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We consider the nonlinear evolution of an unstable baroclinic wave in a regime of rotating stratified flow that is of relevance to interior circulation in the oceans and in the atmosphere---a regime characterized by small large-scale Rossby…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-10-20 Balasubramanya T. Nadiga

We study the laminar and turbulent channel flow over a viscous hyper-elastic wall and show that it is possible to sustain an unsteady chaotic turbulent-like flow at any Reynolds number by properly choosing the wall elastic modulus. We…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-08-05 Marco E Rosti , Luca Brandt

Following recent work, this manuscript clarifies what the Gauss-Appell principle determines in incompressible, inviscid flow and how it connects to classical projection methods. At a fixed time, freezing the velocity and varying only the…

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We develop a framework for localized source detection in dynamical systems governed by nonlinear partial differential equations based on first and second-order sensitivity analysis. Building on the standard adjoint formulation, which…

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The asymmetries that arise when a mixing layer involves two miscible fluids of differing densities are investigated using incompressible (low-speed) direct numerical simulations. The simulations are performed in the temporal configuration…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-01-08 Jon R. Baltzer , Daniel Livescu

The impact of intrinsic compressibility effects -- changes in fluid volume due to pressure variations -- on high-speed wall-bounded turbulence has often been overlooked or incorrectly attributed to mean property variations. To unambiguously…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-19 Asif Manzoor Hasan , Pedro Costa , Johan Larsson , Sergio Pirozzoli , Rene Pecnik

The recently introduced structured input-output analysis is a powerful method for capturing nonlinear phenomena associated with incompressible flows, and this paper extends that method to the compressible regime. The proposed method relies…

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Elasto-inertial turbulence (EIT) is primarily driven by polymer elasticity, yet the modulating role of fluid inertia is non-negligible and remains largely unexplored. To investigate the effect of inertia, we perform direct numerical…

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We investigate the linear instability of flows that are stable according to Rayleigh's criterion for rotating fluids. Using Taylor-Couette flow as a primary test case, we develop large Reynolds number matched asymptotic expansion theories.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-12 Kengo Deguchi , Ming Dong

We have investigated the effects of permeable walls, modeled by linear acoustic impedance with zero reactance, on compressible channel flow via linear stability analysis (LSA). Base flow profiles are taken from impermeable isothermal-wall…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-12-29 Iman Rahbari , Carlo Scalo

This study investigates the spatial distribution of inertial particles in turbulent Taylor-Couette flow. Direct numerical simulations are performed using a one-way coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian approach, with a fixed inner wall Reynolds…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-02-28 Hao Jiang , Zhi-ming Lu , Bo-fu Wang , Xiao-hui Meng , Jie Shen , Kai Leong Chong

In dimension two, we investigate a free energy and the ground state energy of the Schr\"odinger-Poisson system coupled with a logarithmic nonlinearity in terms of underlying functional inequalities which take into account the scaling…

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We investigate the incompressible flow past a square cylinder immersed in the wake of an upstream nearby splitter plate separating two streams of different velocity. The bottom stream Reynolds number, based on the square side, $Re_B=56$ is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-11-09 Reda El Mansy , Wasim Sarwar , Josep M Bergada , Fernando Mellibovsky

Beneitez et al. (Phys. Rev. Fluids, 8, L101901, 2023) have recently discovered a new linear "polymer diffusive instability" (PDI) in inertialess rectilinear viscoelastic shear flow using the FENE-P model when polymer stress diffusion is…

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Turbulent mixing layers over cavities can couple with acoustic waves and lead to undesired oscillations. To understand the nonlinear aspects of this phenomenon, a turbulent mixing layer over a deep cavity at Reynolds number 150 000 is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-10-04 Edouard Boujo , Michael Bauerheim , Nicolas Noiray

It is argued that there are three distinct zones in a wall bounded turbulent flow field dominated by three completely different mechanisms: - An outer region where the velocity profile is determined by the pressure distribution - A highly…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-01-12 Trinh Khanh Tuoc

Interactions between an internal flow and wall deformation occur in many biological systems. Such interactions can involve a complex and rich dynamical behavior and a number of peculiarities which depend on the flow parameter range. The aim…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-03-11 Mustapha Amaouche , Giuseppe Di Labbio

Intermittency, measured as log(F(r)/3), where F(r) is the flatness of velocity increments at scale r, is found to rapidly increase as viscous effects intensify, and eventually saturate at very small scales. This feature defines a finite…

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We propose a Navier-Stokes-driven analysis of the mean and fluctuating wall shear stress (WSS) applied to turbulent channel flow data from direct numerical simulations at friction Reynolds numbers up to $Re_\tau\approx 2000$. Starting from…

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