A physics-based data-driven computational framework for the quantitative analysis of vortex
kinematics and vortex-induced loads in vortex-dominated problems is presented. Such flows …

The ability of vortices to induce aerodynamic loads on proximal surfaces plays a significant
role in a wide variety of flows. However, most studies of vortex-induced effects primarily …

Unsteady vorticity-dominated flows are prevalent in a wide variety of engineering
applications and are particularly challenging to predict efficiently. Perhaps in no other …

Vortex models have been used for decades as computationally efficient tools to investigate
unsteady aerodynamics. However, their utility for separated flows—particularly when such …

The accuracy of vortex methods employing smooth vortex particles/blobs is determined by
the blob size, which can be viewed as a mollifier of the vorticity field. For computational …

Inviscid vortex models have been demonstrated to capture the essential physics of
massively separated flows past aerodynamic surfaces, but they become computationally …

The Kutta condition has been extensively used to determine aerodynamic loads of steady
and unsteady flows over airfoils. Nevertheless, the application of this condition to unsteady …

Reliable aerodynamic and aeroelastic simulations of advanced aeronautical/mechanical
systems require us to predict flow-induced forces as accurately as possible. Nowadays …

The vortex core shed from rotorcraft blades maintains coherency—and thus dynamic
relevance—many blade turns after its creation. This presents a challenge to traditional …

ABSTRACT A new method is presented for computing flows with strong, concentrated
vorticity, such as helicopter rotor flows. The method utilizes only a blade-fixed Euleriaii …