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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…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-09 Clément Caillaud , Mathieu Lugrin , Nicolas Severac , Sébastien Esquieu

Turbulent flows of viscoplastic fluids at high Reynolds numbers have been investigated recently with direct numerical simulations (DNS) but experimental results have been limited. For this reason, we carry out an experimental study of fully…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-07-19 Rodrigo S. Mitishita , Jordan A. MacKenzie , Gwynn J. Elfring , Ian A. Frigaard

In order to treat immiscible two-phase flows at large density ratios and high Reynolds numbers, a three-dimensional code based on the discrete unified gas kinetic scheme (DUGKS) is developed, incorporating two major improvements. First, the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-05 Jun Lai , Zuoli Xiao , Lian-Ping Wang

The changes of a turbulent channel flow subjected to oscillations of wall flush-mounted rigid discs are studied by means of direct numerical simulations. The Reynolds number is $R_\tau$=$180$, based on the friction velocity of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-19 Daniel J. Wise , Pierre Ricco

Turbulence in fluids is an ubiquitous phenomenon, characterized by spontaneous transition of a smooth, laminar flow to rapidly changing, chaotic dynamics. In 1883, Reynolds experimentally demonstrated that, in an initially laminar flow of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-03 Rafail V. Abramov

We study liquid-liquid dispersions in a turbulent Taylor - Couette flow, produced between two counterrotating coaxial cylinders. In pure Water and in counterrotation, Reynolds numbers up to 1.4 10^5 are reached. We first characterize the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2008-06-20 Florent Ravelet , Rene Delfos , Jerry Westerweel

Recently, Kami\'nski et al. [1] demonstrated that a two-dimensional streamwise waviness with carefully selected amplitude and period can be effectively used in postponement of a flow separation at high Reynolds number which is out of reach…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-29 Piotr Kamiński , Artur Tyliszczak , Witold Elsner , Paweł Niegodajew

In-cylinder flow structures and turbulence characteristics are investigated using direct numerical simulations (DNS) in a laboratory-scale engine at technically relevant engine speeds (1500 and 2500 rpm at full load). The data is computed…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-05 Bogdan A. Danciu , George K. Giannakopoulos , Mathis Bode , Christos E. Frouzakis

We investigate the quasi two-dimensional Taylor-Couette system in the regime where the radius ratio is close to unity - a transitional regime between three and two dimensions. By systematically increasing the Reynolds number we observe a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-12-02 Sebastian Altmeyer , Younghae Do , Ying-Cheng Lai

We study turbulent flows in pressure-driven ducts with square cross-section through direct numerical simulation in a wide enough range of Reynolds number to reach flow conditions which are representative of fully developed turbulence.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-03-14 S. Pirozzoli , D. Modesti , P. Orlandi , F. Grasso

We present an extensive direct numerical simulation of statistically steady, homogeneous, isotropic turbulence in two-dimensional, binary-fluid mixtures with air-drag-induced friction by using the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes equations. We…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-16 Nairita Pal , Prasad Perlekar , Anupam Gupta , Rahul Pandit

A turbulent pipe flow experiment was conducted where the surface of the pipe was oscillated azimuthally over a wide range of frequencies, amplitudes and Reynolds number. The drag was reduced by as much as 30\%. Past work has suggested that…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-02-06 Liuyang Ding , Lena Sabidussi , Brian C. Holloway , Marcus Hultmark , Alexander J. Smits

Elastic turbulence can lead to to increased flow resistance, mixing and heat transfer. Its control -- either suppression or promotion -- has significant potential, and there is a concerted ongoing effort by the community to improve our…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-05 Jack R. C. King , Robert J. Poole , Cláudio P. Fonte , Steven J. Lind

Two-way coupled direct numerical simulations are used to investigate the effects of inertial particles on self-sustained, turbulent coherent structures (i.e. the so-called the regeneration cycle) in plane Couette flow at low Reynolds number…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-01-30 Guiquan Wang , David Richter

Direct numerical simulations of turbulent suspension flows are carried out with the Force-Coupling Method in plane Couette and pressure-driven channel configurations. Dilute to moderately concentrated suspensions of neutrally buoyant…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-08-15 Guiquan Wang , Micheline Abbas , Eric Climent

Turbulence modulation by inertial-range-size, neutrally-buoyant particles is investigated experimentally in a von K\'arm\'an flow. Increasing the particle volume fraction $\Phi_\mathrm{v}$, maintaining constant impellers Reynolds number…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-01-06 Mamadou Cisse , Ewe Wei Saw , Mathieu Gibert , Eberhard Bodenschatz , Jeremie Bec

The decay of homogeneous isotropic turbulence in a variable viscosity fluid with a viscosity ratio up to 15 is analyzed by means of highly resolved direct numerical simulations (DNS) at low Reynolds numbers. The question addressed by the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-09-21 Michael Gauding , Luminita Danaila , Emilien Varea

Long-chained, viscoelastic surfactant solutions (VES) have been widely employed in the oil and gas industry, particularly in hydraulic fracturing and gravel-packing operations, where turbulence is commonly reached due to high pumping rates.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-10-15 Rodrigo S. Mitishita , Gwynn J. Elfring , Ian A. Frigaard

Turbulent drag reduction through streamwise travelling waves of spanwise wall oscillation is investigated over a wide range of Reynolds numbers. Here, in Part 1, wall-resolved large-eddy simulations in a channel flow are conducted to…

We experimentally investigate the drag modification by neutrally buoyant finite-size particles with various aspect ratios in a Taylor-Couette (TC) turbulent flow. The current Reynolds number, $Re$, ranges from $6.5\times10^3$ to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-03-09 Cheng Wang , Lei Yi , Linfeng Jiang , Chao Sun