Nicolas Silin

Purdue University
Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering
550 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051

Office:
Phone: (765) 607-9984
Email: nsilin@purdue.edu

Websites

Education
Ph.D., Instituto Balseiro, 2004
BS, Nagaoka Institute of Technology, 1998

Research Interests
Experimental methods in heat transfer and fluid mechanics. Easily penetrable porous media. Linear stability analysis. Coherent structures. Design of educational experiments. Prototyping. Thermal processes. Interdisciplinary work.

Selected Publications
High permeability porous media

• 2026: C. Vezies, P. Zavattieri, N. Silin, "A non-reciprocal architectured porous medium", Adv. Functional Materials, 6402831, accepted for publication.
• 2026: N. Silin, G. Boroni, A. Clausse, "Anisotropic Permeability of a Staggered Cylinder Array: A Combined Particle Image Velocimetry and Lattice Boltzmann Study", J. of Porous Media , JPM-62523, ACCEPTED_FOR_PUBLICATION
• 2020: G. Boroni, N. Silin, A. Clausse, "A Python Implementation in Graphic Processing Unit of a Lattice Boltzmann Model for Unstable Three-dimensional Flows in Immersed Permeable Media", Physics of Fluids, 32, 127107.
• 2011: Silin, N., Converti, J., Dalponte, D., and Clausse, A., "Flow instabilities between two parallel planes semi-obstructed by an easily penetrable porous medium", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2011, vol. 689, p. 417-433.

• 2006: Silin, N., Juanico, L.E., "Experimental study on the Reynolds number dependence of turbulent mixing in a rod bundle". Nuc. Eng. and Des. 236 (2006) 1860-1866
• 2010: N. Silin, V.P. Masson, D.O. Osorio, J. Converti, "Hydrodynamic transition delay in rectangular channels under high heat flux" Ann. of Nucl. Energ. 37 (2010) 615-620.

• 2024: M.C. Villagran Olivares, J.G. Benito, N. Silin, R.O. Unac, A.M. Vidales, "Aerodynamic resuspension of irregular flat micro-particles", J. of Aeros.Sc. 181, 106418.
• 2017: Silin, N., Tarrio, J., & Guozden, T. "An experimental study of the aerodynamic dispersion of loose aggregates in an accelerating flow". Powder Technology, 318, 151-161.

• 2024: G. Boroni, N. Silin, A. Clausse, "Modal Visualization of Waves by Means of Linear Mapping Filtering", Water Waves, 6 (2), 311-331.
• 2023: N. Silin, G. A. Boroni, J. Higham, A. Clausse, "Kinematic tomography of oscillatory coherent structures through synchronized mode decomposition" J Vis. 26 (3), 563-576. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-022-00902-2
• 2023: N Silin, DJ Cuscueta "Rapid prototyping of a heat management device for hydride forming alloys by additive manufacturing", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 48 (88), 34430-34439.
• 2023: N. Silin, A. Fernandez Zuvich, A. Soldati, A. Bevilacqua, "Characterization of alumina microspheres produced by combustion torch remelting", Lat. Am. Appl. Res., 53 (4), 335-340.
• 2020: Silin, N., Cuscueta, D. and Clausse, A., "Experimental assessment on the performance of hot wire anemometry in and around a permeable medium by comparison with Particle Image Velocimetry." Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, p.101827
• 2010: O.D. Osorio, N. Silin, J. Converti, "Fabrication of hot-wire probes and electronics for constant temperature anemometers" Lat. Am. Appl. Res., 2010.
• 2009: M. Melnichuk, N. Silin, H. A. Peretti, "Optimized heat transfer fin design for a metal - hydride hydrogen storage container" Int. J. of Hyd. Energ. 34 (2009) 3417-3424