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Rene Van-Hout

Rene Van-Hout

Education

  • 1991 – M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • 2001 – Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Research Interests

  • Multi-phase flows
  • Particle-laden turbulent flows
  • Atmospheric canopy boundary layer flows
  • Turbulent (coaxial) jet flows
  • Gas-assisted atomization
  • Use and development of Particle Image Velocimetry and digital Holography.

Guest Appointments

  • 2002-2005 PostDoctoral Fellowship, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.

Industrial Experience

  • NRF-Thermal Engineering, Uden, The Netherlands. Design of heat transfer equipment (1992-1993)

Selected Publications

  • Zhu, W., van Hout, R., Katz, J., 2006: On the Flow Structure and Turbulence during Sweep and Ejection Events in a Windtunnel Model Canopy. Submitted to Boundary-Layer Meteorol.
  • Yue, W., Meneveau, C., Parlange, M., Zhu, W., van Hout, R., Katz, J., 2006: A comparative quadrant analysis of turbulence in a plant canopy. Submitted to J. Atmos. Sci.
  • Yue, W., Parlange, M., Meneveau, C., Zhu, W., van Hout, R., Katz, J., 2006: Large eddy simulation study of turbulence structures within and above a corn canopy, using field- and plantscale representations. Submitted to Boundary-Layer Meteorol.
  • van Hout, R., Zhu, W., Luznik, L., Katz, J., Kleissl, J., Parlange, M., 2006: PIV measurements in the atmospheric boundary layer within and above a mature corn canopy; Part A: Statistics and small scale isotropy. Accepted for publication by J. Atmos. Sci.
  • Zhu, W., van Hout, R., Katz, J., 2006: PIV measurements in the atmospheric boundary layer within and above a mature corn canopy; Part B: Quadrant-Hole analysis. Accepted for publication by J. Atmos. Sci.
  • Zhu, W., van Hout, R., Luznik, L., Kang, H. S., Katz, J. Meneveau, C., 2006: A Comparison of PIV Measurements of Canopy Turbulence Performed in the Field and in a Wind Tunnel Model. Exp. Fluids 41, 309-318.
  • van Hout, R., Katz, J., 2004: A method for measuring the density of irregularly shaped biological aerosols such as pollen. J. Aeros. Sci. 35, 1369-1384.
  • van Hout, R., Barnea, D., Shemer, L., 2003: Evolution of hydrodynamic and statistical parameters of gas-liquid slug flow along inclined pipes. Chem. Eng. Sci. 58, 115-133.
  • van Hout, R., 2002: Unsteady flow phenomena: Implications on the design of experimental facilities. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 28, 1581-1588.
  • van Hout, R., Barnea, D., Shemer, L., 2002: Translational velocities of elongated bubbles in continuous slug flow. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 28, 1333-1350.
  • van Hout, R., Gulitski, A., Barnea, D., Shemer, L., 2002: Experimental investigation of the velocity field induced by a Taylor bubble rising in stagnant water. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 28, 579-596.
  • van Hout, R., Barnea, D., Shemer, L., 2001: Evolution of statistical parameters of gas-liquid slug flow along vertical pipes. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 27, 1579-1602.
  • van Hout, R., Shemer, L., Barnea, D. (1992). Spatial distribution of void fraction within the liquid slug and some other related slug parameters. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 18, 831-845.
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