Publications

Water entry of small hydrophobic spheres on an axisymmetric wavefield

C. T. Gabbard, M. Ibrahim, J. Quinton, E. Silver, J. Belden, and D. M. Harris

Under review

• Preprint
• GitHub

Savart's Harp

I. Shaver, C. T. Gabbard, and J. B. Bostwick

To appear in Physical Review Fluids Invited

Impact of solid spheres onto buoyant granular layers

M.J Sayyari, C. T. Gabbard, and J. B. Bostwick

Under review

Droplet rebounds off a fluid bath: kinematic match simulations and experiments

E. A. Aguero, C. A. Galeano-Rios, C. Ragazzo, C. T. Gabbard, D. M. Harris, and P. A. Milewski

Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1031, A6 (2026)

• Paper
• GitHub

Granular collapse on particle-laden water

N. Reyner, C. T. Gabbard, and J. B. Bostwick

Physical Review Fluids 11(2), 024803 (2026)

• Paper
• GitHub

Improving wet scrubber performance using fiber-guided drops

C. T. Gabbard, J.T. Rhoads, J.B. Bostwick, and J.R. Saylor

AIChE Journal (2026)

• Paper
• GitHub

Forced destabilization of a granular raft

C. T. Gabbard, E. Whitesell, and J.B. Bostwick

Physical Review Applied 24(5), 054010 (2025)

• Paper
• GitHub

Drop rebound at low Weber number

C. T. Gabbard, E. A. Aguero, R. Cimpeanu, K. Kuehr, E. Silver, J.-W. Barotta, C. A. Galeano-Rios, and D. M. Harris

Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1019, A25 (2025)

• Paper
• GitHub
• GitHub (DNS)

Electrokinetic instabilities in Boger fluid flows with conductivity gradients

T.-L. Chen, M.M. Islam, C. T. Gabbard, Y.-H. Lee, M.K. Raihan, J.B. Bostwick, L.-M. Fu, and X. Xuan

Physics of Fluids 37, 062016 (2025)

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Electrokinetic flow instabilities in shear thinning fluids with conductivity gradients

T.-L. Chen, M.K. Raihan, S.M. Tabarhoseini, C. T. Gabbard, M.M. Islan, Y.-H. Lee, J.B. Bostwick, L.-M. Fu, and X. Xuan

Soft Matter 21(4), 699-707 (2025)

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Scaling analysis for the frequency of Ostwaldian and Newtonian bead-on-fibre flows

C. T. Gabbard, J.T. Rhoads, J.M. Delhaye, and J.B. Bostwick

Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1002, A12 (2025)

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Suppressing capillary instability in falling liquid threads

C. T. Gabbard, J.T. Rhoads, and J.B. Bostwick

Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1000, A77 (2024)

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Coat or Collapse

C. T. Gabbard, E. Whitesell, and J.B. Bostwick

Physical Review Fluids 9(11), 110505 (2024) Invited

• Paper

Gravity-driven flow of liquid bridges between vertical fibers

C. T. Gabbard, and J.B. Bostwick

Journal of Fluid Mechanics 997, A74 (2024)

• Paper

Dip coating of shear-thinning particulate suspensions

D. Ding, C. T. Gabbard, and J.B. Bostwick

Soft Matter 20, 8068-8077 (2024)

• Paper

Nonlinear electrophoresis of microparticles in shear thinning fluids

J. Bentor, C. T. Gabbard, J.B. Bostwick, and X. Xuan

Langmuir 40(38), 20113-20119 (2024)

• Paper

Surface-engineered microfibers provide liquid transport flexibility

C. T. Gabbard, and J.B. Bostwick

Nature Chemical Engineering 1, 31-32 (2024) News and Views

• Paper

Thin film flow between fibers: inertial sheets and liquid bridge patterns

C. T. Gabbard, and J.B. Bostwick

Physical Review Fluids 8(11), 110505 (2023) Invited

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Dip coating of viscous granular suspensions

C. Copeland, C. T. Gabbard, and J.B. Bostwick

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 674, 131885, (2023)

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Bead-on-fibre morphology in shear-thinning flow

C. T. Gabbard, and J.B. Bostwick

Journal of Fluid Mechanics 961, A14 (2023)

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Surfactant effects on microfluidic extensional flow of water and polymer solutions

M. Dacus, M. Raihan, M. Baghdady, C. T. Gabbard, S. Wu, J.B. Bostwick, Y. Song, and X. Xuan

Physics of Fluids 34, 032006 (2022) Editor’s Pick

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Scaling analysis of the Plateau-Rayleigh instability in thin film flow down a fiber

C. T. Gabbard, J.B. Bostwick

Experiments in Fluids 62

• Paper

Asymmetric instability in thin film flow down a fiber

C. T. Gabbard, and J.B. Bostwick

Physical Review Fluids 6(3), 034005 (2021)

• Paper

On the role of meniscus geometry in capillary wave generation

X. Shao, C. T. Gabbard, J.B. Bostwick, and J.R. Saylor

Experiments in Fluids 62, 59 (2021)

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