On the peculiar structure of a helical wake vortex behind an inclined prolate spheroid

F Jiang, HI Andersson, JP Gallardo… - Journal of Fluid …, 2016 - cambridge.org
The self-similarity law for axisymmetric wakes has for the first time been examined and
verified in a complex helical vortex in the far part of an asymmetric wake by means of direct …

Instabilities in the wake of an inclined prolate spheroid

HI Andersson, F Jiang, VL Okulov - … of Bifurcations and Instabilities in Fluid …, 2019 - Springer
We investigate the instabilities, bifurcations and transition in the wake behind a 45-degree
inclined 6: 1 prolate spheroid, through a series of direct numerical simulations (DNS) over a …

On the transitional wake past a streamwise rotating prolate spheroid

Y Wu, J Yang, HI Andersson, JY Chen, X Zhu - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Direct numerical simulations are performed to study the behavior of the wake behind a 5: 2
streamwise rotating prolate spheroid. The Reynolds number Re= 1000 under different …

Low-dimensional dynamics of a turbulent axisymmetric wake

G Rigas, AR Oxlade, AS Morgans… - Journal of Fluid …, 2014 - cambridge.org
The coherent structures of a turbulent wake generated behind a bluff three-dimensional
axisymmetric body are investigated experimentally at a diameter-based Reynolds number …

Vortex structure in the wake of a sphere

HP Pao, TW Kao - The Physics of Fluids, 1977 - pubs.aip.org
Results showing the three‐dimensional vortex shedding structure when a sphere is towed at
a constant velocity through a stratified fluid are presented. It is found that for small …

Spatio-temporal reconstruction of vortex dynamics in axisymmetric wakes

C Brücker - Journal of fluids and structures, 2001 - Elsevier
With time recording Digital-Particle-Image Velocimetry and spatio-temporal reconstruction
technique, we obtained detailed quantitative results of the evolution of the velocity and …

Wakes behind a prolate spheroid in crossflow

GK El Khoury, HI Andersson… - Journal of Fluid …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Viscous laminar flow past a prolate spheroid has been investigated numerically at seven
different Reynolds numbers; and. In contrast to all earlier investigations, the major axis of the …

A note on vortex shedding from axisymmetric bluff bodies

PA Monkewitz - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1988 - cambridge.org
The linear parallel and incompressible stability of a family of axisymmetric wake profiles is
studied in the range of Reynolds numbers where helical vortex shedding from bluff bodies of …

The transitional wake behind an inclined prolate spheroid

F Jiang, JP Gallardo, HI Andersson, Z Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The wake behind a 6: 1 prolate spheroid at 45 incidence has been studied by means of
direct numerical simulations (DNSs). The Reynolds number based on the minor axis of the …

Statistical axisymmetry of the turbulent sphere wake

M Grandemange, M Gohlke, O Cadot - Experiments in fluids, 2014 - Springer
The turbulent sphere wake is studied experimentally at Re= 1.9\, 10^ 4 R e= 1.9 10 4 using
an axisymmetric support that holds the body from upstream. This setup allows the …