Mean kinetic energy transport and event classification in a model wind turbine array versus an array of porous disks: Energy budget and octant analysis

EH Camp, RB Cal - Physical Review Fluids, 2016 - APS
An array of model rotating wind turbines is compared experimentally to an array of static
porous disks in order to quantify the similarities and differences in the mean kinetic energy …

Are extreme dissipation events predictable in turbulent fluid flows?

PJ Blonigan, M Farazmand, TP Sapsis - Physical Review Fluids, 2019 - APS
We derive precursors of extreme dissipation events in a turbulent channel flow. Using a
recently developed method that combines dynamics and statistics for the underlying …

AIEgen-Incorporated Nanoparticles as Probe for Construction of Dual-Luminophore Pressure and Temperature Sensitive Coatings

J Li, Y Ren, J Ma, Q Wang, X Qu - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Non-contact measurement of surface pressure via oxygen-quenching photoluminescence
pathway may be interrupted by environmental temperature since most of oxygen sensitive …

Criteria for antibubble formation from drop pairs impinging on a free surface

Y Song, L Zhang, EN Wang - Physical Review Fluids, 2020 - APS
Antibubbles are fluid entities with the inverse phase of regular bubbles. While the structure
and stability of antibubbles have been studied, a fundamental understanding of antibubble …

Spin-affected reflexive and stretching separation of off-center droplet collision

C He, L Yue, P Zhang - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
Recent studies have demonstrated the significant roles of droplet self-spin motion in
affecting the head-on collision of binary droplets. In this paper, we present a computational …

Low-frequency unsteadiness in hypersonic swept shock wave-boundary layer interactions

A Ceci, A Palumbo, J Larsson, S Pirozzoli - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
We carry out a numerical study of swept shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction in
the hypersonic regime. Starting from a numerical/experimental benchmark case of a nearly …

Adjoint-based full-order and reduced-order approaches for gust mitigation

B Xu, M Wei, JT Hrynuk - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
Two different adjoint-based approaches are developed here for gust mitigation of two-
dimensional or three-dimensional wing models in oscillatory heaving-pitching motion. One …

Ellipsometric measurements of the thermal stability of alternative fuels

L Nash, J Klettlinger, S Vasu - Journal of energy …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Thermal stability is an important characteristic of alternative fuels that must be evaluated
before they can be used in aviation engines. Thermal stability refers to the degree to which a …

Performance enhancement of a Box-Wing airliner with the application of riblets

C Bliamis, P Kaparos, K Yakinthos - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The rapid growth of the commercial aviation sector in recent years, as well as the ambitious
emission reduction targets, necessitate the investigation of novel methods to improve the …

Particle image velocimetry in confined vortex flows

BA Maicke, J Majdalani - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, the challenges of using Particle Image Velocimetry as a diagnostic tool for
confined swirling flows are discussed. To highlight these challenges, results from a PIV …