Inlet flow distortion is expected to play a major role in future aircraft architectures where
complex air induction systems are required to couple the engine with the airframe. The …

HVAC engineers are challenged to design air distribution systems with optimal performance
while satisfying a long list of requirements, including maintaining the desired indoor air …

Convoluted aero-engine intakes are often required to enable closer integration between
engine and airframe. Although the majority of previous research focused on the distortion of …

Measuring aerodynamics is crucial in the automotive industry as it helps engineers to
optimize designs to improve vehicles' stability and performance. Pressure sensors are …

A high-fidelity aerodynamic shape optimization framework based on the Reynolds-averaged
Navier–Stokes equations is applied to the optimization of a boundary-layer ingesting S-duct …

The open source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software OpenFOAM is used to
investigate the flow through the Wellborn s-duct. Numerical simulations with two different …

In a quiescent environment, dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuators generate a
wall jet through the interaction of ionized and neutral molecules in an electric field. In …

This study investigates the flow characteristics within an S-shaped duct at low speeds and
examines the impact of varying lengths of upstream and downstream extensions on the …

The central curvature change of the S-shaped intake exacerbates the three-dimensional
flow separation, resulting in total pressure and swirl distortions at the outlet. In this paper, an …

The high curvature of modern S-ducts causes a strong secondary flow, which seriously
affects the uniformity of the compressor inlet flow. In this study, the flow control method of a …