Improved swimming performance in schooling fish via leading-edge vortex enhancement

JH Seo, R Mittal - Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The hydrodynamics of schooling fish has been the subject of continued investigation over
the last 50 years; fish schools exhibit a variety of arrangements and several distinct …

A data-driven reduced-order model based on long short-term memory neural network for vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder

A Nazvanova, MC Ong, G Yin - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A data-driven reduced-order model (ROM) based on long short-term memory neural network
(LSTM-NN) for the prediction of the flow past a circular cylinder undergoing two-degree-of …

Three-dimensional transition and force characteristics of low-Reynolds-number flows past a plunging airfoil

AK Gao, CD Cantwell, O Son… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The three-dimensional (3-D) transition of the leading-edge vortex (LEV) and the force
characteristics of the plunging airfoil are investigated in the chord-based Strouhal number …

Hydrodynamic performance and scaling laws for a modelled wave-induced flap**-foil propulsor

HS Raut, JH Seo, R Mittal - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Wave-assisted propulsion (WAP) systems directly convert wave energy into thrust using
elastically mounted hydrofoils. The wave conditions as well as the design of the hydrofoil …

Contribution of spanwise and cross-span vortices to the lift generation of low-aspect-ratio wings: Insights from force partitioning

K Menon, S Kumar, R Mittal - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
This study reports on the vortex-induced lift production mechanisms in low Reynolds number
flows over low aspect-ratio rectangular wings. We use a rigorous force-partitioning method …

Evidence and physical mechanism for vortex-induced vibration of a bluff body without an afterbody

W Chen, Y Li - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Afterbody—the portion of the body downstream of shear layer separation points—was
believed to be essential for the vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of a bluff body. A recent study …

Contributions to pressure drag in rough-wall turbulent flows: insights from force partitioning

M Aghaei-Jouybari, JH Seo, J Yuan, R Mittal… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
The force partitioning method [Menon and Mittal, J. Fluid Mech. 918, R3 (2021) 0022-1120
10.1017/jfm. 2021.359] is employed to decompose and analyze the pressure-induced drag …

Laminar vortex dynamics around forward-swept wings

K Zhang, K Taira - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
Forward-swept wings offer unique advantages in the aerodynamic performance of air
vehicles. However, the low-Reynolds-number characteristics of such wings have not been …

Large eddy simulations of flow past an inclined circular cylinder: Insights into the three-dimensional effect

G Li, W Li, MJ Janocha, G Yin, MC Ong - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The flow past an inclined cylinder is simulated using large eddy simulations to study the
three-dimensional wake flow effects on the forces on the cylinder at Re= 3900. Four …

Flow-induced oscillations of pitching swept wings: Stability boundary, vortex dynamics and force partitioning

Y Zhu, K Breuer - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
We study experimentally the aeroelastic instability boundaries and three-dimensional vortex
dynamics of pitching swept wings, with the sweep angle ranging from 0. The structural …