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Roberto PAOLI
Research Scientist
Aviation and Environment Team
CERFACS, European Centre for Research and Advanced Training in Scientific Computing
42 avenue Gaspard Coriolis
Toulouse 31057 Cedex 01, France
Fax: +33.(0)5.61.19.30.00
Tel: +33.(0)5.61.19.31.33
E-mail: paoli@cerfacs.fr
Part-time associate professor
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
Ecole de Sciences industrielles et technologies de l'information
292 rue Saint-Martin 75414 Paris Cedex 03, France
Previous positions
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2003-2004: Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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2001-2003: Post-doctoral Fellow, CERFACS, Toulouse, France.
Education
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2010: HDR, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse.
Dissertation: "Modeling and simulation of the environmental impact of aircraft emissions".
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2001: PhD in Aerospace Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza".
Thesis title: "Shock wave reflections in nonequilibrium steady flows: theoretical and numerical analysis".
Advisor: Prof. Francesco Grasso.
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1998: Laurea in Aerospace Engineering (110/110, cum Laude), University of Rome "La Sapienza".
Dissertation: "Thermochemical nonequilbrium effects in high Mach number flows" (in Italian).
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1996: Laurea in Aeronautical Engineering (110/110), University of Rome "La Sapienza".
Dissertation: "Dynamics and control of a thermally forced tethered satellite system" (in Italian).
Research Interests and competences
- Modeling of the environmental impact of aviation.
- Modeling and simulation of aircraft emissions, dynamics of aircraft wake vortices.
- Direct and large-eddy simulations of turbulent reactive two-phase flows.
- Modeling and simulation of high-speed flows in chemical nonequilibrium, high-temperature gas dynamics.
- Computational fluid dynamics: numerical methods, massively parallel computing.
Awards and fellowships
- 2012 Innovative & Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) computational award. Principal Investigator, "Large-eddy simulations of contrail-to-cirrus transition", U.S. Department of Energy.
- 2012 Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) computational award. Principal Investigator of the project: "Large-eddy simulations of stratified atmospheric turbulent flows: application to meteorological hazard and environmental impact", European Union.
- 2003-2004: Post-doctoral fellowship, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University.
- Summer 2006: Visiting Fellowship, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University.
- summer 2002: Visiting Fellowship, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University.
Selected Invited Talks
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Atlanta, GA, USA (February 2011).
- Airbus SAS, Toulouse, France (June 2010).
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (July 2009).
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA (April 2009).
- Quantify Summer School, Athens, Greece (September 2007).
- Dassault Aviation, Paris, France (February 2006).
Publications
Papers in refereed journals
- J. Picot, R. Paoli, O. Thouron, and D. Cariolle, 2014: Large eddy simulation of condensation trails in a stratified and turbulent atmosphere, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, in press.
- A. Poubeau, R. Paoli , A. Dauptain, F. Duchaine, and G. Wang, 2014: Large-eddy simulations of a single-species solid rocket booster jet, AIAA Journal, in press.
- R. Paoli, O. Thouron, J. Escobar, J. Picot and D. Cariolle, 2014: High-resolution large-eddy simulations of stably stratified flows: application to subkilometer-scale turbulence in the upper troposphere–lower stratosphere, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 14, pp. 5037-5055.
- S. Unterstrasser, R. Paoli, I. Sölch, C. Kühnlein, and T. Gerz, 2014: Dimension of aircraft exhaust plumes at cruise conditions: effect of wake vortices, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 14, 2713-2733.
- R. Paoli, L. Nybelen, J. Picot, and D. Cariolle, 2013: Effects of jet/vortex interaction on contrail formation in supersaturated conditions, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 25, 053305.
- M. Rochoux, B. Cuenot, S. Ricci, A. Trouvé, B. Delmotte, S. Massart, R. Paoli, and R. Paugam, 2013: Data assimilation applied to combustion, Comptes Rendus Mécanique, Vol. 341, pp. 266-276.
- R. Paoli, D. Cariolle, and R. Sausen, 2011: Review of effective emissions modeling and computation, Geoscientific Model Development, Vol. 4, pp. 643-667.
- P. Huszar, D. Cariolle, R. Paoli , T. Halenka, M. Belda, H. Schlager, J. Miksovsky, and P. Pisoft, 2010: Modeling the regional impact of ship emissions on NOx and ozone levels over the Eastern Atlantic and Western Europe, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , Vol. 10, pp. 6645-6660.
- R. Paugam, R. Paoli, and D. Cariolle, 2010: Influence of vortex dynamics and atmospheric turbulence on the early evolution of a contrail, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , Vol. 10, pp. 3933-3952.
- D. Cariolle, D. Caro, R. Paoli, D. Hauglustaine, B. Cuenot, A. Cozic, and R. Paugam, 2009: Introduction of non-linear plume chemistry into large scale atmospheric models: application to aircraft emissions, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 114, D19302.
- R. Paoli and K. Shariff, 2009: Turbulent condensation of droplets: direct simulation and a stochastic model, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 66, pp. 723-740.
- L. Nybelen and R. Paoli, 2009: Direct and large-eddy simulations of merging in co-rotating vortex system, AIAA Journal, Vol. 47, pp. 157-167.
- F. Chosson, R. Paoli, and B. Cuenot, 2008: Ship plume dispersion rates in convective boundary layers for chemistry models, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 8, pp. 4841-4853.
