Filamentary structures arising from wind-cloud interactions are ubiquitous in the interstellar medium. In this
talk I present a comprehensive numerical study of the characteristics, formation, and dynamics of filaments
arising from the interplay between supersonic winds and clouds with turbulent density, velocity, and magnetic
fields. I use magnetohydrodynamic simulations with gas multi-tracking techniques to shed light on the physical
mechanisms acting upon wind-swept clouds and provide measurements of the aspect ratios, internal velocity
dispersions, energy densities, and magnetic pressures of the resulting filaments. Using state-of-the-art
visualisation techniques, I also explain the roles of plasma instabilities, turbulence, and magnetic
topologies in their evolution. At the end of the talk I discuss the relevance of this work for the study of
clouds and filaments in the Galactic centre and provide my perspectives on future research in this field.
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