PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

- for citations of our work, please see Dr. Santhanakrishnan’s Google Scholar profile.

- Dr. Santhanakrishnan’s ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1800-8361.

*=Supervised graduate students; **=Supervised undergraduate students.

PUBLISHED PAPERS

  • Kasoju, V. T.*, Moen, D. S., Ford, M. P.*, Ngo, T. T.** and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2021). Interspecific variation in bristle number on forewings of tiny insects does not influence clap-and-fling aerodynamics. Journal of Experimental Biology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.239798.

  • Ford, M. P.*, Ray, W. J., DiLuca, E. M.**, Patek, S. N. and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2021). Hybrid metachronal rowing augments swimming speed and acceleration via increased stroke amplitude. Integrative and Comparative Biology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab141.

  • Ford, M. P.* and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2021). Closer appendage spacing augments metachronal swimming speed by promoting tip vortex interactions. Integrative and Comparative Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab112.

  • Byron, M. L., Murphy, D. W., Katija, K., Hoover, A. P., Daniels, J., Takagi, D., Kanso, E. A., Gemmell, B. J., Garayev, K., Ruszczyk, M. and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2021). Metachronal motion across scales: current challenges and future directions. Integrative and Comparative Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab105.

  • Ford, M. P.* and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2021). On the role of phase lag in multi-appendage metachronal swimming of euphausiids. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/abc930.

  • Kasoju, V. T.* and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2021). Pausing after clap reduces power required to fling wings apart at low Reynolds number. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 16(5): 056006. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ac050a.

  • Gaddam, M. G.* and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2021). Effects of varying inhalation duration and respiratory rate on human airway flow. Fluids 6(6): 221. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids6060221.

  • Kasoju, V. T.* and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2021). Aerodynamic interaction of bristled wing pairs in fling. Physics of Fluids 33(3): 031901. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0036018. (invited paper; selected as Editor’s Pick)

  • Samaee, M.*, Nelsen, N. H.**, Gaddam, M. G.* and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2020). Diastolic vortex alterations with reducing left ventricular volume: an in vitro study. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 142(12): 121006-1-121006-13. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4047663.

  • Alexander, A. S.* and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2020). Mechanisms of power augmentation in two side-by-side vertical axis wind turbines. Renewable Energy 148: 600-610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.10.149.

  • Ford, M. P.*, Lai, H. K.*, Samaee, M.* and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2019). Hydrodynamics of metachronal paddling: effects of varying Reynolds number and phase lag. Royal Society Open Science 6: 191387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191387.

  • Ford, M. P.**, Kasoju, V. T.*, Gaddam, M. G.* and Santhanakrishnan A (2019). Aerodynamic effects of varying solid surface area of bristled wings performing clap and fling. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 14(4): 046003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ab1a00.

  • Santhanakrishnan, A., Jones, S. K., Dickson, W. B., Peek, M., Kasoju, V. T.*, Dickinson, M. H. and Miller, L. A. (2018). Flow structure and force generation on flapping wings at low Reynolds numbers relevant to the flight of tiny insects. Fluids 3(3): 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids3030045.

  • Kasoju, V. T.*, Terrill, C. L.*, Ford, M. P.** and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2018). Leaky flow through simplified physical models of bristled wings of tiny insects during clap and fling. Fluids 3(2): 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids3020044.

  • Alexander, A. S.* and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2017). Trapped cylindrical flow with multiple inlets for Savonius vertical axis wind turbines. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering 140(4): 044501-044501-7. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4038166.

  • Strickland, C., Miller, L. A., Santhanakrishnan, A., Hamlet, C., Battista, N. A. and Pasour, V. (2017). Three-dimensional low Reynolds number flows near biological filtering and protective layers. Fluids 2(4): 62. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids2040062.

  • Santhanakrishnan, A., Okafor, I. U.*, Kumar, G. and Yoganathan, A. P. (2016). Atrial systole enhances intraventricular filling flow propagation during increasing heart rate. Journal of Biomechanics 49(4): 618-623. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.01.026.

  • Okafor, I. U.*, Santhanakrishnan, A., Raghav, V. S. and Yoganathan, A. P. (2015). Role of mitral annulus diastolic geometry on intraventricular filling dynamics. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 137(12): 121007. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4031838.

