Horst Complex

prof.dr. R.M. van der Meer (Devaraj)

Full Professor
TNW-POF
Horst Complex ME259
d.vandermeer@utwente.nl
+31534892387
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I am a full professor in the Physics of Fluids Department (PoF). I teach the subjects Fluid Physics (bachelor Applied Physics) and Granular Matter and Particle Technology (master Applied Physics). I am a member of the Department Board of PoF, Discipline Chair of Applied Physics and Member of the Dutch Physics Council (DPC).

My research interests are the physics of fluids in a broad sense: Ranging from the highly dissipative and surprising granular flows, via the fascinating singular behavior of free surface flows during impact of objects on a liquid, to multiphase flows, whether they consist of particles in air or of bubbles in a liquid. In my work I strive for a combination of experiment, numerics, and theory, a strategy that leads to a thorough understanding of the physics of the mesmerizing world of fluids.

Examples of my work include the impact of an object on a granular bed, dynamics of dense suspensions, impact of raindrops on sand, bubble growth in supersaturated liquids, electrolysis, liquid-solid impact, and bubble dynamics. Recently I started working on boiling liquids, liquids in thermodynamical equilibrium with their own vapor phase, studying the crucial influence of phase change on impact dynamics. My work is relevant to a range of industrial and societal challenges connected to climate change and the energy transition.

Expertise

  • Physics

    • Bubbles
    • Impact
    • Liquids
    • Growth
    • Particle
    • Model

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Bubble
    • Droplet

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Publications

2025

Dynamic Pressure Enhancement upon Disk Impact on a Boiling Liquid (2025)Physical review letters, 135(23). Article 234001. Fan, Y. L. (., Palacios Muñiz, B., Kim, N. & van der Meer, D.https://doi.org/10.1103/zx6s-1lwpSolid-liquid impact in thermal equilibrium (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Fan, Y. L. (.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036566926Large-scale wave impact of a boiling liquid (2025)Journal of fluid mechanics, 1008. Article A22. Ezeta, R., Palacios Muñiz, B., Fan, Y. L., Kim, N., Couty, N., Brosset, L. & Van Der Meer, D.https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.110Effect of particle shape on the discharge from a mono-layer hopper (2025)Granular matter, 27(2). Article 43. Hanif, M. A., Maza, D. & van der Meer, D.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-025-01517-8Dynamics of a liquid lamella during vertical impact of a solid plate (2025)Journal of fluid mechanics, 1007. Article A69. Kim, N., Fan, Y. L., Park, H. & Van Der Meer, D.https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.170Short-time force response during the impact of a droplet with gas bubbles (2025)Physical review fluids, 10(3). Article 033601. Ortega-Roano, E. & van der Meer, D.https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.10.033601Flow dynamics of different particle shapes in a rectangular silo (2025)Physical review E: covering statistical, nonlinear, biological, and soft matter physics, 111(2). Article 025416. Hanif, M. A. & Van Der Meer, D.https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.025416

2024

Impact of a boiling liquid: Droplets and breaking waves in thermal equilibrium (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Palacios Muñiz, B.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036563192Influence of confinement on the dissolution of carbon dioxide in a vertical cylindrical cell (2024)Physical review fluids, 9(10). Article 103501. Faasen, D. P., Lohse, D. & Van Der Meer, D.https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.103501Spreading of volatile droplets in a humidity-controlled environment (2024)Soft matter, 20(30), 5927-5932. Kim, N., Kant, P. & van der Meer, D.https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sm00583j

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University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room ME259
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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