, 77-104.
Ricco P (2011) Laminar streaks with spanwise wall forcing. Physics of Fluids, 23.
Ricco P, Luo, J & Wu, X (2011) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 677, 1-38.
Quadrio, M & Ricco, P (2010) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 667, 135-157.
Ricco P & Dilib F (2010) . Physics of Fluids, 22(4), 044101-044101.
Ricco P (2009) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 638, 267-303.
Quadrio, M , Ricco, P & Viotti, C (2009) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 627, 161-178.
Ricco P, Tran D-L & Ye G (2009) . Physics of Fluids, 21(2), 024106-024106.
Ricco P & Quadrio M (2008) . International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 29(4), 891-902.
Ricco P & Wu X (2007) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 587, 97-138.
Ricco P, Baron A & Molteni P (2007) . Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 95(8), 781-808.
Quadrio M & Ricco P (2004) . Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 521, 251-271.
Ricco P & Wu S (2004) . Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 29(1), 41-52.
Ricco P (2004) . Journal of Turbulence, 5.
Quadrio M & Ricco P (2003) . Journal of Turbulence, 4.
Ricco P & Fossà L () . Physical Review Fluids, 8(7).
Xu D, Ricco P & Duan L () . Physics of Fluids.

Chapters

Ricco P & Goldstein ME (2022) , IUTAM Bookseries (pp. 793-803).
Ricco P & Viaro S (2022) , IUTAM Bookseries (pp. 781-791).

