Micro/bubble drag reduction focused on new applications

A García-Magariño, P Lopez-Gavilan, S Sor… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bubble drag reduction has been shown to be a promising technique for reducing the drag in
ships, thus reducing the emission of pollutants and allowing the compliance with the new …

Assessment of turbulence and cavitation models in prediction of vortex induced cavitating flow in fuel injector nozzles

Z He, W Guan, C Wang, G Guo, L Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Vortex-induced cavitation develops in high pressure fuel injector equipment in areas where
despite the very high surrounding pressures (> 100 MPa), the rotational motion of the fluid …

Very-Large-Eddy Simulation Based on Model

X Han, S Krajnović - Aiaa Journal, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
U, V, W= velocity, m∕ s uτ= friction velocity, m∕ sx, y, z= Cartesian coordinate directions y=
nondimensional wall distance β= model constant β1= model constant β2= model constant …

Self-adaptive turbulence eddy simulation of a premixed jet combustor

Z Xia, H Zhang, X Han, Z Ren - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The self-adaptive turbulence eddy simulation (SATES) is employed to investigate the lean
premixed methane/air turbulent flame in a single-nozzle model gas turbine combustor, in …

Turbulence modeling approaches on unsteady flow structures around a semi-circular cylinder

S Yagmur, S Dogan, MH Aksoy, I Goktepeli - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents the flow field around a Semi-Circular Cylinder (SCC), a basic geometry
for fluid mechanics, obtained numerically by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) at …

Assessment and validation of very-large-eddy simulation turbulence modeling for strongly swirling turbulent flow

Z Xia, X Han, J Mao - Aiaa Journal, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
Strongly swirling flow is widely encountered in engineering applications. However, accurate
prediction of the flow is still challenging for turbulence modeling. The present study reports …

Self-adaptive turbulence eddy simulation of flow control for drag reduction around a square cylinder with an upstream rod

Y Min, W Wu, H Zhang, X Han - European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of an upstream circular rod to control the flow around a downstream square cylinder
is found to efficiently reduce the drag of the square cylinder. The complex flow …

Numerical study of combined drag reduction bases on vortex generators and riblets for the ahmed body using IDDES methodology

X Yang, Y Hu, Z Gong, J Jian, Z Liu - Journal of Applied Fluid …, 2021 - jafmonline.net
The flow fields around vehicle drag reduction devices are three-dimensional, complicated,
and unsteady. Meanwhile, the small scale of the drag reduction device brings more …

Optimization control of the D-shaped cylinder flow with genetic algorithm and Coanda pulsation jets

S Zhang, H Bai, W Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Flow around the D-shaped cylinder is one of the basic models in aerospace, civil, and
marine engineering applications. This paper reports an experimental work on the …

Numerical investigation on effects of low Reynolds number conditions on fan shaped film cooling performances

H Liu, D Zhang, P Chen, X Han - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This study investigates the effects of low Reynolds number (Re) conditions on the cooling
performance of fan-shaped film cooling holes in the gas turbine engines of high-altitude long …