Journal Papers


  1. Bullet    Hover, F. S., A. H. Techet, and M. S. Triantafyllou, “Forces on Oscillating Uniform and Tapered Cylinders in Cross Flow,”  Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 363, pp. 97-114, May 1998. [PDF]

  2. Bullet    Techet, A. H., F. S. Hover, and M. S. Triantafyllou, “Vortical Patterns Behind a Tapered Cylinder Oscillating Transversely to a Uniform Flow,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, v. 363, pp. 79-96, May 1998. [PDF]

  3. Bullet    Triantafyllou, M. S., A. H. Techet, Q. Zhu, D. N. Beal, and F. S. Hover, "Vorticity Control in Fish-like Propulsion and Maneuvering," Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42:1026-1031, 2002. [PDF]

  4. Bullet    Techet, Alexandra H., Franz S. Hover, and Michael S. Triantafyllou, “Separation and Turbulence Control in Biomimetic Flows,” Flow Turbulence and Combustion, 71:105-118, 2003. [PDF]

  5. Bullet    Triantafyllou, M. S., A. H. Techet, and F. S. Hover, “Review of Experimental Work in Biomimetic Foils,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, v. 29(3), pp. 585-594, 2004. [PDF]

  6. Bullet    Triantafyllou, M. S., F. S. Hover, A. H. Techet, and D. K. P. Yue “Review of Scaling Laws in Aquatic Locomotion and Fish-like Swimming,” Applied Mechanics Review, 58(4):226-237, July 2005. [PDF]

  7. Bullet    Truscott, T.T, and A.H. Techet, “Air Cavity Formation in the Wake of a Spinning Sphere Impacting a Free Surface,” Physics of Fluids, 18: 091113, September 2006. [DOI: 10.1063/ 1.2335903]  [PDF]

  8. Bullet    Epps, B. P. and A. H. Techet, “Impulse Forces Generated During Unsteady Maneuvering of Swimming Fish,” Experiments in Fluids, 43(5), 691-700, November 2007. [doi:10.1007/s00348-007-0401-4]  [PDF]

  9. Bullet    Techet, A.H.  “Propulsive Performance of Biologically-Inspired Flapping Foils at High Reynolds Numbers,” Journal Experimental Biology, 211, 274-279, 2008. [doi:10.1242/jeb.012849] [PDF]

  10. Bullet    J. Aristoff, T. T. Truscott, A. H. Techet and J. M. Bush, “The Life of a Water-Entry Cavity at Low Bond Number,” Physics of Fluids, 19(9), September 2008.  [PDF]

  11. Bullet    Truscott, T.T. and A.H. Techet, “Water entry of a spinning sphere,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 625, pp. 135-165, Apr. 2009. [PDF]

  12. Bullet    Epps, B. P., P. Valdivia y Alvarado, K. Youcef-Toumi, and A. H. Techet, “Swimming performance of biomimetic compliant fish-like robots,” Experiments in Fluids, Online first, 02 Jun 2009. [DOI 10.1007/s00348-009-0684-8]  [PDF]

  13. Bullet    Epps, B. P. and A. H. Techet, “Biorthogonal decomposition of particle image velocimetry data: considering moving bodies and experimental error,” Experiments in Fluids, in press.  [PDF]

  14. Bullet    Belden, J. and A. H. Techet, "Simultaneous quantitative flow measurement using PIV on both sides of the air-water interface for breaking waves,” Experiments in Fluids, under review. 

  15. Bullet    Jeffrey Aristoff, Tadd Truscott, Alexandra Techet, and John W. M. Bush, "The water entry of decelerating spheres" Physics of Fluids 09-0416, under review. 

  16. Bullet    Belden, J., Truscott, T. T. and Techet, A. H. “Three-dimensional particle imaging velocimetry using synthetic aperture imaging,” Measurement Science and Technology, under review. 

  17. Bullet    Truscott, T. T. and Techet, A. H. “Experimental investigation of water entry of hydrophobic and hydrophilic spheres with and without spin,” Physics of Fluids, under review.  