Conference proceedings papers

Ricco P & Hahn S (2020) Reduction of turbulent wall friction by spinning discs. ETC 2013 - 14th European Turbulence Conference
Ricco P & Hahn S (2020) Reduction of turbulent wall friction by spinning discs. ETC 2013 - 14th European Turbulence Conference
Aghdam SK, Ricco P & Seddighi M (2015) Turbulent drag reduction by hydrophobic surfaces with shear-dependent slip length. Proceedings - 15th European Turbulence Conference, ETC 2015
Hicks PD & Ricco P (2015) . Procedia IUTAM, Vol. 14 (pp 264-273)
Aghdam SK, Ricco P & Seddighi M (2015) Turbulent drag reduction by hydrophobic surfaces with shear-dependent slip length. Proceedings - 15th European Turbulence Conference, ETC 2015
Marensi E, Ricco P & Wu X (2015) . Procedia IUTAM, Vol. 14 (pp 105-114)
Lu L, Agostini L, Ricco P & Papadakis G (2014) . 2014 UKACC International Conference on Control (CONTROL), 9 July 2014 - 11 July 2014.
da Rocha Pinto JM, Ricco P & Papadakis G (2014) . 2014 UKACC International Conference on Control (CONTROL), 9 July 2014 - 11 July 2014.
Whidborne JF, Lu L, Papadakis G & Ricco P (2014) . IFAC Proceedings Volumes, Vol. 47(3) (pp 7007-7012)
Wu X, Luo J & Ricco P (2011) . 6th AIAA Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Conference
Ricco P (2010) (pp 331-336)
Brajou F & Ricco P (2004) The airbus A380 - an AFDX-based flight test computer concept. AUTOTESTCON 2004, PROCEEDINGS (pp 460-463)
GABELLA M, ABRATE T, PERONA G & RICCO P (1992) USE OF MESSR-MOS DATA TO ASSESS WATER-QUALITY IN SMALL LAKES. INTERNATIONAL SPACE YEAR : SPACE REMOTE SENSING, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp 1518-1520)
Ricco P & Hahn S () . Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 745 (pp 135-143)
Ricco P & Quadrio M () Turbulent drag reduction over an oscillating wall. Proceedings 5 Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference. Toulouse, France, 24 August 2003 - 28 August 2003.
Ricco P & Wu X () Generation of highly-oblique TS waves in a laminar boundary layer by free-stream turbulence. Proceedings 6 Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference. Stockholm, Sweden, 26 June 2006 - 29 June 2006.
Ricco P & Wu X () (pp 139-144)
Ricco P & Quadrio M () Modification of turbulent friction drag by streamwise-traveling waves of spanwise wall velocity. Proceedings. European Drag Reduction and Flow Control Meeting. Ostritz-St. Marienthal, Germany, 8 September 2008 - 11 September 2008.
Ricco P & Wu X () (pp 726-726)
Ricco P & Quadrio M () Spanwise generalized Stokes layer and turbulent drag reduction. Proceedings 8 Euromech Fluid Mech. Conference. Bad Reichenhall, Germany, 13 September 2010 - 16 September 2010.
Ricco P & Quadrio M () Drag reduction effects in a turbulent channel flow induced by spanwise wall oscillations. Proceedings 7 Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference. Manchester, UK, 14 September 2008 - 18 September 2008.
Ricco P, Ottonelli C, Hasegawa Y & Quadrio M () Near-wall enstrophy generation in a drag-reduced turbulent channel flow with spanwise wall oscillations. Procedings European Drag Reduction and Flow Control Meeting. Toulouse, France, 10 December 2012 - 12 December 2012.
Ricco P, Ottonelli C, Hasegawa Y & Quadrio M () The drag-reduction oscillating-wall problem: new insight after 20 years. Proceeding 9 Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference. Rome, Italy, 9 September 2012 - 12 September 2012.
Lu L, Papadakis G & Ricco P () Optimal control of streaks induced by free-stream turbulence in incompressible boundary layer by wall blowing and suction. 14 European Turbulence Conference (Poster presentation). Lyon, France, 1 September 2013 - 4 September 2013.
Ricco P () Supersonic streaks over porous surfaces. Invited presentation, Workshop - Hydrodynamic instability and laminar-turbulent transition: progress. Tianjin University, China, 24 August 2013 - 26 August 2013.
Wise D & Ricco P () Reduction of turbulent skin-friction drag by oscillating discs. 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Pittsburgh, USA, 24 November 2013 - 26 November 2013.
Ricco P () Effect of porous surface on pre-transitional supersonic boundary-layer disturbances generated by free-stream vortices. 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Pittsburgh, USA, 24 November 2013 - 24 November 2013.
Lu L, Agostini L, Ricco P & Papadakis G () Optimal state feedback control of boundary layer streaks and Gortler vortices induced by free-stream vortical disturbances. 10th International Conference on Control. Loughborough, UK, 8 July 2014 - 11 July 2014.
Da Rocha Pinto J, Ricco P & Papadakis G () Wall-based feedback control of an incompressible laminar boundary layer subjected to free-stream vortical disturbances. 6 European Conf. CFD (ECFD VI). Barcelona, Spain, 20 July 2014 - 25 July 2014.
Hicks PD & Ricco P () A comparison of the laminar streaks above a spanwise oscillating plate and a plate with spanwise wall forcing. IUTAM-ABCM Symposium on Laminar Turbulent Transition. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8 September 2014 - 12 September 2014.
Da Rocha Pinto J, Ricco P & Papadakis G () Wall-based feedback control of a compressible laminar boundary layer subjected to free-stream vortical disturbances. 8th International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICCFD8). Chengdu, China, 8 July 2014 - 12 July 2014.
Ricco P () Reduction of turbulent friction drag by rotating discs. Symposium on ``Active drag reduction via wavy surface oscillations''. Aachen, Germany, 20 November 2015 - 21 November 2015.
Ricco P, Aghdam SK & Seddighi M () Combination of wall transpiration and spinning rings for turbulent drag reduction. European Drag Reduction and Flow Control Meeting. Sidney Sussex College, Universiy of Cambridge, 23 March 2015 - 26 March 2015.
Papadakis G, Liang L & Ricco P () Control of streaks induced by free-stream turbulence in incompressible boundary layers: application to a linear model. 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. San Francisco, USA, 23 November 2014 - 25 November 2014.
Alvarenga C, Wise D & Ricco P () Turbulent drag reduction via spinning discs and rings. European Drag Reduction and Flow Control Meeting. Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, 23 March 2015 - 23 March 2015.
Ricco P, Aghdam SK & Seddighi M () Reduction of turbulent friction by hydrophobic surfaces with shear-dependent slip length. European Drag Reduction and Flow Control Meeting. Sidney Sussex Conference, University of Cambridge, 23 March 2015 - 26 March 2015.
Wise D & Ricco P () Oscillating discs for turbulent drag reduction. European and Drag Reduction Flow Control Meeting. Sindney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, 23 March 2015 - 26 March 2015.
Ricco P & Quadrio, Maurizio () Reduction of turbulent friction by spanwise wall oscillation. Proc. AIDAA XVII Congresso Nazionale. Rome, Italy, 15 September 2003 - 19 September 2003.

Preprints

Xu D, Ricco P & Marensi E (2024) Excitation and stability of nonlinear compressible Görtler vortices and streaks induced by free-stream vortical disturbances, arXiv.
Ricco P & Fossà L (2023) , arXiv.
Ricco P & Skote M (2022) , arXiv.
Olivucci P, Wise DJ & Ricco P (2021) , arXiv.
Ricco P, Skote M & Leschziner MA (2021) , arXiv.
Nguyen V-T, Ricco P & Pironti G (2021) , arXiv.
Wise DJ, Alvarenga C & Ricco P (2014) , arXiv.
Wise DJ & Ricco P (2014) , arXiv.
Ricco P, Ottonelli C, Hasegawa Y & Quadrio M (2012) , arXiv.
Quadrio M & Ricco P (2010) , arXiv.
Quadrio M, Ricco P & Viotti C (2009) , arXiv.
Ricco P & Quadrio M (2008) , arXiv.