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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Etching metasurfaces on bluff bodies for vortex-induced vibration energy harvesting

J Wang, Y Zhang, M Liu, G Hu - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bluff bodies play crucial roles in affecting the functionality of wind energy harvesting
systems. Inspired by the versatility and wide application of metasurfaces in many fields, we …

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 …

Flow separation around a square cylinder at low to moderate Reynolds numbers

H Jiang, L Cheng - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Flow (of a Newtonian and incompressible fluid) separation around a square cylinder for
Reynolds numbers (Re) in the range of 10–400 is investigated through direct numerical …

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 …

Effects of mass and damping on flow-induced vibration of a cylinder interacting with the wake of another cylinder at high reduced velocities

MM Alam - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Flow-induced vibration is a canonical issue in various engineering fields, leading to fatigue
or immediate damage to structures. This paper numerically investigates flow-induced …