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Mechanics
Raphael Limbourg, Jovan Nedic
Summary: This study examines vortex rings formed from orifices with different orifice-to-tube diameter ratios, calculating non-dimensional invariants and introducing a new time scale to unify the formation numbers of orifices and straight nozzles.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
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Mechanics
Eirik Aesoy, Jose G. Aguilar, Nicholas A. Worth, James R. Dawson
Summary: The study investigates the hydrodynamic response of an axisymmetric jet placed at various positions in a standing wave oriented normally to the jet. Different modes of fluctuations are excited at velocity and pressure nodes, causing asymmetric forcing and bifurcation of momentum streams between the nodes. The asymmetrical response can be approximated by superposition of boundary conditions at pressure and velocity nodes, with the jet symmetry and momentum spreading proportional to the transverse acoustic velocity magnitude.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
Article
Mechanics
Raphael Limbourg, Jovan Nedic
Summary: This study experimentally investigated the formation of orifice-generated vortex rings at a Reynolds number of 5300 and tube-to-orifice diameter ratio of 2.0. It was found that the circulation, impulse, and energy of the rings increase significantly with stroke ratio, and critical parameters and time scales in the formation process were defined. The study also measured non-dimensional vortex ring numbers alpha, beta, and gamma, which were consistent with previous work and suggested universality for all isolated vortex rings.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
Article
Mechanics
C. R. Constante-Amores, T. Abadie, L. Kahouadji, S. Shin, J. Chergui, D. Juric, A. A. Castrejon-Pita, O. K. Matar
Summary: This study investigates the effect of insoluble surfactants on the spatio-temporal evolution of turbulent jets through three-dimensional numerical simulations. The results show that surfactant-induced Marangoni stresses play a crucial role in the formation of coherent vortex structures and greatly influence the development of three-dimensional interfacial dynamics. The study also provides theoretical expressions for the mechanisms influencing the circulation production rate in the presence of surfactants.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2023)
Article
Mechanics
X. Y. Jiang, D. W. Gu, C. B. Lee, C. R. Smith, P. F. Linden
Summary: The study explores the laminar-turbulent transition in boundary layers by investigating the evolution of flow structures from 3-D waves to Lambda-vortices. Through numerical simulations of K-regime and bypass transitions, the process of wave-warping and vortex dynamics is examined. The research suggests that adverse pressure gradient conditions lead to a more rapid evolution and stronger viscous-inviscid interaction, ultimately resulting in the development of high-shear layers and warped wave fronts.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
Editorial Material
Mechanics
H. K. Moffatt
Summary: The study explores extreme events in turbulent flow associated with intense stretching of concentrated vortices, focusing on a turbulent flow driven by counter-rotating propellors. Local flow structures have been identified, and interesting theoretical problems are briefly considered.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
Article
Mechanics
Pradeep Moise, Joseph Mathew
Summary: This computational study examines different forms of vortex breakdown in unconfined swirling jets, including bubble and conical forms, and investigates their flow features, development of spiral coherent structures, and bistable behavior. The study highlights the distinct features of turbulent BVB and CVB, which can potentially be used towards improving designs of swirl-stabilized combustors.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
Article
Mechanics
Ben Steinfurth, Julien Weiss
Summary: The experimental study investigated the interaction between starting jets and a steady cross-flow, finding different flow structures when compressed air is injected into a rectangular outlet. The results can aid in the selection of appropriate actuation parameters in active mixing and separation control.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
Article
Mechanics
Ben Steinfurth, Julien Weiss
Summary: This study investigates the wall jet resulting from an inclined jet in a turbulent boundary layer. Despite the finite jet span, it is found that the velocity decay and wall-normal spreading rate can be described with power laws similar to a two-dimensional flow. This is due to a lack of significant lateral spreading in the current configuration caused by inward-directed fluid motion.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
Article
Mechanics
Cheolgyun Jung, Minho Song, Daegyoum Kim
Summary: This study investigates the formation of a starting jet through a novel eversion process using a vortex generator model. By varying geometric and kinematic parameters, such as the length and bending rigidity of the everting sheets, the study examines their effects on the deformation of the sheets and the formation of the jet. The interaction between the starting jet and the everting sheets enables a faster jet with an improved hydrodynamic impulse to be developed within a shorter stroke time.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
Article
Mechanics
Fengrui Zhang, Yulia T. Peet
