A review of bluff body wakes

JF Derakhshandeh, MM Alam - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The application of an unsteady viscous flow around a bluff body has covered a wide range
of scientific fields. This paper reviews the wakes of different cross-sectional bluff bodies …

Energy harvesting based on flow-induced vibration of a wavy cylinder coupled with tuned mass damper

F Zhao, Z Wang, H Bai, H Tang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigate the flow-energy harvesting performance of a system consisting of a wavy
cylinder and a tuned mass damper (TMD), through experiments, theoretical modeling and …

Numerical simulation of vortex-induced vibration of a square cylinder at a low Reynolds number

M Zhao, L Cheng, T Zhou - Physics of Fluids, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) of a square cylinder at a Reynolds number of 100 and a low
mass ratio of 3 are studied numerically by solving the Navier-Stokes equations using the …

Wake of wavy elliptic cylinder at a low Reynolds number: wavelength effect

X Shi, H Bai, MM Alam, C Ji, H Zhu - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Effects of the spanwise wavelength (λ) of a sinusoidal wavy cylinder with elliptic cross-
section on wake structures and fluid forces are numerically investigated at a Reynolds …

On the distributed blowing control of flow around a square cylinder at a low Reynolds number

Y Ran, WL Chen, Y Cao, H Li, D Gao - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper numerically investigates the distributed blowing control of the flow around a
square cylinder at a low Reynolds number of R e= 200. The air holes are placed at the …

Effects of large spanwise wavelength on the wake of a sinusoidal wavy cylinder

YF Lin, HL Bai, MM Alam, WG Zhang, K Lam - Journal of fluids and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The wake of a sinusoidal wavy cylinder with a large spanwise wavelength λ/D m (= 3.79–
7.57) and a constant wave amplitude a/D m= 0.152, where D m is the mean diameter of the …

On the surface flow patterns and associated aerodynamics of an asymmetrical flat-box section

H Li, R Peng, L Hu, X He, A Kareem - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this study, wind tunnel experiments were carried out in smooth flow to examine the nexus
between flow patterns around a flat-box section and its aerodynamics with the variation of …

Performance enhancement of a galloping-based energy harvester with different groove depths on square bluff body

P Siriyothai, C Kittichaikarn - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the effects of a V-shaped groove depth on the performance of a
galloping-based energy harvester. The study simulated air flow over cylindrical, square, and …

Drag and lift contribution to the incipient motion of partly submerged flooded vehicles

C Arrighi, JC Alcèrreca-Huerta, H Oumeraci… - Journal of Fluids and …, 2015 - Elsevier
At present, the vehicles instability during an urban flood is recognized as being one of the
most exacerbating factors for flood risk, particularly for people׳ s safety. In this work, the …

A study of the aerodynamics of a generic container freight wagon using Large-Eddy Simulation

J Östh, S Krajnović - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work simulations using the Large Eddy Simulation technique have been made of the
flow around a generic container freight wagon model. The model consists of one 11.8 m …