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Email

daniel.chung@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Education
PhD
California Institute of Technology
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0003-3732-364X

Prof Daniel Chung

Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

106 Scholarly works
21 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Higher-order homogenised riblet boundary conditions
    DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2026.11186
  • 2026

    Conference Proceedings

    Relating Skin-Friction Drag Reduction to Riblet Tip Radius
    DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-0078
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Experimental characterisation of Kelvin-Helmholtz rollers over riblet surfaces
    DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2025.306
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Mode-to-mode nonlinear energy transfer in turbulent channel flows
    DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2024.1193
  • 2023

    Research grants (other domestic)

    When Sharks Fly: Reducing Fuel Burn and Emissions of Commercial Aircraft
  • 2023

    Research grants (international)

    Aerodynamics of Riblet Steering
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Understanding Rough-Wall Flows and Turbulent Mixing for Improved Models
Daniel Chung

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2019
Nobuhide Kasagi Award for "novel numerical simulations and insightful analysis to answer fundamental questions in turbulence" Eleventh International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP11), Southampton, UK
2016
Gallery of Fluid Motion Award for visual aesthetic and technical insight of poster (co-authors: G. Matheou, J. Teixeira) American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Portland
2011
Milton Van Dyke Award for visual aesthetic and technical insight of poster (co-author: G. Matheou) American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Baltimore
2009
R. B. Chapman Memorial Award for distinguished hydrodynamics research Division of Engineering and Applied Science California Institute of Technology

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    PIV measurements within roughness grooves with enhanced wall reflection suppression
    DOI: 10.1007/s00348-025-03986-2
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Why do only some riblets promote spanwise rollers?
    DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2025.10790
  • 2024

    Journal article

    The wind-shade roughness model for turbulent wall-bounded flows
    DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2024.971
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Effects of roughness on non-equilibrium turbulent boundary layers
    DOI: 10.1080/14685248.2024.2360186
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Evaluation of spatial resolution effects in rough wall-bounded turbulence
    DOI: 10.1007/s00348-024-03891-0
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Modelling the effect of roughness density on turbulent forced convection
    DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2023.1063

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2023

    Internal Research Grant

    When Sharks Fly: Reducing Fuel Burn and Emissions of Commercial Aircraft
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Understanding Turbulent Heat Transfer With Practical Surface Conditions

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