CNRS Researcher

Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse
2 Allée du Professeur Camille Soula,
31400 Toulouse (France)
Group « Fluid & Particles »
email : sylvain (dot) viroulet (at) imft (dot) fr
tel : +335 34 32 28 03
Bio
Research interests
- Tsunami waves
- Generation by subaerial landslide
- Propagation over complexe bathymetry
- SPH and VoF numerical simulations
- Granular flows
- dry granular flow over complex topography
- erosion/deposition processes
- effect of segregation on the rollwave instability
Publications
- [11] S. Viroulet, A. N. Edwards, C. G. Johnson, B. P. Kokelaar and J. M. N. T. Gray. Shedding dynamics and mass exchange by dry granular waves flowing over erodible beds, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 523, 115700 (2019)
- [10] A. S. Russell, C. G. Johnson, A. N. Edwards, S. Viroulet, F. M. Rocha and J. M. N. T. Gray. Retrogressive failure of a static granular layer on an inclined plane, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 869, 313-340 (2019)
- [9] S. Viroulet, J. L. Baker, F. M. Rocha, C. G. Johnson, B. P. Kokelaar and J. M. N. T. Gray. The kinematics of bidisperse granular roll waves, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 848, 836-875 (2018)
- [8] B. P. Kokelaar, R. S. Bahia, K. H. Joy, S. Viroulet and J. M. N. T. Gray. Granular avalanches on the Moon : Mass-wasting conditions, processes and features. Journal of Geophysical Research : planets, 122, doi : 10.1002/2017JE005320 (2017)
- [7] D. Cébron, S. Viroulet, J. Vidal, J.-P. Masson and P. Viroulet. Experimental and theoretical study of magnetohydrodynamic ships models. PloS ONE, 12, (6) : e0178599 (2017)
- [6] A. N. Edwards, S. Viroulet, B. P. Kokelaar and J. M. N. T. Gray. Formation of levees, troughs and elevated channels by avalanches on erodible slopes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 823, 278-315 (2017)
- [5] S. Viroulet, J. L. Baker, A. N. Edwards, C. G. Johnson, C. Gjaltema, P. Clavel and J. M. N. T. Gray. Multiple solutions for granular flow over a smooth two-dimensional bump. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 815, 77-116 (2017)
- [4] S. Viroulet, A. Sauret, O. Kimmoun and C. Kharif. Tsunami waves generated by cliff collapse : comparison between experiments and triphasic simulations. Extreme Ocean Waves, Springer, 173-190 (2016)
- [3] S. Viroulet, A. Sauret and O. Kimmoun. Tsunami generated by a granular collapse down a rough inclined plane. Europhysics Letters, 105, 34004 (2014)
- [2] S. Viroulet, A. Sauret, O. Kimmoun and C. Kharif. Granular collapse into water : toward tsunami landslides. Journal of Visualization, 16(3), 189-191 (2013)
- [1] S. Viroulet, D. Cébron, O. Kimmoun and C. Kharif. Shallow water waves generated by subaerial solid landslides. Geophysical Journal International, 193(2), 747-762 (2013)