Fluid Dynamics
The Whitham Broer Kaup (WBK) equations provide a fundamental framework for modeling shallow water wave dynamics, effectively capturing both nonlinear and dispersive effects. In this study, we construct a new class of analytical and…
In microfluidic devices, droplets serving as carriers for chemical reactors or biomass can form stably encapsulated particles during the freezing process, holding significant importance in pharmaceuticals and microchemical reaction control.…
The importance of wavepackets in the generation of mixing noise in twin jets is expected by extrapolation of the insights previously obtained from the study of single isolated jets. This work presents wavepacket models for supersonic round…
According to the dynamic van der Waals theory, we propose a thermodynamically consistent model for non-isothermal compressible two-phase flows with contact line motion. In this model, fluid temperature is treated as a primary variable,…
We consider the efficiency of turbulence, a dimensionless parameter that characterises the fraction of the input energy stored into a turbulent flow field. We first show that the inverse of the efficiency provides an upper bound for the…
Vertical natural convection (VC), often cannot meet the high heat transfer demands due to the inherent misalignment of the direction of buoyancy (vertical) with the direction of the heat transfer (horizontal). Here we applied a novel…
Accurate ship motion prediction is critical for safe and efficient maritime operations, particularly in open ocean environments. This study evaluates the capability of NEMOH, an open-source potential flow boundary element solver, as an…
Symmetric instability has broad applications in geophysical and planetary fluid dynamics. It plays a crucial role in the formation of mesoscale rainbands at mid-latitudes on Earth, instability in the ocean's mixed layer, and slantwise…
We investigate the slow, second order motion of thin flexible floating strips drifting in surface gravity waves. We introduce a diffractionless model (Froude-Krylov approximation) that neglects viscosity, surface tension, and radiation…
In this paper, 3D detonation numerical studies are conducted using reactive Euler equations in both straight and curved channels. These simulations are compared to investigate the response of detonation to curvature within infinitely long…
We study the response of wind tunnel turbulence to perturbations using an active grid. We compare our findings to Kraichnan's linear response result $R(k,\tau_d) = \exp(-k^2 \: \tau_d^2 \: u^2)$ which predicts a decay of the response with…
In this work we present, for the first time, a computational fluid dynamics tool for the simulation of the metered discharge in a pressurized metered dose inhaler. The model, based on open-source software, adopts the Volume-Of-Fluid method…
We demonstrate the feedback control of a weakly conducting magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow via Lorentz forces generated by externally applied electric and magnetic fields. Specifically, we steer the flow of an electrolyte toward prescribed…
We perform an information-theoretic mode decomposition for separated aerodynamic flows. The current data-driven approach based on a neural network referred to as deep sigmoidal flow enables the extraction of an informative component from a…
Sweeping jets are increasingly employed in thermal management and flow control applications due to their inherent unsteadiness and ability to cover wide surface areas. This study investigates the unsteady heat transfer and flow structures…
Modulating the number of particles in a region is key to accurately capturing the nuances in compressible flows with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH). This paper presents a volume-based adaptive refinement and derefinement procedure,…
Transient growth mechanisms operating on streaky shear flows are believed important for sustaining near-wall turbulence. Of the three individual mechanisms present - Orr, lift-up and 'push over' - Lozano-Duran et. al. (J. Fluid Mech. 914,…
Engineering simulations are usually based on complex, grid-based, or mesh-free methods for solving partial differential equations. The results of these methods cover large fields of physical quantities at very many discrete spatial…
The present study numerically investigates the two-dimensional mixed convective flow of air past a square cylinder placed at an angle of incidence $\alpha = 45^{\circ}$ to the free-stream. We perform direct numerical simulations (DNS) for a…
Direct numerical simulations (DNS) of microscale fluid-structure interactions (mFSI) in multicomponent multiphase flows pose many challenges, including the thermodynamic consistency of multiphysics couplings, tracking of moving interfaces,…