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“The best breeding ground for fundamental progress in fluid mechanics are our societal and technological needs and challenges.”
Research profile
Herman Clercx is a physicist with more than 30 years of experience in fluid dynamics. He leads the Fluids and Flows group. The focus of this group is on gaining fundamental insight in a variety of aspects of heat and mass transport in vortex flows and turbulence, including its dynamical feedback on the flow. Herman Clercx’ research interests include turbulence in flatland, where he pioneered the role of no-slip walls on the dynamics of 2D turbulence, 3D turbulence affected by buoyancy and rotation for geophysical and environmental applications, particle and droplet dispersion and collisions in turbulence, and 3D viscous mixing in microfluidic and industrial applications.
Herman always combines laboratory experiments, applying modern optical diagnostics, with high-resolution direct numerical simulations to make progress in these fields. He is currently strongly involved in the TU/e High Tech Systems Center, in particular focusing on several aspects of transport in rarefied flows and 3D printing processes, where understanding the physics of fluids and heat transfer is key in optimizing processes and product quality. He teaches general courses on fluid mechanics and heat transfer for Applied Physics BSc and MSc students. He is one of the Founders of the start-up Flow Matters.
Academic background
Herman Clercx obtained his MSc in Theoretical Physics (with honors) from the University of Nijmegen in 1987. In 1991, he earned his PhD degree from TU/e with work on hydrodynamic interactions in colloidal suspensions. He spent time as a postdoctoral research fellow at LPMC (Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée), University of Nice, France, where he investigated electro- and magnetorheological fluids. In 1993, he joined TU/e as an Assistant Professor and became active in the field of turbulence. He became an Associate Professor in 1999 and, in 2006, a full Professor of Transport in Turbulent Flows.
From 2005-2013, he was appointed as part-time professor of Mathematical Modeling of Geophysical Flows at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. In 2004, he received a prestigious VICI grant from NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research). Herman is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), has been a visiting scientist at RISOE, Denmark, at UCSB, USA on several occasions, and has had fulfilled an invited professorship at the University of Bordeaux, France. He has published some 300 papers, mostly in refereed international journals.
Expertise gerelateerd aan duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen van de VN
In 2015 stemden de VN-lidstaten in met 17 wereldwijde duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen (Sustainable Development Goals, SDG's) om armoede te beëindigen, de planeet te beschermen en voor iedereen welvaart te garanderen. Het werk van deze persoon draagt bij aan de volgende duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstelling(en):
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Samenwerkingen en hoofdonderzoeksgebieden uit de afgelopen vijf jaar
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ACCESS-C TKI VDL (WDY) mini- impuls
Clercx, H. J. H. (Project Manager)
1/01/20 → 1/10/25
Project: Third tier
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Active Contamination Control for Equipment and SubstrateS - WDY
Clercx, H. J. H. (Project Manager) & Reinartz, R. R. L. (Projectmedewerker)
15/04/19 → 30/11/23
Project: Onderzoek direct
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Sensor technologies and metrology solutions for high tech Additive Manufacturing processes enabling industrial scale products
Clercx, H. J. H. (Project Manager) & Kozhevnikov, A. (Projectmedewerker)
1/01/16 → 2/10/21
Project: Onderzoek direct
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Asymmetric vertical transport in weakly forced shallow flows
Flores Ramirez, L., Kamp, L. P. J., Clercx, H. J. H. & Duran Matute, M. (Corresponding author), jan. 2025, In: European Journal of Mechanics. B, Fluids. 109, blz. 100-115 16 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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Experiments on the thermophoretic force on particles in the transition regime of rarefied flows: An extension to diatomic gases
