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An overset grid method was used to investigate the interaction between a particle-laden flow and a circular cylinder. The overset grid method was implemented in the Pencil Code , a high-order finite-difference code for compressible flow…
We present results from 2-D numerical simulations based on Immersed Boundary Method of a cylinder in uniform fluid flow attached to bistable springs undergoing Vortex-Induced Vibrations (VIV). The elastic spring potential for the bistable…
Vortex-induced vibration (VIV) test of a tensioned flexible pipe in oscillatory sheared flow was performed in an ocean basin. The model was 28.41 mm in diameter and 3.88 m in length. The test was performed on a rotating test rig to simulate…
We consider the mixing of a viscous fluid by the rotation of a pitched blade turbine inside an open, cylindrical tank, with air as the lighter fluid above. To examine the flow and interfacial dynamics, we utilise a highly-parallelised…
Measurements of the $p_{\rm T}$-dependent flow vector fluctuations in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}} = 5.02~\mathrm{TeV}$ using azimuthal correlations with the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider are presented. A…
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) estimates velocities through correlations of particle images within interrogation windows, leading to a spatial modulation of the velocity field. Although in principle Particle Tracking Velocimetry (PTV)…
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is a method to visualize the flows and quantitatively map the flows. It is used to obtain the instantaneous velocity, vorticity, divergence, shear in fluids, etc. Laser Doppler velocimetry and hot wire…
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