The flow around a stepped cylinder with turbulent wake and stable shear layer

D Massaro, A Peplinski, P Schlatter - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
The turbulent external flow around a three-dimensional stepped cylinder is studied by
means of direct numerical simulations with the adaptive mesh refinement technique. We …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive framework to enhance numerical simulations in the spectral-element code Nek5000

D Massaro, A Peplinski, R Stanly, S Mirzareza… - Computer Physics …, 2024 - Elsevier
A framework is presented for the spectral-element code Nek5000, which has been, and still
is, widely used in the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) community to perform high-fidelity …

On the potential of transfer entropy in turbulent dynamical systems

D Massaro, S Rezaeiravesh, P Schlatter - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Information theory (IT) provides tools to estimate causality between events, in
various scientific domains. Here, we explore the potential of IT-based causality estimation in …

Adaptive mesh refinement for global stability analysis of transitional flows

D Massaro, V Lupi, A Peplinski, P Schlatter - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In this work, we introduce the novel application of the adaptive mesh refinement (AMR)
technique in the global stability analysis of incompressible flows. The design of an accurate …

Transition to turbulence on a rotating wind turbine blade at

TCL Fava, D Massaro, P Schlatter… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The boundary-layer stability on a section of a rotating wind turbine blade with an FFA-W3
series aerofoil at a chord Reynolds number of of the free stream velocity directed towards …

Flow mechanism across 180° sharp bend of matrix-cooled serpentine channel

N Ali, A Chand, V Sharma, A Tariq - International Journal of Heat and Fluid …, 2025 - Elsevier
Vortex merging and evolution mechanisms have been characterized across the 180° sharp
bend region of matrix-cooled serpentine channel with the help of stereo Particle Image …

Global stability of the flow past a stepped cylinder

D Massaro, P Schlatter - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
We investigate the global instability mechanism of the flow past a three-dimensional stepped
cylinder. A comprehensive study is performed for different diameter ratios of the two joined …

[HTML][HTML] Asymmetry Propagation in a Pipe Flow Downstream of a 90° Sharp Elbow Bend

B Mikuž, K Cerkovnik, I Tiselj - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Sharp pipe elbows are commonly used in industrial applications where
space is constrained. The flow downstream of a sharp elbow is highly asymmetric, and it is …

Transition to turbulence of pulsatile flow through a 180º bent pipe

G Izquierdo Santamaria - 2024 - upcommons.upc.edu
Physiological flows in the aorta depend on a lot of factors including the pulsatile nature of
the flow, the complex geometries present or the elasticity of the vessels walls among others …