Aerodynamic optimization of a generic light truck under unsteady conditions using gradient-enriched machine learning control

R Semaan, P Oswald, GY Cornejo Maceda… - Experiments in …, 2023 - Springer
We present the first machine-learned multiple-input multiple-output aerodynamic feedback
control under varying operating conditions. Closed-loop control is relevant to many fluid …

Experimental and numerical analysis of the bi-stable turbulent wake of a rectangular flat-backed bluff body

Y Fan, C Xia, S Chu, Z Yang, O Cadot - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The wake dynamics of a rectangular flat-backed bluff body is studied using both the wind
tunnel experiment and Improved Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation (IDDES) at Re= 9.2× …

Assessment of LES, IDDES and RANS approaches for prediction of wakes behind notchback road vehicles

K He, G Minelli, J Wang, G Gao, S Krajnović - Journal of Wind Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The capability of Large Eddy Simulations (LES), Improved Delayed Detached Eddy
Simulations (IDDES) and Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes Equations (RANS) to predict …

Effect of base blowing by a large-scale fluidic oscillator on the bistable wake behind a flat-back Ahmed body

D Veerasamy, AR Tajik, L Pastur, V Parezanović - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The dynamics of the wake behind a flat-back Ahmed body are modified using a large-scale
fluidic oscillator, aiming at drag reduction and the reflectional symmetry breaking (RSB) …

Wake transitions and steady-instability of an Ahmed body in varying flow conditions

Y Fan, V Parezanović, O Cadot - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
The paper investigates experimentally the flow past a flat-back, taller than wide Ahmed body
having rectangular base aspect ratio defined from regions where the mean lateral force …

Numerical investigation of the wake bi-stability behind a notchback Ahmed body

K He, G Minelli, J Wang, T Dong, G Gao… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Large-eddy simulations are used to investigate the origin of the wake asymmetry and
symmetry behind notchback Ahmed bodies. Two different effective backlight angles,, are …

Research on spectral estimation parameters for application of spectral proper orthogonal decomposition in train wake flows

XB Li, G Chen, XF Liang, DR Liu, XH Xiong - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Coherent structures in surrounding flows around ground vehicles play an important role in
characterizing their aerodynamic features. However, due to restrictions of traditional reduced …

Characteristics of flow past elongated bluff bodies with underbody gaps due to varying inflow turbulence

SS Aleyasin, MF Tachie, R Balachandar - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
An experimental study was performed on two elongated bluff bodies with underbody gaps, a
square-back Ahmed body and a cuboid, to investigate the effects of geometry and the …

Effect of the free-stream turbulence on the bi-modal wake dynamics of square-back bluff body

G Chen, XB Li, K He, Z Cheng, D Zhou, XF Liang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of a free-stream turbulence intensity level on the wake dynamics of a square-back
Ahmed body is modeled using the improved delayed detached eddy simulation at Re= 9.6× …

Recent advances in wake dynamics and active drag reduction of simple automotive bodies

Z Yu, Z Bingfu - Applied Mechanics Reviews, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This is a compendium of recent progresses in the development of wake dynamics and active
drag reduction (DR) of three-dimensional (3D) simple automotive models, largely focused …