  18. Bullet    Epps, B. P., Truscott, T. T., and Techet, A. H.   “A robust method for curve fitting and evaluating derivatives of experimental data using smoothing splines,” Measurement Science and Technology, under review. 



Conference Preceedings


  1. Bullet    Techet, A. H. and M. S. Triantafyllou, “The Evolution of a ‘Hybrid’ Shedding Mode,” Proceedings of the 1998 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Washington, DC, 21-23 June 1998. Techet, A. H. and M. S. Triantafyllou, “The Evolution of a ‘Hybrid’ Shedding Mode,” Proceedings of the 1998 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Washington, DC, 21-23 June 1998.

  2. Bullet    Wolfgang, M., S. Tolkoff, A. Techet, D. Barrett, M. Triantafyllou, D. Yue, F. Hover, M. Grosenbaugh, and W. McGillis, “Drag Reduction and Turbulence Control in Swimming Fish-Like Bodies,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Seawater Drag Reduction, Newport, RI, pp. 463-469, 22-23 July 1998.

  3. Bullet    Techet, A. H. and M. S. Triantafyllou, “Boundary Layer Relaminarization in Swimming Fish,” Proceedings of the 9th (1999) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Brest, France, v. II, pp. 415-418, May 30-June 4, 1999.

  4. Bullet    Techet, A. H., M. J. Wolfgang, J. M. Kumph,  D. K. P. Yue, M. S. Triantafyllou,  E. J. Anderson, W. R. McGillis, M. A. Grosenbaugh, “Flow Control of Flexible-Hull Vehicles,” Proc. 11th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST99), Durham, New Hampshire, August 22-25, 1999.

  5. Bullet    Anderson, E. J., A. H. Techet, W. R. McGillis, M. A. Grosenbaugh, and M. S. Triantafyllou, “Visualization and Analysis of Boundary Layer Flow in Live and Robotic Fish,” First International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 12-15 September 1999.

  6. Bullet    Techet, A. H., E. J. Anderson, W. R. McGillis, M. A. Grosenbaugh, and M. S. Triantafyllou, “Flow Visualization of Swimming Robotic Fish in The Near Boundary Region,” Third International Workshop on Particle Image Velocimetry, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 16-18 September 1999.

  7. Bullet    Beal, D. N., A. H. Techet, F. S. Hover, D. K. P. Yue, and M. S. Triantafyllou, “Vortex Street Modulation by an Oscillating Foil,” IUTAM Symposium on Bluff BodyWakes and Vortex-Induced Vibration (BBVIV-2), Marseille, France, 13-16 June 2000.

  8. Bullet    Allen, J. J., A. H. Techet, R. M. Kelso, and A. J. Smits, “Energy Harvesting Eel,” 14th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia, 10-14 December 2001.

  9. Bullet    Techet, A. H., J. J. Allen, and A. J. Smits, “Piezoelectric Eels for Energy Harvesting in the Ocean,” Proceedings of the 12th (2002) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Kitakyushu, Japan, v. II, pp. 713-718, May 25-31, 2002.

  10. Bullet    McLetchie, K., M. Flores, F. Hover, A. Techet, and M. Triantafyllou, “Forces and Flow Visualization of Flapping Foils,” Proc. 13th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST03), Durham, New Hampshire, August 24-27, 2003. 

  11. Bullet    Fish, F., G. Lauder, R. Mittal, A. Techet, M. Triantafyllou, J. Walker, P. Webb, “Conceptual Design for the Construction of a Biorobotics AUV Based on Biological Hydrodynamics,” Proc. 13th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST03), Durham, New Hampshire, August 24-27, 2003. (Invited Paper).

  12. Bullet    Triantafyllou, M. S., A. H. Techet, and F. S. Hover, “Review of Experimental Work in Biomimetic Foils,” Proc. 13th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST03), Durham, New Hampshire, August 24-27, 2003. (Invited Paper).

