[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in understanding the flow over bluff bodies with different geometries at moderate Reynolds numbers

MR Lekkala, M Latheef, JH Jung, A Coraddu, H Zhu… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of unsteady incompressible flow phenomenon over the bluff bodies has
received the attention of many researchers due to the rich and complex physics …

Dynamic experimental rigs for investigation of insect wing aerodynamics

P Broadley, MRA Nabawy… - Journal of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This paper provides a systematic and critical review of dynamic experimental rigs used for
insect wing aerodynamics research. The goal is to facilitate meaningful comparison of data …

A new many-objective aerodynamic optimization method for symmetrical elliptic airfoils by PSO and direct-manipulation-based parametric mesh deformation

B Mi, S Cheng, Y Luo, H Fan - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
A new many-objective aerodynamic optimization method is proposed to design the
distinctive symmetrical elliptic airfoil applied on the canard rotor wing aircraft with special …

Non-Newtonian fluid flow over a rotating elliptic cylinder in laminar flow regime

D Kumar, AK Sahu - European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a numerical investigation is done to understand the two-dimensional flow
behaviorof power-law fluids past a rotating elliptic cylinder in unconfined domain. The flow …

Numerical study of fluid flow past a rotating elliptic cylinder

SN Naik, S Vengadesan, KA Prakash - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
Numerical solutions are presented for fluid flow past a rotating elliptic cylinder for different
non-dimensional rotational rates (0.5, 1.0 and 1.5) and various axis ratios (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 …

Flow past rotating cylinders using deterministic vortex method

G Karimi-Zindashti, Ö Kurç - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the performance of an in-house code based on a deterministic vortex
method on circular and square cylinders rotating with constant velocity. Subjecting a bluff …

Aerodynamic effects of elevating motion on hovering rigid hawkmothlike wings

KB Lua, YJ Lee, TT Lim, KS Yeo - AIAA Journal, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
Flapping of an insect wing can be broadly separated into sweeping, elevating, and rotational
motions. The sweeping motion generates forward velocity, and the rotational motion …

Momentum and heat transfer characteristics of a rotating elliptical cylinder in vortex shedding flow of power-law fluids

D Kumar, AK Sahu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A numerical analysis is carried out to comprehend the fluid flow and heat transfer
phenomena of non-Newtonian power-law fluid flow around a rotating elliptic cylinder. The …

Rotating elliptic cylinders in a uniform cross flow

KB Lua, H Lu, TT Lim - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Numerical simulation of flow past a two-dimensional rotating cylinder of different thickness
ratios at Re= 200 has been carried out to investigate how incremental changes in the cross …

Influence of aspect ratio on tumbling plates

WB Wang, RF Hu, SJ Xu, ZN Wu - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2013 - cambridge.org
The tumbling motion of freely falling plates with aspect ratio ranging from 2 to 10 is studied
using both experimental measurement and simplified lifting line theory. The trajectories of …