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Wave interference has historically relied on scattering objects placed within the wave domain. Here, we introduce a fundamentally new mechanism: scatterless interference induced by a lattice of subsurface phonon motion beneath a smooth wall…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-29 Mahmoud I. Hussein , David Roca , Adam R. Harris , Armin Kianfar

This paper deals with the investigation of flow field due to clap and fling mechanism using immersed boundary coupled with lattice Boltzmann method. The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), an alternative to Navier Stokes solver, is used because…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-02-03 Pradeep Kumar S , Ashoke De , Debopam Das

We perform direct numerical simulations of laminar separated flows over finite-aspect-ratio swept wings at a chord-base Reynolds number of $Re = 400$ to reveal a variety of wake structures generated for a range of aspect ratios…

The transonic flight regime is often dominated by transonic buffet, a highly unsteady and complex shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction involving major parts of the flow field. The phenomenon is associated with a large-amplitude periodic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-18 Christopher Julian Schauerte , Anne-Marie Schreyer

Introducing a fluid microjet into the boundary layer to increase fluid momentum and hence delay separation is a method for actively controlling a flow separation region. The present work numerically analyzed the control of a separation…

In the present work, we investigate dynamic interaction and response of flexible bio-inspired morphing wing structure to a low Reynolds aerodynamic load. The aspects of inspiration are as follows. First, the segmentation of the wing into…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-24 Smail Boughou , Radouan Boukharfane , Daniel J. Inman , Ashraf A. Omar , Omer A. Elsayed

We present a data-driven numerical approach for on-the-fly active flow control and demonstrate its effectiveness for drag reduction in two-dimensional incompressible flow past a cylinder. The method is based on flow map learning (FML), a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Xinyu Liu , Qifan Chen , Dongbin Xiu

The impact of turbulent fluctuations on the forces exerted by a fluid on a towed spherical particle is investigated by means of high-resolution direct numerical simulations. The measurements are carried out using a novel scheme to integrate…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-21 Holger Homann , Jérémie Bec , Rainer Grauer

Flapping foils are widely studied as bioinspired propulsors, yet most investigations have focused on regular, sinusoidal kinematics. In realistic environments, however, irregular motions arise naturally due to environmental disturbances,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-22 Harshal S. Raut , Jung-Hee Seo , Rajat Mittal

Hydrodynamic interactions between fluid-dispersed particles are ubiquitous in soft matter and biological systems and they give rise to intriguing collective phenomena. While it was reported that these interactions can facilitate…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-08-29 Eric Cereceda-López , Dominik Lips , Antonio Ortiz-Ambriz , Artem Ryabov , Philipp Maass , Pietro Tierno

Recent experiments suggest that shear-enhanced growth of concentration fluctuations in polymer solutions is strongly influenced by solid boundaries. We analyze the dynamics of a model of a sheared polymer solution, accounting for the effect…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 William B. Black , Michael D. Graham

Mixing of two fluids can lead to the formation of a precipitate. If one of the fluids is injected into a confined space filled with the other, a created precipitate disrupts the flow locally and forms complex spatiotemporal patterns. The…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-12-12 Shunsuke Tanaka , Kojiro Otoguro , Miyuki Kunihiro , Hiroki Ishikawa , Yutaka Sumino

Turbulent boundary layers over aerodynamic surfaces are a major source of aircraft drag, yet their control remains challenging due to multiscale dynamics and spatial variability, particularly under adverse pressure gradients. Reinforcement…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-14 Yuning Wang , Pol Suarez , Mathis Bode , Ricardo Vinuesa

For sufficiently slow rates of strain, flowing foam can exhibit inhomogeneous flows. The nature of these flows is an area of active study in both two-dimensional model foams and three dimensional foam. Recent work in three-dimensional foam…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Christopher Gilbreth , Scott Sullivan , Michael Dennin

Droplet mobility under shear flows is important in a wide range of engineering applications, e.g., fog collection, and self-cleaning surfaces. For structured surfaces to achieve superhydrophobicity, the removal of stains adhered within the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-02 Si Suo , Haibo Zhao , Shervin Bagheri , Peng Yu , Yixiang Gan

Many physical systems exhibit plastic flow when subjected to slow steady shear. A unified picture of plastic flow is still lacking; however, there is an emerging theoretical understanding of such flows based on irreversible motions of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael Dennin

A pinned-free beam in axial fluid flow, subjected to feedback-based actuation at the pinned end, is investigated. The actuation may be a moment or a prescribed angle and it is proportional to the state (curvature, slope, or displacement) of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-02-07 Sanders Aspelund , Ranjan Mukherjee , Aren Hellum

This study investigates the aerodynamic performance and flow structures of infinite swept wings with artificially simulated discontinuous ice using an enhanced delayed detached-eddy simulation. Comparisons are made among clean,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-14 Jiawei Chen , Maochao Xiao , Ziyu Zhou , Yufei Zhang

Solution of a problem on the interaction mechanics of a free liquid jet with a flat plate, body and with other jet has been achieved by means of a graphic-analytical method, developed by author of the given article. This method has allowed…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2008-01-29 S. L. Arsenjev

Falling liquid films become unstable due to inertial effects when the fluid layer is sufficiently thick or the slope sufficiently steep. This free surface flow of a single fluid layer has industrial applications including coating and heat…