Leading-edge vortex dynamics on plunging airfoils and wings

O Son, AK Gao, I Gursul, CD Cantwell… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The vortex dynamics of leading-edge vortices on plunging high-aspect-ratio (AR= 10) wings
and airfoils were investigated by means of volumetric velocity measurements, numerical …

Dynamics of cavitating tip vortex

Q Ye, Y Wang, X Shao - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
The three-dimensional dynamic behaviour of a tip vortex generated by a NACA-415
hydrofoil is investigated under wetted flow and cavitating conditions using time-resolved …

Effect of Gurney flap on the vortex-dominated flow over low-AR wings

D Arivoli, I Singh - Experiments in Fluids, 2023 - Springer
A Gurney flap is a simple passive flow control device that, when employed on wings, can
significantly augment its lift with minor changes in drag and stall angle. In this work, a …

Triglobal resolvent analysis of swept-wing wakes

JHM Ribeiro, CA Yeh, K Taira - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Through triglobal resolvent analysis, we reveal the effects of wing tip and sweep angle on
laminar separated wakes over swept wings. For the present study, we consider wings with …

Aerodynamic performance of a bio-inspired flapping wing with local sweep morphing

C Wang, Y Liu, D Xu, S Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Birds and bats frequently reconfigure their wing planform through a combination of flapping
and local sweep morphing, suggesting a possible approach for improving the performance …

Streamwise vortices, cellular shedding and force coefficients on finite wing at low Reynolds number

JSS Pandi, S Mittal - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Streamwise vortices, cellular shedding and force coefficients on finite wing at low Reynolds
number Page 1 J. Fluid Mech. (2023), vol. 958, A10, doi:10.1017/jfm.2023.80 Streamwise …

Numerical investigation of transient liquid nitrogen cavitating flows with special emphasis on force evolution and entropy features

Y Liu, X Li, M Ge, L Li, Z Zhu - Cryogenics, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the impacts of thermal effect on cavitation, entropy features
and interactions among vorticity, force coefficients and entropy production rate (EPR) in a …

Laminar separated flows over finite-aspect-ratio swept wings

K Zhang, S Hayostek, M Amitay, A Burtsev… - Journal of Fluid …, 2020 - cambridge.org
We perform direct numerical simulations of laminar separated flows over finite-aspect-ratio
swept wings at a chord-based Reynolds number of wings due to weakened downwash …

Wing sweep effects on laminar separated flows

JHM Ribeiro, CA Yeh, K Zhang, K Taira - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
We reveal the effects of sweep on the wake dynamics around NACA 0015 wings at high
angles of attack using direct numerical simulations and resolvent analysis. The influence of …

Effects of rotor-rotor interaction on the wake structure and thrust generation of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle

S Lee, S Chae, SY Woo, J Jang, J Kim - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the effects of rotor-rotor interaction on the wake structure and thrust generation
of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are experimentally investigated in the rotor tip …