General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DRF-25-0788
Direction
DRF
Thesis topic details
Category
Condensed Matter Physics, chemistry, nanosciences
Thesis topics
Turbulent geophysical flows above topography
Contract
Thèse
Job description
The project is focused on the large-scale organization and the energy budget of idealized oceanic flows above random topography. We will first characterize the enhanced energy dissipation due to the topography and its impact on the transport properties of an idealized parcelle of Ocean. To wit, we will consider models of increasing complexity, from quasi-two-dimensional to fully three-dimensional. We will then turn to the large-scale spatial organization of the flow, building on recent progress regarding the application of statistical mechanics to such flows. A special effort will be devoted to adapting these tools to forced-dissipative flows.
University / doctoral school
Physique en Île-de-France (EDPIF)
Paris-Saclay
Thesis topic location
Site
Saclay
Requester
Position start date
01/11/2025
Person to be contacted by the applicant
Gallet Basile 
basile.gallet@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/IRAMIS/SPEC/SPHYNX
Service de Physique de l’Etat Condensé (DSM/IRAMIS/SPEC) - CNRS/MPPU/URA 2464
Bât 772, Orme des Merisiers
CEA Saclay
F-91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex
France
0169084103
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
Gallet Basile basile.gallet@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/IRAMIS/SPEC/SPHYNX
Service de Physique de l’Etat Condensé (DSM/IRAMIS/SPEC) - CNRS/MPPU/URA 2464
Bât 772, Orme des Merisiers
CEA Saclay
F-91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex
France
0169084103
En savoir plus
https://iramis.cea.fr/spec/sphynx/pisp/basile-gallet-de-saint-aurin/
https://iramis.cea.fr/spec/sphynx/