Summary: In this study, wake flow past an axisymmetric body of revolution at a diameter-based Reynolds number of 5000 is investigated through direct numerical simulation. Three dominant coherent motions are identified in the wake: vortex shedding motion, bubble pumping motion, and very-low-frequency motion. The vortex shedding pattern follows a reflectional symmetry breaking mode and exhibits a helical spiraling pattern. The bubble pumping motion is confined to the recirculation region and is a result of Gortler instability. The very-low-frequency motion is related to a stochastic destabilisation of a steady symmetric mode and appears as a slow, precessional motion of the wake barycentre.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2023)
Article
Mechanics
Jiang-Sheng Wang, Jin-Jun Wang
Summary: The study investigates the wake-induced transition of a multi-element airfoil and finds that the double-secondary vortices triggered by the slat wake play a crucial role in the transition process, leading to stronger fluctuations and eventually contributing to an attached turbulent boundary layer.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
Article
Mechanics
Vishal Srikanth, Ching-Wei Huang, Timothy S. Su, Andrey Kuznetsov
Summary: This paper investigates the flow dynamics in a periodic porous medium and analyzes the origin and mechanism of the symmetry-breaking phenomenon. Flow instabilities are formed when surface forces on solid obstacles compete with the inertial force of the fluid flow, causing deviations in flow direction from the pressure gradient direction, especially in the range of porosity from 0.43 to 0.72 for circular solid obstacles. The phenomenon is a result of unresolved flow physics that can exhibit multiple modes depending on local vortex shedding processes and is sensitive to porosity, solid obstacle shape, and Reynolds number, influencing macroscale turbulence anisotropy in porous media.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2021)
Article
Mechanics
Khashayar F. Kohan, Susan J. Gaskin
Summary: This study investigates the effect of a zero-mean-flow turbulent ambient on the geometry of the turbulent/turbulent interface (TTI) of an axisymmetric jet and compares it with the traditional turbulent/non-turbulent interface (TNTI). The results show that the ambient turbulence enhances radial transport of concentration and scalar fluctuations within the jet, resulting in steeper mean and root-mean-square scalar conditional jumps across the TTI layer compared with those of the TNTI. The presence of ambient turbulence also stretches and corrugates the interface surface area.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
Article
Mechanics
Benjamin W. Keeton, Jaime Carpio, Keiko K. Nomura, Antonio L. Sanchez, Forman A. Williams
Summary: The transition to bubble and conical vortex breakdown in low-Mach-number laminar axisymmetric variable-density swirling jets is studied using theoretical predictions and numerical simulations. The critical values of swirl number for the onset of bubble and cone are determined as the jet-to-ambient density ratio is varied. Numerical calculations and theoretical predictions show consistent results, and the critical swirl number for the cone is found to depend on viscous effects.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
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Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Robin Yegavian, Benjamin Leclaire, Frederic Champagnat, Cedric Illoul, Gilles Losfeld
MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2016)
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Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Philippe Cornic, Cedric Illoul, Adam Cheminet, Guy Le Besnerais, Frederic Champagnat, Yves Le Sant, Benjamin Leclaire
MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2016)
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Engineering, Mechanical
F. Champagnat, A. Plyer, G. Le Besnerais, B. Leclaire, S. Davoust, Y. Le Sant
EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS
(2011)
Article
Thermodynamics
Samuel Davoust, Laurent Jacquin, Benjamin Leclaire
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW
(2014)
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Mechanics
Benjamin Leclaire, Denis Sipp
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2010)
Article
Mechanics
S. Davoust, L. Jacquin, B. Leclaire
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2012)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Frederic Champagnat, Philippe Cornic, Adam Cheminet, Benjamin Leclaire, Guy Le Besnerais, Aurelien Plyer
MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2014)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Philippe Cornic, Benjamin Leclaire, Frederic Champagnat, Guy Le Besnerais, Adam Cheminet, Cedric Illoul, Gilles Losfeld
EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS
(2020)
Article
Mechanics
Jahnavi Kantharaju, Romain Courtier, Benjamin Leclaire, Laurent Jacquin
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2020)
Article
Mechanics
M. Zauner, V Mons, O. Marquet, B. Leclaire
Summary: In this study, the turbulent flow around a square cylinder is estimated using a data assimilation technique and sparse velocity data. The results show that the data assimilation approach can compensate for deficiencies in standard URANS calculations and significantly reduce temporal and spectral errors.
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2022)
Article
Mechanics
Samir Beneddine, Robin Yegavian, Denis Sipp, Benjamin Leclaire
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2017)
Letter
Mechanics
Benjamin Leclaire, Denis Sipp, Laurent Jacquin