Vortex reconnection and turbulence cascade

J Yao, F Hussain - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
As a fundamental topology-transforming event, reconnection plays a significant role in the
dynamics of plasmas, polymers, DNA, and fluids—both (classical) viscous and quantum …

Spectral/hp element methods: Recent developments, applications, and perspectives

H Xu, CD Cantwell, C Monteserin, C Eskilsson… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
The spectral/hp element method combines the geometric flexibility of the classical h-type
finite element technique with the desirable numerical properties of spectral methods …

[HTML][HTML] Large eddy simulation of the tip-leakage cavitating flow with an insight on how cavitation influences vorticity and turbulence

HY Cheng, XR Bai, XP Long, B Ji, XX Peng… - Applied Mathematical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cavitation within a tip leakage flow remains a challenging issue in a variety of axial
hydraulic machines. It is still not possible nowadays to predict cavitation occurrence in such …

Numerical investigation of how gap size influences tip leakage vortex cavitation inception using a Eulerian–Lagrangian method

X Wang, X Bai, H Cheng, B Ji, X Peng - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper investigates the effect of gap size on the inception of tip leakage vortex cavitation
(TLVC) with a hybrid Eulerian–Lagrangian model. Good agreement is achieved between the …

Numerical study of instability mechanism in the air-core vortex formation process

K Kan, Y Xu, Z Li, H Xu, H Chen, D Zi… - … of Computational Fluid …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Air-core vortices are a ubiquitous phenomenon in the intakes of hydropower stations. Due to
the transient and instability of two-phase vorticial flow, the prediction of air-core vortex …

Cavitation inception noise excited by a tip leakage vortex with various gap sizes: A Eulerian–Lagrangian investigation

B Ji, X Wang, X Bai, H Cheng, X Peng - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, the noise characteristics of tip leakage vortex cavitation (TLVC) inception are
numerically investigated using a previously developed hybrid Eulerian–Lagrangian model …

Turbulence generation through an iterative cascade of the elliptical instability

R McKeown, R Ostilla-Mónico, A Pumir, MP Brenner… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The essence of turbulent flow is the conveyance of energy through the formation, interaction,
and destruction of eddies over a wide range of spatial scales—from the largest scales where …

Leading-edge vortex dynamics on plunging airfoils and wings

O Son, AK Gao, I Gursul, CD Cantwell… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The vortex dynamics of leading-edge vortices on plunging high-aspect-ratio (AR= 10) wings
and airfoils were investigated by means of volumetric velocity measurements, numerical …

Investigating chaotic wake dynamics past a flapping airfoil and the role of vortex interactions behind the chaotic transition

C Bose, S Sarkar - Physics of fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The present study investigates the complex vortex interactions in two-dimensional flow-field
behind a symmetric NACA0012 airfoil undergoing a prescribed periodic pitching-plunging …

Dynamics of trailing vortices in the wake of a generic high-speed train

JR Bell, D Burton, MC Thompson, AH Herbst… - Journal of Fluids and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The three-dimensional dynamics of a pair of counter-rotating streamwise vortices that are
present in the wake of an ICE3 high-speed train typical of modern, streamlined vehicles in …