Fluid Dynamics
The characteristics of two-phase stratified magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow in horizontal rectangular ducts are investigated for a system consisting of a conductive liquid and a non-conductive gas. Numerical and analytical solutions of the…
We present a finite element formulation for incompressible viscous flow based on the principle of minimum pressure gradient (PMPG). This variational principle, recently established by Taha, Gonzalez & Shorbagy (Phys. Fluids, vol. 35, 2023),…
Laminar drag reduction is a critical technology for enhancing the endurance and station-keeping capabilities of airship platforms. However, existing transport-based transition models fail to account for the premature transition induced by…
Large-eddy simulations (LES) of a planar turbulent lean hydrogen-air jet flame at Re = 11000 are performed using a tabulated flamelet model based on mixture-averaged diffusion that incorporates detailed transport, including differential and…
This study investigates the hydrodynamics of droplet formation in a T-shaped cylindrical microfluidic device using micro-PIV experiments and CFD simulations. Devices of 150 micro-m internal diameter were fabricated from PDMS via a…
Self-starting remains a key limitation of lift-driven vertical-axis wind turbines and is strongly influenced by geometric design choices that also govern steady-state performance. This work quantifies the roles of chord length and blade…
Interfacial fluctuations in a two-phase binary fluid mixture reveal signatures of underlying physical processes that occur within each phase and on a range of spatial and temporal scales. In this study, we investigate a model binary fluid…
Building upon our first paper [Hu, K.X, & Hu, Y. J. (2025). Hydroacoustic Absorption and Amplification by Turbulence, arXiv:2512.07920], the present work conducts a more in-depth investigation into the impact of turbulence on hydroacoustic…
This study experimentally and numerically investigates the dynamics of a high-speed liquid jet generated from the interaction of two tandem cavitation bubbles, termed bubble 1 and bubble 2, depending on their generation sequence. In our…
Motivated by applications to underwater explosions and volcanic eruptions, this paper considers the evolution of an initial pressure disturbance in the ocean, including effects due to the dynamic and static compression of water and the free…
We develop the Kazantsev theory of small-scale dynamo generation at small Prandtl numbers near the generation threshold and restore the concordance between the theory and numerical simulations: the theory predicted a power-law decay below…
We report on the free decay of quasi-two-dimensional turbulence in superfluid $^4$He confined within nanofluidic channels. Using a pump-probe technique, we observe a complex decay of the vortex density $L(t)$ that deviates from a simple…
Upon radial liquid sheet expansion, a bounding rim forms, with a thickness and stability governed, in part, by the liquid influx from the unsteady connected sheet. We examine how the thickness and fragmentation of such a radially expanding…
We propose a novel stability criterion for incompressible shear flows by combining input-output analysis and the small-gain theorem. The criterion yields an explicit threshold on the magnitude of velocity perturbations about a given base…
The description of riblets and other drag-reducing devices has long used the concept of longitudinal and transverse protrusion heights, both as a means to predict the drag reduction itself and as equivalent boundary conditions to simplify…
In this study, we explore the effect of basis functions on the performance and convergence of the Galerkin projection-based reduced-order model (ROM) in the minimal flow unit of Couette flow. POD (proper orthogonal decomposition) modes…
A data-driven algorithm is proposed that employs sparse data from velocity and/or scalar sensors to forecast the future evolution of three dimensional turbulent flows. The algorithm combines time-delayed embedding together with Koopman…
The current work analyses the onset characteristics of buoyancy and thermocapillary-driven instabilities in two-layer binary fluid systems near their upper critical solution temperature (UCST). The dynamics of the binary fluids are modelled…
We develop a weakly nonlinear model of duct acoustics in two and three dimensions (without flow). The work extends the previous work of McTavish & Brambley (2019, J. Fluid Mech. 875, pp. 411-447) to three dimensions and significantly…
Modeling subsurface fluid flow in porous media is crucial for applications such as oil and gas exploration. However, the inherent heterogeneity and multi-scale characteristics of these systems pose significant challenges in accurately…