A review of experiments on stationary bluff body wakes

B Forouzi Feshalami, S He, F Scarano, L Gan… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Experimental studies dealing with the wake of isolated stationary bluff bodies are reviewed.
After briefly recalling the pioneering works in this domain, the paper focuses on recent …

Aerodynamics of nominally circular cylinders: A review of experimental results for Civil Engineering applications

C Demartino, F Ricciardelli - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
Fluid-dynamic loads have a great influence on the design of many Civil Engineering
structures. In particular, circular sections are widely used in constructions, yet when it comes …

Wake of wavy elliptic cylinder at a low Reynolds number: wavelength effect

X Shi, H Bai, MM Alam, C Ji, H Zhu - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Effects of the spanwise wavelength (λ) of a sinusoidal wavy cylinder with elliptic cross-
section on wake structures and fluid forces are numerically investigated at a Reynolds …

Vortex-induced vibration of a wavy elliptic cylinder

GRS Assi, PW Bearman - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper shows that three-dimensional separation lines on a wavy cylinder may be
correlated by the lateral movement of the body responding to flow-induced excitations …

A proper orthogonal decomposition study on the unsteady flow behaviour of a hydrofoil with leading-edge tubercles

Z Wei, B Zang, TH New, YD Cui - Ocean Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Flow behaviour of a hydrofoil with leading-edge tubercles was experimentally studied using
particle image velocimetry technique at a Reynolds number of Re= 1.4× 10 4. Four angles-of …

Some observations on vortex-ring collisions upon inclined surfaces

TH New, S Shi, B Zang - Experiments in Fluids, 2016 - Springer
This paper reports upon a laser-induced fluorescence visualization and time-resolved
particle image velocimetry study to resolve the detailed dynamics associated with Re= 2000 …

Numerical investigations of flow over wavy cylinders at sub-critical Reynolds number

MR Lekkala, L Mohamed, JH Jung, CK Jin, B Li… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerical study of three-dimensional unsteady flow behind the double wavy (DW), singe
wavy (SW), and smooth circular (SC) cylinders geometry at subcritical Reynolds number (R …

The near wake of sinusoidal wavy cylinders: Three-dimensional POD analyses

HL Bai, MM Alam, N Gao, YF Lin - International Journal of Heat and Fluid …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) analyses are
conducted to investigate the near wake of sinusoidal wavy cylinders. For a wave amplitude …

Head-on collisions of vortex rings upon round cylinders

TH New, B Zang - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
Vortical structures and behaviour associated with vortex-ring collisions upon round cylinders
with different cylinder-to-vortex-ring diameter ratios were studied using laser-induced …

On the wake-like vortical arrangement and behaviour associated with twin jets in close proximity

B Zang, TH New - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Experiments on twin circular free jets with separation-distances of 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0 jet
diameters (D) have been conducted using time-resolved particle-image velocimetry …