When art meets science: “Turbulence as seen by Leonardo da Vinci“

To mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death in 2019, a team of Franco-Italian researchers specialising in fluid mechanics set out to retrace one of Leonardo’s most famous drawings in the field of hydraulics. Watch the story of their research process and results in the video “Turbulence as seen by Leonardo da Vinci“. A research project led by David Le Touzé (LHEEA-Centrale Nantes/CNRS research lab), Andrea Colagrossi (INM Institute of the CNR of Rome), Salvatore Marrone (INM Institute of the CNR of Rome) and Paolo Colagrossi (graphic designer). Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci: Leonardo da Vinci’s Studies of water (–12). The fall of a stream of water from a sluice into a pool. Bottom part of the sheet RCIN 912660 - The Windsor Collection And : :Etudes_turbulences_-_Lé