Duran Vinent, Orencio
individual record
Assistant Professor
Positions:
- Research Assistant Professor - Term Appointment, Ocean Engineering, College of Engineering
- Assistant Professor, Ocean Engineering, College of Engineering
education and training
- Ph.D. in Applied Physics, University of Stuttgart - (Stuttgart, Germany) 2007
- M.S. in Applied Physics, University of Havana - (Havana, Cuba) 2003
- B.S. in Physics, University of Havana - (Havana, Cuba) 2000
selected publications
Academic Articles39
- Pähtz, T., & Durán, O. (2020). Unification of Aeolian and Fluvial Sediment Transport Rate from Granular Physics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 124(16), 168001.
- Pähtz, T., Clark, A. H., Valyrakis, M., & Durán, O. (2020). The Physics of Sediment Transport Initiation, Cessation, and Entrainment Across Aeolian and Fluvial Environments. REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS. 58(1),
- Mullins, E., Moore, L. J., Goldstein, E. B., Jass, T., Bruno, J., & Vinent, O. D. (2019). Investigating dune‐building feedback at the plant level: Insights from a multispecies field experiment. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 44(9), 1734-1747.
- Pähtz, T., Durán, O., de Klerk, D. N., Govender, I., & Trulsson, M. (2019). Local Rheology Relation with Variable Yield Stress Ratio across Dry, Wet, Dense, and Dilute Granular Flows. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 123(4), 048001.
- Duran Vinent, O., Andreotti, B., Claudin, P., & Winter, C. (2019). A unified model of ripples and dunes in water and planetary environments. NATURE GEOSCIENCE. 12(5), 345-350.
Conference Papers3
- Pähtz, T., & Durán, O. (2018). Universal friction law at granular solid-gas transition explains scaling of sediment transport load with excess fluid shear stress. Physical Review Fluids. 3(10), 104302.
- Göncü, F., Durán, O., & Luding, S. (2009). Jamming in frictionless packings of spheres: Determination of the critical volume fraction. WORKSHOP ON DARK MATTER, UNIFICATION AND NEUTRINO PHYSICS (CETUP 2012). 1145, 531-534.
- Durán, O., Schatz, V., Herrmann, H. J., & Tsoar, H. (2005). Transformation of barchans into parabolic dunes under the influence of vegetation. 2, 951-954.
teaching activities
- OCEN311 Fluid Statics & Dynamics Instructor
- OCEN336 Fluid Dynamics Lab Instructor
- OCEN399 Leadership And Experience Instructor
- OCEN481 Seminar Instructor
- OCEN481 Seminar - Gv Instructor
Email
oduranvinent@tamu.edu
First Name
Orencio
Last Name
Duran Vinent
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Ocean Engineering; 3145 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3145
USA