  13. Bullet    M. S. Triantafyllou, F. S. Hover, A. H. Techet, and D. K. P. Yue,  “Review of Scaling Laws in Aquatic Locomotion and Fish-like Swimming Robots and Flapping Foils”, 2nd International Symposium on Aqua Bio-Mechanisms ISABMEC, Honolulu, HI, September 14-17, 2003 (Invited Paper).

  14. Bullet    M. S. Triantafyllou, A.H. Techet, F. S. Hover, “The Effect of Reynolds Number on Vortex-Induced Vibrations: From Subcritical to Supercritical Flow,” 8th International Conference on Flow Induced Vibrations, Paris, France, July 5-9, 2004.

  15. Bullet    M. S. Triantafyllou, A. H. Techet, F. S. Hover, “High Reynolds Number Test Results”, Workshop on Flow-Induced Vibration, Trondheim, Norway, October 25-26, 2004.

  16. Bullet    A. H. Techet, K. Lim, F.S. Hover, M.S. Triantafyllou, " Hydrodynamic Performance Of A Biologically Inspired Three-Dimensional Flapping Foil” Proc. 14th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST05), Durham, New Hampshire, August 21-24, 2005.

  17. Bullet    Techet, A. H. and A. K. McDonald, “High Speed PIV of Breaking Waves on Both Sides of the Air-Water Interface,” 6th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Pasadena, California, USA, September 2005. 

  18. Bullet    Techet, A. H., T. T. Truscott, and M. K. Thompson , “Integration of hands-on laboratory modules to enhance the introduction of ocean science and engineering to undergraduates,” Proceedings of IEEE/MTS Oceans/Boston 2006 conference, September 2006. 

  19. Bullet    Truscott, T. T., Beal, D. N. and Techet, A. H., “Shallow angle water entry of ballistic projectiles,” Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Cavitation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, August 17-22, 2009. 

  20. Bullet    Truscott, T. T., Belden, J. and Techet, A. H.,  “3D flow-field PIV and biological sensing using synthetic aperture,” Proc. 16th Inter. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST09), Durham, New Hampshire, August 23-26, 2009. 

  21. Bullet    Belden, J., Truscott, T. T., and Techet, A. H.,  “3D Flow Fields Using Synthetic Aperture PIV,” 8th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Melbourne, Australia, August 25-28, 2009.  

  22. Bullet    Belden, J., and Techet, A. H.,  “Resolving Flow at the Air-Water Interface for Vorticity Flux Measurements ,” 8th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Melbourne, Australia, August 25-28, 2009. 


Other Publications & Media

  1. Bullet    Discovery Channel segment on series “Time Warp”, episode title “Breakdancing” on bullet entry into water, original air date November 19, 2008. [VIDEO CLIP]

  2. Bullet    Epps, B. P. and A. H. Techet, “Impulse Forces Generated During Unsteady Maneuvering of Swimming Fish,” In Animal Locomotion: Hydrodynamics of Swimming and Physics of Flying (Springer-Verlag), to appear, 2009. 


American Physical Society (APS) Gallery of Fluid Motion Posters  (reverse chronological order)


  1. BulletSutherland, K. R., Madin, L., & Techet, A. H. (2008) In situ visualization of the propulsive jet wakes produced by pelagic tunicates, Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster, 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics.  [PDF]

  2. BulletBelden, J. & Techet, A.H. (2007) Imaging Across the Interface of Small-Scale Breaking Waves, Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics.  [PDF]

  3. BulletAristoff, J. M., Truscott, T. T., Techet, A. H., & Bush, J. M. (2007) The Life of a Water-Entry Cavity at Low Bond Number, Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. [PDF]

  4. BulletTruscott, T. T. & Techet, A. H. (2007) Shallow Angle Water-Entry of High-Speed Projectiles, Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. [PDF]

  5. BulletTruscott, T. T. & Techet, A. H. (2007) The Effect of Spin on Wetting Angle During Water Entry, Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. [PDF]

  6. BulletTruscott, T. T. & Techet, A. H. (2005) Air Cavity formation in the Wake of a Spinning Sphere Impacting the Free Surface, Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster, 58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. [PDF]



  1. BulletPoster winners for APS Gallery of Fluid Motion



APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Presentations (reverse chronological order)


  1. Bullet“Experimental measurement of vorticity flux across the interface of an unsteady breaking wave,” J. L. Belden and A. H. Techet, 61st Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 23-25, 2008, San Antonio, TX.

