Experimental study of vortex ring im**ement on concave hemispherical cavities

T Ahmed, BD Erath - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Discrete vortex rings im**ing on concave hemispherical cavities were explored
experimentally. Planar laser-induced fluorescence, two-dimensional particle image …

Combined particle image velocimetry/digital image correlation for load estimation

P Zhang, SD Peterson, M Porfiri - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Particle image velocimetry (PIV) and digital image correlation (DIC) are widely used
experimental techniques in fluid mechanics and structural dynamics, respectively. PIV is …

Evolution of secondary vorticity following vortex ring impact on a concave hemicylindrical cavity

T Ahmed, BD Erath - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The generation of secondary vortices from a wall-bounded vorticity sheet is a frequent
occurrence in vortex ring–structure interactions. Such interactions arise in both engineering …

On the aeroelastic energy transfer from a Lamb dipole to a flexible cantilever

C Wang, H Tang - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper studies the aeroelastic energy transfer from an advecting Lamb dipole to a
flexible cantilever. The cantilever is initially placed either along or against the dipole's …

Hydrodynamic impulse enhancement of a vortex ring interacting with an axisymmetric co-axial aperture

JC Hu, SD Peterson - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
The dynamics of a vortex ring advecting towards and interacting with a solid wall with a
coaxial aperture is governed by the aperture-to-ring radius ratio, increases (slip-through …

Estimating pressure fields from planar velocity data around immersed bodies; a finite element approach

A Pirnia, J McClure, SD Peterson, BT Helenbrook… - Experiments in …, 2020 - Springer
A finite element approach for calculating pressure fields from planar velocity data is
examined in this paper and compared with widely cited procedures. In the current approach …

Discrete and periodic vortex loading on a flexible plate; application to energy harvesting and voiced speech production

A Pirnia, EA Browning, SD Peterson… - Journal of Sound and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Flow-induced vibrations of flexible surfaces driven by coherent vortical structures are
ubiquitous in engineering and biological flows; from the extraction of fluidic energy via …

Temporal response of a flexible cantilevered plate subjected to tangentially-advecting vortex rings: application to energy harvesting systems

A Pirnia, SD Peterson, BD Erath - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
The dynamics of a cantilevered plate driven by a train of tangentially-advecting vortex rings
is significantly impacted by two temporal parameters, namely the Strouhal number and the …

Numerical investigation of the collision of a vortex ring with a wavy sphere

N Van Luc, PT Tuyn - Vietnam Journal of Science …, 2024 - vietnamscience.vjst.vn
The numerical investigation of vortex dynamics resulting from the collision of a vortex ring
with a wavy sphere of various wavenumbers (n) at a Reynolds number of 1000 was …

An exploration of isolated vortex collisions

JC Hu - 2021 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
Vortices are ubiquitous in fluid dynamics, and their interactions are critical in various natural
and engineering phenomena, such as the turbulence cascade and unsteady fluid loading …