Selected Journal articles

Appiah, R., Pulletikurthi, V., Esquivel-Puentes, H. A., Cabrera, C., Hasan, N. I., Dharmarathne, S., ... & Castillo, L. (2024). Brain Tumor detection using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition integrated with Deep Learning Networks. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 108167.
Pulletikurthi, V., Nelson, C., & Castillo, L. (2024). Potential of wind turbines on the alteration of carbon dioxide concentration. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 16(2).
Pulletikurthi, V., Redmond, J., Ruggeri, M., Scalo, C., & Castillo, L. (2024). Pressure gradient effects in a turbulence open channel flow subjected to subsonic and transonic Mach numbers. In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (p. 1576).
Pulletikurthi, V., Esquivel-Puentes, H. A., Cheng, S., Chamorro, L. P., & Castillo, L. (2023). Impact of flow regime on the performance of anti-biofouling coatings. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 9501.
Pulletikurthi, V., Dharmarathne, S., Tutkun, M., Castillo, L. (2021). The effects of upstream perturbations on large-scale field and the proliferation of λ2 vortices. Physics of Fluids, 33(10), 105122.
Siguenza-Alvarado, D., Pulletikurthi, V., Quinones, J. J., Nelson, C., Cheng, S., Doosttalab, A., ... & Castillo, L. (2023). Wake interaction of aligned wind turbines over two-dimensional hills. Physics of Fluids, 35(10).
Esquivel-Puentes, H. A., Vacca, A., Pulletikurthi, V., Doosttalab, A., Garcia-Bravo, J., Warsinger, D. M., ... & Castillo, L. (2023). On the design and power output response of hydraulic wind turbines. Energy Conversion and Management, 293, 117425.
Paul, I., Prakash, K. A., Vengadesan, S., & Pulletikurthi, V., (2016). Analysis and characterisation of momentum and thermal wakes of elliptic cylinders. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 807, 303-323.
Pulletikurthi, V., Paul, I., Prakash, K. A., & Prasad, B. (2019). On the development of low frequency structures in near and far laminar wakes. Physics of Fluids, 31(2), 023604.
Doosttalab, A., Siguenza-Alvarado, D., Pulletikurthi, V., Jin, Y., Bocanegra Evans, H., Chamorro, L. P., & Castillo, L. (2020). Interaction of low-level jets with wind turbines: On the basic mechanisms for enhanced performance. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 12(5), 053301
Dharmarathne, S., Pulletikurthi, V., & Castillo, L. (2018). Coherent vortical structures and their relation to hot/cold spots in a thermal turbulent channel flow. Fluids, 3(1), 14.
Purwar, T., Esquivel-Puentes, H. A., Pulletikurthi, V., Li, X., Doosttalab, A., Nelson, C. E., ... & Castillo, L. (2022). Novel sustainable filter for virus filtration and inactivation. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-9.
Pulletikurthi, V., Paul, I., Prakash, K. A., & Prasad, B. V. S. S. S.(2018). Spectral analysis of flow and scalar primitive variables in near and far laminar wake of an elliptic cylinder. arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.03417.

Patent applications

Esquivel-Puentes, H. A., Purwar, T., Pulletikurthi, V., Castillo, L., Blatchley, E. R., & Castano, V. (2023). U.S. Patent Application No. 17/989,647.

Nelson, C., Pulletikurthi, V., Esquivel-Puentes, H.A., Castillo, L., Velay Lizancos Maria M., Carbon Capture Entrainment System and Method. US Patent No: 63/426,888, filed Nov 2022, (Patent Pending)

Book chapters

Conference presentations

Pulletikurthi, V., Redmond, J., Scalo, C., Castillo, L. (2021). Flow separation in a variable-area subsonic and transonic turbulent channel flow. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 66.
Pulletikurthi, V., Redmond, J., Scalo, C., Castillo, L. (2020). Turbulent statistics in subsonic and transonic open channel flow with a contraction. In APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts (pp. E10-008).
Pulletikurthi, V., Scalo, C., Castillo, L. (2019, November). Flow mechanism at the interface layer of the bio-inspired coated surface in a turbulent channel flow. In APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts (pp. C26-004).
Pulletikurthi, V., Dharmarathne, S., Hussain, F., Castillo, L. (2018). Relation of Large-scale motions with inlet blowing perturbations in turbulent wall-bounded flows. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 63.
Siguenza, D., Pulletikurthi, V., ODonnell, J., Nelson, C., Quinones, J., Cheng, S., Castillo, L. (2021). An Experimental Survey on the Interaction of Wind Turbines over Complex Terrain. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 66.
Nelson, C., Pulletikurthi, V., Siguenza, D., Velay-Lizancos, M., Ciri, U., Castillo, L. (2021). On the role of wind turbines in CO 2 sequestration. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 66.
Purwar, T., Esquivel-Puentes, H., Pulletikurthi, V., Li, X., Nelson, C., Ewura Aben Appiah, R., ... Blatchley, E. R. (2021). Interchangeable Filter For Virus Filtration and Inactivation. In APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts (pp. H01-001).
Dharmarathne, S., Pulletikurthi, V., Tutkun, M., Castillo, L. (2018). Modulation of large-scale motions due to blowing and suction. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 63.
Purwar, T., Esquivel, A., Pulletikurthi, V., Castillo, L., Castano, V. (2020). Interchangeable filter characterization for COVID-19 protection. In APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts (pp. Y01-016).
Doosttalab, A., Siguenza, D., O’Donnell, J., Gutierrez, W., Pulletikurthi, V., Jin, Y., Castillo, L. (2019, November). Positive effect of a synthetic low-level jet on the mean power and momentum transport of a wind-turbine array. In APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts (pp. L42-005).
Siguenza, D., Doosttalab, A., O’Donnell, J., Gutierrez-Rodriguez, W., Pulletikurthi, V., Jin, Y., Castillo, L. (2018). Effect of a synthetic low-level jet on the mean power and momentum transport of a model wind-turbine arra. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 63.