  2. Bullet“Shallow-angle water entry of ballistic projectiles,” T. T. Truscott, D. N. Beal, J. T. Gomez, and A. H. Techet, 61st Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 23-25, 2008, San Antonio, TX.

  3. Bullet“A new spin on wetting angle” T. T. Truscott and A. H. Techet, 60th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 18-20, 2007, Salt Lake City, UT.

  4. Bullet“Imaging across the interface of small-scale breaking waves” A. H. Techet, and J. L. Belden, 60th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 18-20, 2007, Salt Lake City, UT

  5. Bullet“Locomotion Performance of Biomimetic Fish-like Swimming Devices,” B. P. Epps, P. Valdivia y Alvarado, and A. H. Techet, 60th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 18-20, 2007, Salt Lake City, UT.

  6. Bullet“Momentum balance, hydrodynamic impulse and choreography in rapidly maneuvering live fish,” B. P. Epps and A. H. Techet, 59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 19-21, 2006, Tampa, FL.

  7. Bullet“Spanwise visualization of the flow around a three-dimensional foil with leading edge protuberances,” M. J. Stanway and A. H. Techet, 59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 19-21, 2006, Tampa, FL.

  8. Bullet“Cavity dynamics of spinning spheres impacting the air-water interface at high velocity,” T. T. Truscott and A. H. Techet, 59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 19-21, 2006, Tampa, FL.

  9. Bullet“Vortex Ring Formation in the Wake of Biologically Inspired Flapping Foils,” M.B. Read, M.J. Krueger, and A.H. Techet, 58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 20-22, 2005, Chicago, IL.

  10. Bullet“High Speed PIV of Breaking Waves on Both Sides of the Air-Water Interface,” A.H. Techet and A. K. McDonald, 58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 20-22, 2005, Chicago, IL.

  11. Bullet“Experimental visualization of rapid maneuvering by biologically inspired propulsors,” A. H. Techet,  57th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 21-23, 2004, Seattle, WA.

  12. Bullet"Experimental Visualization of Rapidly Maneuvering Fish," S. Daigh and A.H. Techet, 56th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 23-25, 2003, E. Rutherford, NJ.

  13. Bullet"Scaling Law in Rapidly Maneuvering Fish," M.S. Triantafyllou, Q. Zhu, A.H. Techet and D.K.P. Yue, 56th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 23-25, 2003, E. Rutherford, NJ.

  14. Bullet"Excitation of flexible membranes with von Karman vortex streets," J.J. Allen, A.H. Techet and A.J. Smits, 54th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 18-19, 2001, San Diego, CA.

  15. Bullet"Vortical patterns in the wake of chordwise flexible and rigid pitching foils," A.H. Techet, E.T. Baumgartner, A.J. Smits, 54th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 18-19, 2001, San Diego, CA.

  16. Bullet"Near Boundary Visualization of the Flow About Fish-Like Swimming Bodies," A.H. Techet and M.S. Triantafyllou, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 19-21, 2000, Washington, DC.

  17. Bullet"A numerical and experimental study of vortex splits in flow-structure interactions," D. Lucor, G. E. Karniadakis, A. H. Techet, F.S. Hover, and M.S. Triantafyllou, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 19-21, 2000, Washington, DC.

  18. Bullet"Experimental Study of a Waving Plate," A. H. Techet and M. S. Triantafyllou, 52nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, New Orleans, LA, 21-24 November 1999.

  19. Bullet"Vortical patterns behind tapered cylinders oscillating transversely to a uniform flow," A. H. Techet and M. S. Triantafyllou, 50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, San Francisco, CA, 23-25 November 1997. 



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