Wake distortion analysis of a Dynarig and its application in a sail array design

Q Zeng, X Zhang, W Cai, Y Zhou - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind-assisted propulsion is deemed to be a potential way to effectively reduce CO 2
emissions for ship industry. With the development of modern rig technology, more …

Secondary vortex, laminar separation bubble and vortex shedding in flow past a low aspect ratio circular cylinder

G Chopra, S Mittal - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Large eddy simulation of flow past a circular cylinder of low aspect ratio (, of strength of
vortex shedding as well as its coherence along the span. Weakening of vortex shedding in …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental observation of flow-induced vibrations of a transversely oscillating D-section prism

W Chen, Y Zhao, C Ji, N Srinil, L Song - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Fluid–structure interactions of non-circular prisms are of significance from a scientific and
practical viewpoint. In this paper, we present a new experimental observation of flow …

Critical Angle and Fundamental Frequency of Symmetric Airfoils at Low Reynolds Numbers

D Kurtulus - Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - avesis.metu.edu.tr
The unsteady vortex evolution of NACA 0012 airfoil is numerically investigated at low angles
of attack ranging from 0 degrees to 10 degrees where the separation is performed from the …

Effect of airfoil dimple on low-Reynolds-number differing laminar separation behavior via multi-objective optimization

Y Liang, Y Yang, X Shan, Z Wang - Journal of Aircraft, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
Micro air vehicles and vertical-takeoff-and-landing drones usually operate at relatively low
values of the Reynolds number (R e= 10 4–10 5). In the present study, three airfoils from …

An Experimental Database for the Analysis of Bursting of a Laminar Separation Bubble

M Dellacasagrande, D Lengani, D Simoni… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The bursting phenomenon consists in the switch of a laminar separation bubble from a short
to a long configuration. In the former case, reduced effects on profile pressure distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Direct numerical simulation of transitional flow past an airfoil with partially covered wavy roughness elements

W Gao, R Samtaney, M Parsani - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We perform direct numerical simulation of flow past the NACA (National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics) 0012 airfoil with partially covered wavy roughness elements near the …

Experiments on the low-frequency oscillation of a separated shear layer

SM Aniffa, AC Mandal - Physical Review Fluids, 2023 - APS
An experimental investigation has been carried out to study the effect of the low-frequency
oscillation of a separated shear layer. A separated shear layer was generated on a flat plate …

A data-driven analysis of short and long laminar separation bubbles

M Dellacasagrande, D Lengani, D Simoni… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
This work investigates the statistical response of short and long laminar separation bubbles
to external flow parameters, such as Reynolds number, free-stream turbulence intensity and …

Research on pressure pulsation characteristics of a pump-turbine in pump mode with rotating stall: Focus on the broadband frequency

Y Zeng, Z Qian, W Ye, C Geng, X Luo - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
To investigate the adverse effects of rotating stalls on the pressure pulsation characteristics
of a pump-turbine in pump mode, an unsteady numerical simulation was carried out by …