Flow-induced locomotion of a flexible filament in the wake of a cylinder in non-Newtonian flows

B Afra, AA Delouei, A Tarokh - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
The problem of a flapping filament mounted to a free cylinder provides insight into
computational fluid dynamics. We study the extent to which the length of the flexible filament …

The roles of rigid splitter plates in flow-induced vibration of a circular cylinder

Y Sun, J Wang, D Fan, H Zheng, Z Hu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
While it is known that rigid splitter plates play significant roles in flow control, the exact roles
of them in flow-induced vibration (FIV) have not been systematically investigated. This has …

Transition of FIV for a circular cylinder with splitter plates

Y Sun, J Wang, Z Hu, K Lin, D Fan - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
A flow-induced vibration (FIV) investigation to show the transition from vortex-induced
vibration (VIV) to galloping for a circular cylinder equipped with a rear rigid splitter plate was …

Hydrodynamic performance of an unconstrained flapping swimmer with flexible fin: A numerical study

B Wu, C Shu, M Wan, Y Wang, S Chen - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Flexible tail fins are commonly found in undulatory swimmers which can propel freely in
omni-direction with flapping-wing-based propulsion. In this work, the hydrodynamic …

Flow-induced reconfiguration and cross-flow vibrations of an elastic plate and implications to energy harvesting

AK Pandey, G Sharma, R Bhardwaj - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
We numerically study flow-induced vibrations (FIV) of an elastic cantilevered plate in a cross-
flow configuration. The plate is kept upright in an open domain with a fixed bottom end. Such …

Measurements of flow-induced vibration of a flexible splitter plate mounted on a cylinder in free stream flow

S Giri, V Kartik, A Agrawal, R Bhardwaj - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We experimentally study flow-induced vibration (FIV) of a thin, cantilevered, flexible plate
attached on the lee side of a circular cylinder in a free stream airflow. The Reynolds number …

Investigation on heat transfer and flow-induced vibration of three cylinders in equilateral triangle arrangement

Q Zou, L Ding, H He, T Song - … Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
Flow-induced vibration (FIV) and heat transfer of three circular cylinders were numerically
investigated in the reduced velocity range of 3≤ U⁎≤ 15. To obtain the vibration and heat …

An experimental investigation of the flow control of a circular cylinder in near wake with parallel plates at Re= 7500

T Durhasan, F Ekinci, E Firat, H Akilli - … Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2024 - Elsevier
The vortex street suppression in the near wake region of the cylinder with parallel plates was
investigated using particle image velocimetry (PIV) at Reynolds number of Re= 7500. The …

Drag reduction by flapping a flexible filament behind a stationary cylinder

Q Mao, Y Liu, HJ Sung - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The hydrodynamic mechanism of drag reduction by flapping a flexible filament behind a
stationary cylinder was explored using the penalty immersed boundary method. The effects …

Vortex-induced vibration and flutter of a filament behind a circular cylinder

M Furquan, S Mittal - Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Flow past a flexible filament, a two-dimensional splitter plate with negligible thickness,
attached behind a circular cylinder is investigated. The Reynolds number based on the free …