Receptivity of crossflow instability to discrete roughness amplitude and location

G Zoppini, S Westerbeek, D Ragni… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The effect of discrete roughness elements on the development and breakdown of stationary
crossflow instability on a swept wing is explored. Receptivity to various element heights and …

Detuned secondary instabilities in three-dimensional boundary-layer flow

A Jouin, N Ciola, S Cherubini, JC Robinet - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
In this work we apply a formulation for capturing detuned secondary instabilities. This
formulation, based on two-dimensional stability analysis coupled with a Bloch wave …

Cancellation of crossflow instabilities through multiple discrete roughness elements forcing

G Zoppini, T Michelis, D Ragni, M Kotsonis - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
The presented work introduces a cancellation technique, based on the linear superposition
of stationary crossflow instabilities (CFIs) through the application of a streamwise series of …

Transition due to isolated roughness in a swept wing boundary layer

G Zoppini, D Ragni, M Kotsonis - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The present work is dedicated to the investigation of the effect of an isolated roughness
element on a swept wing boundary layer. In particular, the flow modifications incurred by a …

Turbulent transition in a channel with superhydrophobic walls: the effect of roughness anisotropy

A Jouin, S Cherubini, JC Robinet - arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.01418, 2022 - arxiv.org
Superhydrophobic surfaces dramatically reduce skin friction of overlying liquid flows. These
surfaces are complex and numerical simulations usually rely on models for reducing this …

The near wake of discrete roughness elements on swept wings

G Zoppini, T Michelis, D Ragni… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
This work presents the first experimental characterization of the flow field in the vicinity of
periodically spaced discrete roughness elements (DRE) in a swept wing boundary layer …

Experimental investigation on receptivity of crossflow instability to discrete roughness amplitude and location

G Zoppini, D Ragni, M Kotsonis - AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-0152. vid An experimental
parametric study of the effect of discrete roughness elements (DRE) on the development and …

The near-wake of discrete roughness elements on swept wings: tomographic ptv measurements

G Zoppini, T Michelis, D Ragni… - … on Turbulence and …, 2022 - research.tudelft.nl
This work presents the first reported experimental characterization of the flow field in the
direct vicinity of discrete roughness elements (DRE), in a swept wing boundary layer. High …

The Near-Wake of Super-Critical Discrete Roughness Elements on Swept Wings

A Sequeira, G Zoppini, T Michelis, D Ragni… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-2306. vid The present work details
the steady and unsteady flow topology in the vicinity of an array of periodically spaced super …

Experimental Investigation of Isolated Roughness Induced Transition in a Swept Wing Boundary Layer

G Zoppini, D Ragni, M Kotsonis - AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1213. vid The application of an
isolated roughness element in the laminar boundary layer developing on the surface of a …