Jansen, R. D. M. (Corresponding author), Kunnen, R. P. J. & Clercx, H. J. H., 2 jul. 2025, (E-publicatie vóór gedrukte publicatie) In: Aerosol Science & Technology. XX, XOnderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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Experiments on the thermophoretic force on particles in the transition regime of rarefied flows
Jansen, R. D. M. (Corresponding author), Reinartz, R. R. L., Zhu, H., Kunnen, R. P. J. & Clercx, H. J. H., 25 mrt. 2025, In: Physical Review E. 111, 3, 13 blz., 035106.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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Gravity currents under oscillatory forcing
Bingol, C., Duran Matute, M., Zhu, R., Meiburg, E. & Clercx, H. J. H. (Corresponding author), 10 jan. 2025, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1002, 35 blz., A14.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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Vertical distribution of swimming particles within shallow flows
Flores Ramirez, L., Leleu, B., Clercx, H. J. H. (Corresponding author) & Duran Matute, M., feb. 2025, In: Physics of Fluids. 37, 2, 17 blz., 023619.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand25 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Data underlying the publication: Numerical study of a pair of spheres in an oscillating box filled with viscous fluid
van Overveld, T. J. J. M. (Ontwerper), Shajahan, M. T. (Ontwerper), Breugem, W. P. (Ontwerper), Clercx, H. J. H. (Ontwerper) & Duran Matute, M. (Ontwerper), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 15 feb. 2022
DOI: 10.4121/19168799
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Dataset corresponding to publication: "Existence and properties of the logarithmic layer in oscillating flows"
Clercx, H. J. H. (Ontwerper), Roman, F. (Bijdrager), Armenio, V. (Bijdrager), Kaptein, S. J. (Ontwerper) & Duran-Matute, M. (Ontwerper), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 26 feb. 2021
DOI: 10.4121/13949276
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Data underlying the manuscript: The effect of the Stokes boundary layer on the dynamics of particle pairs in an oscillatory flow
van Overveld, T. J. J. M. (Ontwerper), Breugem, W.-P. (Ontwerper), Clercx, H. (Ontwerper) & Duran-Matute, M. (Ontwerper), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 5 okt. 2022
DOI: 10.4121/20375364
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Data underlying the publication: Pattern formation of spherical particles in an oscillating flow
van Overveld, T. J. J. M. (Ontwerper), Clercx, H. J. H. (Ontwerper) & Duran Matute, M. (Ontwerper), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 24 jul. 2023
DOI: 10.4121/9c7664af-4684-43cf-95cc-a3fba6951e23, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/9c7664af-4684-43cf-95cc-a3fba6951e23/2 en 2 meer links, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/9c7664af-4684-43cf-95cc-a3fba6951e23, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/9c7664af-4684-43cf-95cc-a3fba6951e23/1 (minder tonen)
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Data for reproducing the figures from the manuscript "Atmospherically Driven Seasonal and Interannual Variability in the Lagrangian Transport Time Scales of a Multiple-inlet Coastal System"
Fajardo Urbina, J. (Ontwerper), Duran Matute, M. (Ontwerper), Clercx, H. (Ontwerper), Gerkema, T. (Ontwerper), Grawe, U. (Ontwerper) & Arts, G. (Ontwerper), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 6 apr. 2023
DOI: 10.4121/21187324, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/85cc755d-582a-4f32-b314-c08524c6dc77 en nog één link, https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/85cc755d-582a-4f32-b314-c08524c6dc77/1 (minder tonen)
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Prijzen
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Burgers Gallery 2023 - Best Movie
van Overveld, T. J. J. M. (Ontvanger), Clercx, H. (Ontvanger) & Duran Matute, M. (Ontvanger), 1 jun. 2023
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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Dispersion of micro-organisms in geophysical turbulence
Clercx, H. J. H. (Ontvanger), dec. 2003
Prijs: NWO › Vici › Wetenschappelijk
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Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS-DFD)
Clercx, H. J. H. (Ontvanger), 2014
Prijs: Anders › Fellowships & memberships › Wetenschappelijk
Cursussen
Knipsels
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New Fluids Physics Research from Eindhoven University of Technology Outlined (A study with the lattice Boltzmann method on the conversion efficiency of a packed-bed reactor with different oriented packed beads configurations)
30/11/22
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