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Faculty of Mathematics

 

I explore environmental and geophysical flows primarily through lab experiments, complemented by idealised theoretical and numerical approaches. A lot of my work focuses on multiphase turbulent flows, and how phase change or chemical reactions influence mixing and particle transport. Some of my recent interests include cloud dynamics, extreme precipitation events, microplastic dispersal, crystallizing magmatic flows and solidifying planetary cores.

Publications

Plumes of settling and dissolving sugar grains
Q Kriaa, B Favier, M Le Bars
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2025)
1022,
a20
Plumes of settling and dissolving sugar grains
Q Kriaa, B Favier, M Le Bars
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2025)
1022,
A20
Solid–liquid phase change in planetary cores
L Huguet, Q Kriaa, T Alboussière, M Le Bars
– Comptes Rendus Physique
(2025)
25,
1
Dynamics of snow zones in solidifying planetary cores
Q Kriaa, B Favier, M Le Bars
– Europhysics news
(2025)
56,
28
Influence of planetary rotation on metal-silicate mixing and equilibration in a magma ocean
Q Kriaa, L Maylis, LB Michael
– Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
(2024)
352,
107168
Two-way coupling Eulerian numerical simulations of particle clouds settling in a quiescent fluid
Q Kriaa, B Favier, M Le Bars
– Physical Review Fluids
(2023)
8,
074302
Effects of particle size and background rotation on the settling of particle clouds
Q Kriaa, E Subra, B Favier, M Le Bars
– Physical Review Fluids
(2022)
7,
124302
Modeling of impulse waves generated by a viscous collapse in water
Q Kriaa, S Viroulet, L Lacaze
– Physical Review Fluids
(2022)
7,
054801

Research Group

Environmental and Industrial Fluid Dynamics

Room

H0.09

Telephone

01223 339737