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A direct transient growth analysis for three-dimensional perturbations to flow past a periodic array of T-106/300 low-pressure turbine fan blades is presented. The methodology is based on a singular value decomposition of the flow evolution…
This paper investigates the linear destabilization of three-dimensional steady wakes developing behind flate plates placed normal to the incoming flow. Plates characterized by low length-to-width ratio $L$ are considered here. By varying…
Large Eddy Simulation (LES) with dynamic sub-grid scale eddy viscosity model has been applied to numerically investigate the evolution of complicated flow structures in supersonic base flow with mass bleed. Mean flow properties obtained…
Data-driven dimensionality reduction methods such as proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) have proven to be useful for exploring complex phenomena within fluid dynamics and beyond. A well-known…
Many turbulent flows exhibit time-periodic statistics. These include turbomachinery flows, flows with external harmonic forcing, and the wakes of bluff bodies. Many existing techniques for identifying turbulent coherent structures, however,…
In this paper, we numerically study the oscillatory dynamics associated with the tip vortex cavitation over an elliptical hydrofoil section using our 3D variational multiphase flow solver at a Reynolds number of $Re=8.95 \times 10^5$ via…
The coupled motion is investigated for a mechanical system consisting of water and a body freely floating in it. Water occupies either a half-space or a layer of constant depth into which an infinitely long surface-piercing cylinder is…
This study aims to examine the spatial evolution of the geometrical features of the turbulent/turbulent interface (TTI) in a cylinder wake. The wake is exposed to various turbulent backgrounds in which the turbulence intensity and the…
Recent experimental studies reveal that the near-wake region of a circular cylinder at hypersonic Mach numbers exhibits self-sustained flow oscillations. The oscillation frequency was found to have a universal behavior. Experimental…
In this paper, we report new insight into a symmetry-breaking phenomenon that occurs for turbulent flow in periodic porous media composed of cylindrical solid obstacles with circular cross-section. We have used Large Eddy Simulation to…
We investigate the stability of the flow past two side-by-side square cylinders (at Reynolds number 200 and gap ratio 1) using tools from dynamical systems theory. The flow is highly irregular due to the complex interaction between the…
We investigate bubble deformations in an homogeneous and isotropic turbulent flow by means of direct numerical simulations of a single bubble in turbulence. We examine interface deformations by decomposing the local radius into the…
This experimental and numerical study examines transition to turbulence for a Cone-Cylinder-Flare geometry at Mach 7 and across a broad Reynolds number range. The focus is set on both attached boundary layers and separated shock-boundary…
Experimental results are used to validate a 2D phenomenological model of the near wake based on Van Der Pol wake oscillators, which is the first one which describes the 2D motion of a cylinder in its transversal plan. In the case of a…
Hydropower is an important source of renewable energy that provides clean energy. Pump-turbine type hydraulic turbine is widely used to mitigate the intermittent energy demand and store a large-scale energy. Pump-turbine operates in reverse…
We study numerically two-dimensional creeping viscoelastic flow past a biperiodic square array of cylinders within the Oldroyd B, FENE-CR and FENE-P constitutive models of dilute polymer solutions. Our results capture the initial mild…
Large eddy simulations and three-dimensional proper orthogonal decomposition were used to study the interaction between a large stationary and moving bluff body and a high Reynolds number stably-stratified turbulent boundary layer. An…
In this study, a partially submerged vertical cylinder is moved at constant velocity through water, which is initially at rest. During the motion, the wake behind the cylinder induces free-surface deformation. Eleven cylinders, with…
Spectral proper orthogonal decomposition (SPOD) analyses are performed for unstratified and stratified wakes of a circular disk at Reynolds number, $U_\infty D/\nu = 50,000$, where $U_\infty$ is the freestream velocity and $D$ is the…
Linear stability analysis is applied to the mean flow of an oscillating round jet with the aim to investigate the robustness and accuracy of mean flow stability wave models. The jet's axisymmetric mode is excited at the nozzle lip through a…