A review of bluff body wakes

JF Derakhshandeh, MM Alam - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The application of an unsteady viscous flow around a bluff body has covered a wide range
of scientific fields. This paper reviews the wakes of different cross-sectional bluff bodies …

Blockage effect on wakes of various bluff bodies: A review of confined flow

R Mondal, MM Alam - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In many industrial applications, fluid flow around bluff bodies is confined between two
parallel walls. This paper provides a thorough review of the studies on the confined flow …

Heat transfer and flow around cylinder: Effect of corner radius and Reynolds number

T Abdelhamid, MM Alam, M Islam - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
This numerical study aims to investigate the flow around, heat transfer from, and
aerodynamic forces on a square cylinder with the corner radius ratio r/R= 0.0–1.0 and …

Flow-induced vibrations of single and multiple heated circular cylinders: A review

U Ali, M Islam, I Janajreh, Y Fatt, MM Alam - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study is an effort to encapsulate the fundamentals and major findings in the area of fluid-
solid interaction, particularly the flow-induced vibrations (FIV). Periodic flow separation and …

[HTML][HTML] Transition of wake flows past two circular or square cylinders in tandem

MR Rastan, MM Alam - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents the dependence of flow transitions and flow regimes on Reynolds
number Re (≤ 10 5) and scaled cylinder center-to-center spacing S*(≤ 10) for two tandem …

A review of cylinder corner effect on flow and heat transfer

MM Alam - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the literature and to impart a
perspective on the current status and future directions for fundamentals of flow around and …

Effect of cylinder corner radius and attack angle on heat transfer and flow topology

MM Alam, T Abdelhamid, A Sohankar - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The flow topology, heat transfer, and forces are numerically studied for a cylinder with its
cross-section varied from square to circular by changing the cylinder corner radius ratio r/R …

Effect of three tandem cylinder diameter difference on flow-induced vibrations and heat transfer

HH Khan, M Islam, YY Fatt, I Janajreh… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effect of diameter differences of three tandem cylinders on flow-induced vibrations
(FIVs) and convection heat transfer characteristics is investigated. The diameter reduction …

[HTML][HTML] Cross flow over two heated cylinders in tandem arrangements at subcritical Reynolds number using large eddy simulations

I Afgan, Y Kahil, S Benhamadouche, M Ali… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study analyses the heat transfer and flow characteristics of cross-flow over two heated
infinite cylinders in a tandem (in-line) configuration. Non-isothermal Large Eddy Simulations …

Onset of vortex shedding from a bluff body modified from square cylinder to normal flat plate

MR Rastan, MM Alam, H Zhu, C Ji - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This study numerically investigates the time-resolved laminar flow over rectangular cylinders
with cross-sectional aspect ratio Ar varying from square cylinder (Ar= 1) to normal flat plate …