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 …

Blockage effect on wakes of various bluff bodies: A review of confined flow

R Mondal, MM Alam - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In many industrial applications, fluid flow around bluff bodies is confined between two
parallel walls. This paper provides a thorough review of the studies on the confined flow …

Flow over rectangular cylinder: Effects of cylinder aspect ratio and Reynolds number

A Mashhadi, A Sohankar, MM Alam - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations of two-and three-dimensional unconfined flows over rectangular
cylinders are conducted at Reynolds number Re= 30–200. The cylinder cross-sectional …

A state-of-the-art review of flows past confined circular cylinders

QD Nguyen, W Lu, L Chan, A Ooi, C Lei - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we have reviewed the state-of-the-art of research on flow past a circular
cylinder symmetrically placed between two parallel plates separated by a finite distance …

Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling of hydrodynamic characteristics of oscillatory flow past a square cylinder using the level set method

D Dutta, H Bihs, MS Afzal - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical study of the three-dimensional hydrodynamic
characteristics of oscillatory flow past a square cylinder including the effect of the variation of …

Assessment of blockage effects on the wake characteristics and power of wind turbines

H Sarlak, T Nishino, LA Martínez-Tossas… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Large Eddy Simulations (LES) are performed in order to study the wake and power
characteristics of a horizontal-axis wind turbine in a wind tunnel. Using an actuator line …

Machine learning-aided design optimization of a mechanical micromixer

FJ Granados-Ortiz, J Ortega-Casanova - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In real-life mechanical engineering applications, it is often complex to achieve an optimal
multi-objective design, because of the costs related to fabrication and test of different …

Experimental investigation of flow past a confined bluff body: Effects of body shape, blockage ratio and Reynolds number

X Wang, J Chen, B Zhou, Y Li, Q Xiang - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) study of the two-dimensional flow
past a bluff body confined in a channel. Three typical shapes of bluff body with the same …

Numerical investigation of air entrainment and outlet temperature characteristics of an infrared suppression device with obstacles

RC Mishra, AK Barik, RK Mallik - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Infrared suppression devices (IRS) are crucial for stealth capabilities of modern naval ships
and fighter jets. This study numerically investigates the air entrainment and outlet …

Experimental investigation of ventilated partial cavitating flows with special emphasis on flow pattern regime and unsteady shedding behavior around an axisymmetric …

T Liu, B Huang, G Wang, M Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is mainly to investigate the ventilated partial cavitating flow
structure at different angles of attack with experimental methods. A high-speed camera …