Research Research groups Member of: Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute Maritime Engineering research group Research interests Fluid-structure interactions Bioinspired propulsion and energy harvesting Underwater robotics Research projects Active projects Smaller or larger eddies? Oscillatory foil propulsion in free-stream turbulence Researchers: Doctor Melike Kurt Publications 17 publications Page 1 of 2 Force and velocity fluctuations over rough foils at moderate Reynolds numbers Melike Kurt, Rodrigo Vilumbrales Garcia, Gabriel D. Weymouth & Bharath Ganapathisubramani, 2025, Experiments in Fluids, 66(11) DOI: 10.1007/s00348-025-04124-8 Type: article Soft buckling achieves consistent large-amplitude deformation for pulse jetting underwater robots Alexander James O'Loughlin, Samuel Simmons, Melike Kurt & Blair Thornton, 2025, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 20(5) DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/adfbb7 Type: article Technology Innovation for Defence-platform Energy-efficiency Project (TIDE): energy-efficient design approaches for next-generation warships Muhammed Talha Ozdenoglu, Dixon Sin, Stefan-Tiberiu Tudora, Nicholas Townsend, Tahsin Tezdogan, Melike Kurt, Joseph Banks, Dominic Hudson, Alan J. Murphy & Stephen Turnock, 2025 Type: conference Two-dimensionally stable self-organisation arises in simple schooling swimmers through hydrodynamic interactions Pedro C. Ormonde, Melike Kurt, Amin Mivehchi & Keith W. Moored, 2024, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1000 DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2024.1086 Type: article Effects of surface roughness on the propulsive performance of pitching foils Rodrigo Vilumbrales Garcia, Melike Kurt, Gabriel D. Weymouth & Bharath Ganapathisubramani, 2024, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 982 DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2023.1009 Type: article Tailoring the bending pattern of non-uniformly flexible pitching hydrofoils enhances propulsive efficiency Tianjun Han, Amin Mivehchi, Melike Kurt & Keith W Moored, 2022, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 17(6), 065003 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ac7f70 Type: article Scaling laws for the propulsive performance of a purely pitching foil in ground effect Amin Mivehchi, Qiang Zhong, Melike Kurt, Daniel B. Quinn & Keith W. Moored, 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 919, R1 DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2021.361 Type: article High-Efficiency Can Be Achieved for Non-Uniformly Flexible Pitching Hydrofoils via Tailored Collective Interactions Melike Kurt, Amin Mivehchi & Keith W Moored, 2021, Fluids, 6(7), 233 DOI: 10.3390/fluids6070233 Type: article Two-dimensionally stable self-organization arises in simple schooling swimmers through hydrodynamic interactions Melike Kurt, Pedro Costa Ormonde, Amin Mivehchi & Keith W. Moored, 2021 Type: other Exact solutions for ground effect Peter J. Baddoo, Melike Kurt, Lorna J. Ayton & Keith W. Moored, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 891, R2 DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.149 Type: article Pagination 1 2 Next page Next Teaching Coordinating and teaching Part 2 and Part 4 modules: SESS2022 - Hydrodynamics SESS6070 - Offshore Engineering & Analysis