- R. Paoli, X. Vancassel, F. Garnier, and P. Mirabel, 2008: Large-eddy simulation of a turbulent jet and a vortex sheet interaction: particle formation and evolution in the near-field of an aircraft wake, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 17, pp. 131-144.
- R. Paoli and F. Garnier, 2005: Interaction of exhaust jets and aircraft wake vortices: small-scale dynamics and potential microphysical-chemical transformations, Comptes Rendus Physique, Vol. 6, pp. 525-547.
- R. Paoli, J. Hélie, and T. Poinsot, 2004: Contrail formation in aircraft wakes, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 502, pp. 361-373.
- R. Paoli, F. Laporte, B. Cuenot, and T. Poinsot, 2003: Dynamics and mixing in jet-vortex interactions, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 15, pp. 1843-1860.
- M. Marini, R. Paoli, F. Grasso, J. Periaux, and J.-A. Desideri, 2002: Verification and validation in computational fluid dynamics: the FLOWnet database experience, JSME International Journal Series B, Vol. 45, pp. 15-22.
- F. Grasso and R. Paoli, 2000: Stability of shock wave reflections in nonequilibrium steady flows and hysteresis, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 12, pp. 3265-3279.
- F. Grasso and R. Paoli, 2000: Simulations of shock wave reflections in nonequilibrium steady flows, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 37, pp. 224-234.
- F. Grasso and R. Paoli, 1999: An analytical study of Mach reflection in nonequilibrium steady flows, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 11, pp. 3150-3167.
- R. Paoli and D. Cariolle: Modeling chemical reactions and emissions from concentrated sources into global models, to be submitted.
Chapters in books and refereed proceedings
- R. Paoli, T. Poinsot, and K. Shariff: Testing Semi-Lagrangian schemes for two-phase flow applications, Proceedings of the 2006 Summer Program, Center for Turbulence Research, NASA Ames/Stanford Univ.
- R. Paoli, K. Shariff, and A. Shirgaonkar: Analysis of a subgrid-scale model for turbulent condensation Proceedings of the 2006 Summer Program, Center for Turbulence Research, NASA Ames/Stanford Univ.
- R. Paoli and K. Shariff: Direct Numerical Simulation of turbulent condensation in clouds, Annual Research Briefs 2004, pp. 305-316, Center for Turbulence Research, NASA Ames/Stanford Univ.
- R. Paoli and K. Shariff: Particle size distributions in atmospheric clouds, Annual Research Briefs 2003, pp. 39-47, Center for Turbulence Research, NASA Ames/Stanford Univ.
- R. Paoli, J. Hélie, T. Poinsot, and S. Ghosal: Contrails formation in aircraft wakes using large-eddy simulations, Proceedings of the 2002 Summer Program, pp. 229-241, Center for Turbulence Research, NASA Ames/Stanford Univ.
Conference proceedings (selected)
- R. Paoli, R. Paugam, L. Nybelen, C. Sarrat, and D. Cariolle: High-resolution numerical simulations of physicochemical processes in aircraft wakes, Proceedings of the International Conference Transport, Atmosphere and Climate, Aachen, Germany, June 2009.
- D. Cariolle, R. Paoli, D. Hauglustaine, D. Caro, B. Cuenot and R. Paugam: Introduction of plume chemistry into large-scale atmospheric models, Proceedings of the International Conference Transport, Atmosphere and Climate, Aachen, Germany, June 2009.
- L. Nybelen, H. Moet, and R. Paoli: Simulations of merging in a two co-rotating vortex system, Proceedings of the European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering ECCOMAS - CFD, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, September 2006.
- R. Paoli, F. Garnier, P. Mirabel and B. Cuenot: Large-eddy simulation of a turbulent jet and wake vortex interaction: particle formation and evolution in the near field of an aircraft, Proceedings of he International Conference on Transport, Atmosphere and Climate, Oxford, UK, June 2006.
- R. Paugam, R. Paoli, D. Cariolle and B. Cuenot: Numerical simulation of aircraft plume evolution using a mesoscale code, Proceedings of the International Conference on Transport, Atmosphere and Climate, Oxford, UK, June 2006.
- F. Garnier, C. Ferreira Gago, A. Brasseur, R. Paoli, and B. Cuenot: Dispersion and growing of ice particles in a turbulent exhaust plume, Proceedings of the European Conference on Aviation Atmosphere and Climate, Friedrichshafen, Germany, June 2003.
- R. Paoli, F. Laporte, and B. Cuenot: Jet/vortex interactions in airplane wakes, Proceedings of the Euromech Colloquium 433: Dynamics of trailing vortices, Aachen, Germany, March 2002.
- F. Grasso and R. Paoli: Shock reflections in nonequilibrium flows: theoretical and numerical considerations, Proceedings of the European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS, Barcelona, Spain, September 2000.
- F. Grasso and R. Paoli: Steady shock wave reflection in nonequilibrium flows: thermodynamic stability and regular-to-Mach reflection transition, Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, The American Physical Society, New Orleans, LA, November 1999.
- F. Grasso and R. Paoli: Nonequilibrium Effects on Shock Wave Reflection Phenomena, Proceedings of the Third European Symposium on Aerothermodynamics for Space Vehicles, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, November 1998.