Fluid Mechanics podcasts

Leonardo and Andrea discuss internet censorship and recent work on Navier-Stokes equations involving AI, including the scientific significance and debate surrounding the results. The episode also contains Giuliano Greco's interview with Ivano La Rosa about a cyberpunk audio drama set in a future Genoa.

Hosted by Leonardo, Andrea

Esther Sumner describes direct observations of turbidity currents and the challenge of instrumenting active submarine canyons. Smart boulders and acoustic current measurements reveal how these large, long-lasting underwater flows transport sediment. The discussion includes an underwater robot’s accidental encounter with an active current in California’s Mendocino Canyon.

Melissa and Jam examine bird flight at the scale of air molecules. The discussion considers lift, momentum transfer, wing shape, angle and flapping, explains the limits of common Bernoulli-based accounts, and relates airflow to the molecular motion underlying the macroscopic behaviour of gases.

Hosted by Melissa, Jam

John Dabiri explains how swimming jellyfish reveal efficient ways to manipulate fluid flow. The discussion connects their movement with engineering questions ranging from submarine propulsion and wind-turbine placement to circulation in the human heart, showing how biological observation can inform fluid mechanics.

Hosted by Steven Strogatz

Joachim Mossige discusses everyday fluid phenomena in the kitchen and how mathematical physics explains them. Conversation in Norwegian.