Critical transitions and their early warning signals in thermoacoustic systems

I Pavithran, VR Unni, RI Sujith - The European Physical Journal Special …, 2021 - Springer
Many complex systems undergo critical transitions. A thermoacoustic system is one such
system which exhibits a catastrophic transition to a state of oscillatory instability known as …

Experimental investigation on the synchronization characteristics of a pitch-plunge aeroelastic system exhibiting stall flutter

D Tripathi, R Shreenivas, C Bose, S Mondal… - … Journal of Nonlinear …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This study focuses on characterizing the bifurcation scenario and the underlying synchrony
behavior in a nonlinear aeroelastic system under deterministic as well as stochastic inflow …

Explosive synchronization in a turbulent reactive flow system

A Joseph, I Pavithran, RI Sujith - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The occurrence of abrupt dynamical transitions in the macroscopic state of a system has
received growing attention. We present experimental evidence for abrupt transition via …

Synchronization-based model for turbulent thermoacoustic systems

Y Weng, VR Unni, RI Sujith, A Saha - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
We present a phenomenological reduced-order model to capture the transition to
thermoacoustic instability in turbulent combustors. Based on the synchronization framework …

Prediction and suppression of chaos following flutter in wind turbines

PA Meehan - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Chaotic motion in a fluttering wind turbine blade is investigated by the development of an
efficient analytical predictive model that is then used to suppress the phenomenon. Flutter is …

Routes to synchronization in a pitch–plunge aeroelastic system with coupled structural and aerodynamic nonlinearities

S Vishal, A Raaj, C Bose, J Venkatramani - International Journal of Non …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study aims to investigate the synchronization characteristics of a pitch–plunge
aeroelastic system subjected to coupled structural free-play and dynamic stall-induced …

Dynamical states of thermo-acoustic system with respect to frequency–phase relationship based on probabilistic oscillator model

V Ramanan, A Ramankutty, S Sreedeep… - Nonlinear …, 2022 - Springer
We perform laboratory-scale experiments in a swirl combustor by reducing the equivalence
ratio for two cases involving slightly different inlet air flow rates. Reduction in equivalence …

Dynamic behavior and driving region of spray combustion instability in a backward-facing step combustor

K Kato, H Hashiba, J Nagao, H Gotoda, Y Nabae… - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
We numerically study the dynamic behavior and driving region of spray combustion
instability in a backward-facing step combustor using analytical methodologies based on …

Synchronization of multiple rigid body systems: A survey

X Jin, DWC Ho, Y Tang - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The multi-agent system has been a hot topic in the past few decades owing to its lower cost,
higher robustness, and higher flexibility. As a particular multi-agent system, the multiple rigid …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation on the effects of a mesh in the downstream region of a combustion-driven Rijke tube on self-excited thermoacoustic oscillations

X Liu, Y Lai, C Fisk, J Willmott, H Zhou… - Experimental Thermal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Self-excited thermoacoustic oscillations are undesirable in most combustion systems due to
their negative influence on combustion efficiency and structural vibration. Nonlinear …