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?. M. Farano, S. Cherubini, J. C. Robinet, and P. D. Palma, plane Poiseuille flow 11 th ERCOFTAC SIG 33 Workshop, Progress in Transition Modelling and Control, 2015.

?. M. Farano, S. Cherubini, J. C. Robinet, P. D. Palma, and A. , plane Poiseuille flow 6 th International symposium on Bifurcation and Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics, 2015.

?. M. Farano, S. Cherubini, J. C. Robinet, and P. , De Palma Nonlinear optimal coherent structures in turbulent channel flow 24 th International congress of theoretical and applied mechanics, 2016.

?. M. Farano, S. Cherubini, J. C. Robinet, and P. D. Palma, Optimal perturbations in transitional and turbulent flows at moderate Reynolds numbers 12 th European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics, 2017.

?. M. Farano, P. D. Palma, J. C. Robinet, S. Cherubini, and T. M. Schneider, The emergence of hairpin vortices from exact coherent state in plane Poiseuille flow 7 th International symposium on Bifurcation and Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics, 2017.

?. C. Mancini, M. Farano, J. C. Robinet, P. D. Palma, and S. , Cherubini Global stability analysis of three-dimensional round jet diffusion flames 7 th International symposium on Bifurcation and Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics, 2017.

?. M. Farano, P. D. Palma, J. C. Robinet, S. Cherubini, and T. M. Schneider, Connecting exact coherent states in plane Couette flow 591 EUROMECH, Three-dimensional instability mechanisms in transitional and turbulent flows, 2017.

?. M. Papers, S. Farano, J. C. Cherubini, and P. Robinet, De Palma Hairpin-like optimal perturbations in plane Poiseuille flow, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol.775, p.2, 2015.

?. M. Farano, S. Cherubini, J. C. Robinet, and P. , De Palma Subcritical transition scenarios via linear and nonlinear localized optimal perturbations in plane Poiseuille flow Fluid Dynamics Research, vol.48, p.61409, 2016.

?. M. Farano, S. Cherubini, J. C. Robinet, and P. , De Palma Optimal bursts in turbulent channel flow, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol.817, pp.35-60, 2017.

?. M. Farano, S. Cherubini, J. C. Robinet, and P. , De Palma Nonlinear large-scale optimal structures in turbulent channel flow Submitted

?. M. Farano, P. D. Palma, J. C. Robinet, S. Cherubini, and T. M. , Schneider How hairpin structures emerge from exact solutions of shear flows In Preparation

?. M. Farano, P. D. Palma, J. C. Robinet, S. Cherubini, and T. M. Schneider, Computing heteroclinic connections in shear flows In Preparation In addition the author has contributed to the following articles that are not

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