Assessment of icing effects on the wake shed behind a vertical axis wind turbine

A Sheidani, S Salavatidezfouli, G Stabile… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
To shed light on the effect of the icing phenomenon on the vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT)
wake characteristics, we present a high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics simulation of …

Assessment of URANS and LES methods in predicting wake shed behind a vertical axis wind turbine

A Sheidani, S Salavatidezfouli, G Stabile… - Journal of Wind …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to shed light on the Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) wake characteristics, in this
paper we present high-fidelity CFD simulations of the flow around an exemplary H-shaped …

Power augmentation of Darrieus wind turbine blades using trapped vortex cavity

AA Ibrahim, AMR Elbaz, PF Melani… - Journal of Wind …, 2022 - Elsevier
Enhancing the performance of Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) is the key to
boost their possible commercialisation in the yet highly competitive wind energy market. This …

Effects of micro-vortex generators on shock wave structure in a low aspect ratio duct, numerical investigation

H Bagheri, SAA Mirjalily, SAA Oloomi, MR Salimpour - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
The interaction between the shock wave and boundary layer and its induced separation is
an undesirable phenomenon in the design of supersonic systems. The control of this …

An experimental investigation of the effects of helical strakes on the characteristics of the wake around the circular cylinder

M Yadegari, A Bak Khoshnevis, M Boloki - Iranian Journal of Science and …, 2023 - Springer
This study experimentally investigated the effects of the helical strakes on the characteristics
of the wake around the circular cylinder at Reynolds numbers of 10,000 and 40,000. In …

Calibration of the k-ω shear stress transport turbulence model for shock wave boundary layer interaction in a SERN using machine learning

SAA Mirjalily - Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Single Expansion Ramp Nozzle, which is called SERN, is commonly used in
supersonic and hypersonic aircraft, taking into account the design of integrated …

Investigation of the effects of the detachable vortex generators series on phase change material behavior in an energy storage system

AJ Larki, A Ghafouri, E Assareh, M Moravej - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study numerically investigated the thermal behavior of an energy storage system,
considering different working conditions of the system in both laminar and turbulent flows …

Effects of flow momentum enhancement using an artificial external source on shock wave strength, a CFD study

H Bagheri, SAA Mirjalily, SAA Oloomi, MR Salimpour - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the effects of the adding of flow momentum using artificial external
source on the controlling of oblique shock wave of a supersonic flow in a three dimensional …

Numerical investigation of the influence of a rotating vortex generator array on the performance of a thermal storage system

AJ Larki, A Ghafouri, E Assareh, M Moravej - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
The thermal performance of an energy storage device was studied using computational
models in both laminar and turbulent states of operations. To help explain the melting …

The effects of acoustic pressure level on the heat transfer performance of a wavy channel: Calibrated RANS model with machine learning application

I Tahmasebian, A Ghafouri, E Assareh… - Engineering Analysis with …, 2023 - Elsevier
In high-tech industries, an improvement in heat transfer performance plays an important role.
This investigation was carried out computationally to evaluate the heat transfer structure and …