Computational modeling and analysis of flow-induced vibration of an elastic splitter plate using a sharp-interface immersed boundary method

A Kundu, AK Soti, H Garg, R Bhardwaj… - SN Applied Sciences, 2020 - Springer
We present the development and benchmarking of an in-house fluid–structure interaction
(FSI) solver. An implicit partitioned approach is utilized to couple a sharp-interface immersed …

Effects of chordwise flexibility on 2D flapping foils used as an energy extraction device

G Jeanmonod, M Olivier - Journal of fluids and structures, 2017 - Elsevier
The effects of chordwise pressure-and inertia-driven deformations on the power extraction
potential of a kinematically constrained oscillating thin plate that undergoes a heaving and …

Influence of support gap on flow induced vibration of heat exchange tube

Z Ding, L Xu, D Liu, Y Yang, J Yang, D Tang - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing requirements for heat transfer efficiency, large-scale and high flow
speed are the two critical issues for the common heat exchanger design. The failure of heat …

Unsteady performances of a parked large-scale wind turbine in the typhoon activity zones

D Tang, M Xu, J Mao, H Zhu - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Numerous large-scale wind turbines have been built in tropical cyclone zones in China
during the last decades. However, considerable failures of parked wind turbines have been …

Using adjoint-based optimization to study kinematics and deformation of flapping wings

M Xu, M Wei - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
The study of flapping-wing aerodynamics faces a large control space with different wing
kinematics and deformation. The adjoint-based approach, by solving an inverse problem to …

Numerical analysis on the aerodynamic characteristics of an X-wing flapping vehicle with various tails

H Li, D Li, T Shen, D Bie, Z Kan - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
X-shaped flapping wings have excellent maneuverability and flight capabilities under low-
Reynolds-number conditions. An appropriate tail can extend the range of a vehicle and …

Adjoint-based optimization for thrust performance of three-dimensional pitching–rolling plate

M Xu, M Wei, C Li, H Dong - AIAA Journal, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
An adjoint-based optimization is applied to study the thrust performance of a pitching–rolling
ellipsoidal plate in a uniform stream at Reynolds number 100. To achieve the highest thrust …

On the unsteady aerodynamics and design of flapping wing vehicles

F Mazhar, SIA Shah - 2020 17th International Bhurban …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Flying birds, bats and insects have always inspired humans to venture into developing bio-
inspired flying machines. Such vehicles imitate flapping wing concept are also known as …

A CFD/CSD coupled method with high order and its applications in flow induced vibrations of tube arrays in cross flow

D Tang, S Bao, L Luo, H Zhu, H Cui - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Wear and tear are the most common failures of tubes in cross-flow during long time
operation of a steam generator due to the fluid induced vibrations. A fluid-elastic approach …

On the number of tubes required to study oscillating vortices and frequency spectrums of tube arrays in cross flow

D Tang, S Bao, M Xu, L Luo, B Lv, L Yu, H Cui - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The oscillating vortices are of much practical importance in the analysis of the fluid-induced
vibrations in cross-flow of a steam generator. However, the investigations on the vortex …