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Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) is a data-driven modal decomposition technique that extracts coherent spatio-temporal structures from high-dimensional time-series data. By decomposing the dynamics into a set of modes, each associated with…
This study presents a comprehensive numerical analysis of a full-scale horizontal-axis Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) subjected to harmonic surging motions under both laminar and turbulent inflow conditions. Utilizing high-fidelity…
We study a turbulent jet issuing from a cylindrical nozzle to characterise coherent structures evolving in the turbulent boundary layer. The analysis is performed using data from a large-eddy simulation of a Mach 0.4 jet. Azimuthal…
We consider the propulsive performance of an unsteady heaving and pitching foil, experimentally studying an extensive parameter space of motion amplitudes, frequencies, and phase offsets between the heave and pitch motions. The phase offset…
Many traditional methods for wind turbine design and analysis assume quasi-steady aerodynamics, but atmospheric flows are inherently unsteady and modern turbine blades are susceptible to aeroelastic deformations. This study therefore…
In this work we investigate the spatio-temporal nature of various coherent modes present in a rotor wake using a combination of new PIV experiments and data from Biswas and Buxton (2024). A multi-scale triple decomposition of the acquired…
This work presents a new approach to design an electrical network which, when coupled to a structure through an array of piezoelectric transducers, provides multimodal vibration mitigation. The characteristics of the network are specified…
Experiments are reported on the performance of a pitching and heaving two-dimensional foil in a water channel in either continuous or intermittent motion. We find that the thrust and power are independent of the mean freestream velocity for…
Flow oscillations in the near-wake region of a 2D circular cylinder are experimentally investigated at Mach 6 over the Reynolds number range $2.3\times10^5$ to $5\times10^5$. The oscillation frequency is obtained by spectral proper…
Wake interaction is a key factor limiting the performance of floating offshore wind turbine arrays, yet the combined influence of inflow turbulence structure and platform motion on wake dynamics remains poorly understood. This study…
The wake of a body moving across the isopycnals of a strongly stratified fluid is characterized by the presence of an intense jet which, under certain circumstances, may become unstable. To get insight into the phenomenology of this…
The influence that the kinematics of pitching and heaving 2D airfoils have on the aerodynamic forces is investigated using Direct Numerical Simulations and a force decomposition algorithm. Large amplitude motions are considered (of the…
Dynamic mode decomposition has emerged as a leading technique to identify spatiotemporal coherent structures from high-dimensional data, benefiting from a strong connection to nonlinear dynamical systems via the Koopman operator. In this…
Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are subjected to platform motion induced by wind and wave loads. The oscillatory movement trigger vortex instabilities, modifying the wake structure, influencing the flow reaching downstream wind…
A dynamical system involving a driven pendulum filled with liquid, is analyzed in the present paper series. The study of such a system is conducted in order to understand energy dissipation resulting from the shallow water sloshing and…
Modeling wave energy converters (WECs) to accurately predict their hydrodynamic behavior has been a challenge for the wave energy field. Often, this results in either low-fidelity, linear models that break down in energetic seas, or…
A quantitative evaluation method for a reduced-order model of the flow field around an NACA0015 airfoil based on particle image velocimetry (PIV) data is proposed in the present paper. The velocity field data obtained by the time-resolved…
An experimental study in a wind tunnel is presented to explore the wake of a floating wind turbine subjected to harmonic side-to-side and fore-aft motions under laminar inflow conditions. The wake recovery is analysed as a function of the…
Efficient mixing in high-speed compressible flows, crucial for scramjet operation, can be significantly enhanced by shock wave interactions. This study employs Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) to comprehensively examine the interaction…
The cohesive energy, equilibrium lattice constant, and bulk modulus of noble metals are computed by different van der Waals-corrected Density Functional Theory methods, including vdW-DF, vdW-DF2, vdW-DF-cx, rVV10 and PBE-D. Two…