  • Okafor, I. U.*, Santhanakrishnan, A., Chaffins, B. D.*, Mirabella, L., Oshinski, J. N. and Yoganathan, A. P. (2015). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance compatible physical model of the left ventricle for multi-modality characterization of wall motion and hemodynamics. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 17(1): 51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12968-015-0154-9.

  • Santhanakrishnan, A., Robinson, A. K., Dollinger, M., Lowe, A., Gadi, S., Hedrick, T. L. and Miller, L. A. (2014). Clap and fling mechanism with interacting porous wings in tiny insect flight. Journal of Experimental Biology 217(21): 3898-3909. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.084897.

  • Santhanakrishnan, A., Maher, K. O., Tang, E., Khiabani, R. H., Johnson, J.** and Yoganathan, A. P. (2013). Hemodynamic effects of implanting a unidirectional valve in the inferior vena cava of the Fontan circulation pathway: an in vitro investigation. American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology 305(10): H1538-H1547. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00351.2013.

  • Santhanakrishnan, A., Nestle, T.**, Moore, B. L., Yoganathan, A. P. and Paden, M. L. (2013). Design and validation of a diaphragm pump for pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. International Journal of Artificial Organs, 36(12): 892-899. https://doi.org/10.5301/ijao.5000259.

  • Santhanakrishnan, A., Nestle, T.**, Moore, B. L., Yoganathan, A. P. and Paden, M. L. (2013). Development of an accurate fluid management system for a pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy device. ASAIO Journal 59(3): 294-301. https://doi.org/10.1097/mat.0b013e31828ea5e2.

  • Yap, C. H., Thiele, K., Wei, Q., Santhanakrishnan, A., Khiabani, R., Cardinale, M., Salgo, I. S. and Yoganathan, A. P. (2013). Novel method of measuring valvular regurgitation using three-dimensional non-linear curve fitting of Doppler signals within the flow convergence zone. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control 60(7): 1295-1311. https://doi.org/10.1109/tuffc.2013.2704.

  • Rabbah, J. P. M., Saikrishnan, N., Siefert, A. W., Santhanakrishnan, A. and Yoganathan, A. P. (2012). Mechanics of healthy and functionally diseased mitral valves: a critical review. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 135(2):021007. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4023238. (invited review paper)

  • Hamlet, C. L., Miller, L. A., Rodriguez, T. and Santhanakrishnan, A. (2012). The fluid dynamics of feeding in the upside down jellyfish. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, 1, Volume 155, Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surfaces, Part 1, 155: 35-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3997-4_3. (invited paper)

  • Miller, L. A., Santhanakrishnan, A., Jones, S., Hamlet, C., Mertens, K. and Zhu, L. (2012). Reconfiguration and the reduction of vortex-induced vibrations in broad leaves. Journal of Experimental Biology 215(15): 2716–2727. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.064501.

  • Santhanakrishnan, A., Dollinger, M.**, Hamlet, C. L., Colin, S. P. and Miller, L. A. (2012). Flow structure and transport characteristics of the feeding and exchange currents generated by upside-down Cassiopea jellyfish. Journal of Experimental Biology 215(14): 2369–2381. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.053744. 

  • Hamlet, C. L., Santhanakrishnan, A. and Miller, L. A. (2011). A numerical study of the effects of bell pulsation dynamics and oral arms on the exchange currents generated by the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana. Journal of Experimental Biology 214(11): 1911–1921. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.052506.

  • Santhanakrishnan, A. and Miller, L. A. (2011). Fluid dynamics of heart development. Cell Biochemistry Biophysics 61(1): 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12013-011-9158-8. (invited review paper)

  • Santhanakrishnan, A., Nguyen, N.**, Cox, J. G.** and Miller, L. A. (2009). Flow within models of the vertebrate embryonic heart. Journal of Theoretical Biology 259(3): 449–461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.04.020.

  • Santhanakrishnan, A., Reasor, D. A. and LeBeau, R. P. (2009). Characterization of linear plasma synthetic jet actuators in an initially quiescent medium. Physics of Fluids 21(4): 043602. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3097004.

  • Santhanakrishnan, A. and Jacob, J. D (2007). Flow control with plasma synthetic jet actuators. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 40(3): 637–651. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/40/3/S02.

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