Passive flow control techniques, and particularly vortex generators have been used
successfully in a broad range of aero-and hydrodynamics applications to alter the …

The hydrodynamic characteristics of a novel twin-protuberance hydrofoil design mimicking
the two prominent tubercles present on a humpback whale flipper are investigated. The foil …

Cavitation is a process of liquid evaporation, bubble or vapor sheet formation, and further
collapse of vapor structures, which plays a destructive role in many industrial applications. In …

The present study seeks to conduct numerical investigations of the cavitating flow
characteristics around a sinusoidal wavy leading edge (WLE) 3-D hydrofoil underlying a …

The applicability of leading-edge protuberances as a passive flow control approach inspired
by humpback whale flippers has attracted significant research attention in aquatic and …

Cavitation is an ever-present issue in the maritime industry as it causes damage to the
propeller in the form of erosion, reducing hydrodynamic performance and increasing the …

To suppress the cavitation phenomenon of the fluid machinery under high-velocity flow
conditions, we designed the shark gill slit jet structure based on the principle of bionics. The …

In this paper, the open source software OpenFOAM is used to perform a numerical
investigation of the cavitating flow around a modified NACA63 4-021 hydrofoil with …

Cavitation is a challenging and complex phenomenon in hydraulic machineries such as
pumps, turbines, and marine propellers. The shedding and collapse of the cavitation cloud …

In the current paper, large eddy simulation is utilized to study the effect of various wavy
leading edges on the control of cavitation around a modified NACA63 4-021 hydrofoil in the …