Aerodynamic characteristics of two side-by-side circular cylinders and application of wavelet analysis on the switching phenomenon

MM Alam, M Moriya, H Sakamoto - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2003 - Elsevier
The aerodynamic characteristics of two stationary cylinders, both circular and square, in a
side-by-side arrangement were investigated experimentally in a uniform flow at a Reynolds …

Numerical simulation of cross-flow around four cylinders in an in-line square configuration

K Lam, WQ Gong, RMC So - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2008 - Elsevier
Successful numerical simulations can reveal important flow characteristics and information
which are extremely difficult to obtain experimentally. Two-and three-dimensional (3-D) …

Flow pattern and velocity field distribution of cross-flow around four cylinders in a square configuration at a low Reynolds number

K Lam, JY Li, KT Chan, RMC So - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2003 - Elsevier
The flow around four cylinders in a square configuration with a spacing ratio of 4 and at a
Reynolds number of 200 were investigated using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) …

Coupling modes of three filaments in side-by-side arrangement

FB Tian, H Luo, L Zhu, XY Lu - Physics of Fluids, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
A viscous flow past three filaments in side-by-side arrangement is studied by a numerical
simulation and is accompanied by a previously established linear stability analysis. Other …

Risk informed floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU) location selection for local natural gas supply

C Ji, S Yuan, Z Jiao, J Pettigrew, MM El-Halwagi… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present energy market due to high demand of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the
limited availability of land-based LNG import terminals, the use of offshore LNG terminals is …

Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of two interfering side-by-side circular cylinders at intermediate spacing ratios

W Chen, C Ji, D Xu, MM Alam - Applied Ocean Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Side-by-side arranged circular cylinders show fierce interferences when they are not far
apart. In this paper, we present the vibration response and wake characteristics of two …

Effects of upstream wake on vortex-induced vibrations and wake patterns of side-by-side circular cylinders

W Chen, C Ji, N Srinil, Y Yan, Z Zhang - Marine Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, vortex-induced vibrations and wake patterns of two side-by-side circular
cylinders in the wake of a stationary upstream cylinder are numerically investigated for a …

Three-dimensional numerical simulations of cross-flow around four cylinders in an in-line square configuration

K Lam, L Zou - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical study of three-dimensional (3-D) laminar flow around four
circular cylinders in an in-line square configuration. The investigation focuses on effects of …

Numerical simulation of flow-induced motion of three rigidly coupled cylinders in equilateral-triangle arrangement

P Han, G Pan, W Tian - Physics of Fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
In this study, the flow-induced motion (FIM) of three rigidly coupled cylinders arranged in an
equilateral-triangular pattern is numerically investigated. The spacing ratio is set to four …

Wake patterns of freely vibrating side-by-side circular cylinders in laminar flows

W Chen, C Ji, D Xu, N Srinil - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Wake patterns behind two freely vibrating circular cylinders in side-by-side arrangements
are numerically investigated through two-dimensional computational fluid dynamics …