JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
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Finite-time Lyapunov exponents in the instantaneous limit and material transport
P. Nolan, M. Serra and S. Ross
(submitted) arXiv:1904.06817 (2019) [PDF]
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Vortex boundaries as barriers to diffusive vorticity transport in two-dimensional flows
S. Katsanoulis, M. Farazmand, M. Serra and G. Haller
(submitted) arXiv:1910.07355 (2019) [PDF]
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Search and rescue at sea aided by hidden flow structures
M. Serra, P. Sathe, I. Rypina, A. Kirincich, S. Ross, P. Lermusiaux, A. Allen, T. Peacock and G. Haller
(submitted) arXiv:1909.07828 (2019) [PDF]
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The Kinematics of Lagrangian Flow Separation in External Aerodynamics
B. F. Klose, M. Serra and G. B. Jacobs
AIAA Journal, in press (2019) [PDF]
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Dynamic morphoskeletons in development
M. Serra, Sebastian Streichan, Manli Chuai, Cornelis J. Weijer and L. Mahadevan
(submitted) bioRxiv 657585 (2019) [PDF] - related article to appear in SIAM News
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Material spike formation in highly unsteady separated flows
M. Serra, Sean Crouzat, Gael Simon, Jérôme Vétel and George Haller
J. Fluid Mech. 883 A30 (2020) [PDF]
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Variational Lagrangian formulation of the Euler equations for incompressible flow: A simple derivation
Mohammad Farazmand and M. Serra
arXiv:1807.02726 (2018) [PDF]
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Exact Theory of Material Spike Formation in Flow Separation
M. Serra, Jérôme Vétel and George Haller
J. Fluid Mech. 845 (2018) 51-92. [PDF]
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Uncovering the Edge of the Polar Vortex
M. Serra, Pratik Sathe, Francisco Beron-Vera and George Haller
J. Atm. Sci. 74 (11) 3871–3885, (2017). [PDF
Featured on Forbes - (31-01-19) [Link]
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Efficient Computation of Null Geodesics with Applications to Coherent Vortex Detection
M. Serra and George Haller
Proc. of the Royal Soc. A (2017) 473 20160807. [PDF] MATLAB code available here
Featured on the journal's cover page [Link]
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Forecasting Long-Lived Lagrangian Vortices from their Objective Eulerian Footprints
M. Serra and George Haller
J. Fluid Mech. 813 (2017) 436-457. [PDF]
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Objective Eulerian coherent structures
M. Serra and George Haller
Chaos, 26 (2016) 053110. [PDF] Editor's pick [Link]
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Dependent modal space control: Experimental test rig
M. Serra, Francesco Ripamonti and Ferruccio Resta
J. Vibration and Control (2015): 1077546315616699. [PDF]
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Dependent modal space control
M. Serra, Francesco Ripamonti and Ferruccio Resta
Smart Materials and Structures 22.10 (2013): 105004. [PDF]
PREPRINTS (PDF available)
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
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Lagrangian and Eulerian Coherent Structures in Complex Dynamical Systems
M. Serra and George Haller
ENOC (2017), Budapest, Hungary. [PDF]
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A comparison between the IMSC and the DMSC for vibration suppression of smart flexible structures
M. Serra, Ferruccio Resta, Francesco Ripamonti
Proc. SPIE 8688, Active and Passive Smart Struct. and Integrated Sys., 868823 (2013). [PDF]
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An active control logic based on modal approach for vibration reduction through the eigenstructure assignment
M. Serra, Ferruccio Resta, Francesco Ripamonti
IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics (ICM), (2013). [PDF]
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Transport, mixing and deformation in active nematics
M. Serra, L. Lemma, L. Giomi, Z. Dogic and L. Mahadevan
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Early identification of instabilities in shear flows
B. F. Klose, M. Serra and G. B. Jacobs