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The effects of chordwise pressure- and inertia-driven deformations on the power extraction potential of a kinematically constrained oscillating thin plate that undergoes a heaving and pitching motion are investigated. 2D fully coupled fluid-structure inter ...
As wind turbines operate within the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), the study of their interaction with the ABL flow can help us better understand and predict their performance. In addition to the performance of wind turbines, this interaction has an eff ...
LAI, S., A. PANARESE, R. LAWRENCE, M. L. BONINGER, S. MICERA, and F. AMBROSIO. A Murine Model of Robotic Training to Evaluate Skeletal Muscle Recovery after Injury. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 840-847, 2017. Purpose: In vivo studies have s ...
Accurate prediction of the spatial evolution of turbulent wake flows under pressure gradient conditions is required in some engineering applications such as the design of high-lift devices and wind farms over topography. In this paper, we aim to develop an ...
Inspired by recent experiments using synthetic microswimmers to manipulate droplets, we investigate the low-Reynolds-number locomotion of a model swimmer (a spherical squirmer) encapsulated inside a droplet of a comparable size in another viscous fluid. Me ...
Swimming organisms can enhance mixing in their natural environments by creating eddies in their wake and by dragging water along. However, these mixing mechanisms are inefficient for microorganisms, because swimming-induced variations in velocity, temperat ...
Theoretical considerations suggest that saltation dynamics is dominated by either aerodynamic entrainment or by a combination of ejection and rebound at a given time and location. Calling these two regimes weak and strong saltation, respectively, we have i ...
Comprehensive wind tunnel experiments were carried out to study the interaction of a turbulent boundary layer with a wind turbine operating under different tip-speed ratios and yaw angles. Force and power measurements were performed to characterize the var ...
In this technical report we apply the Continuation Multi Level Monte Carlo (C-MLMC) algorithm to efficiently propagate operating and geometric uncertainties in internal and external aerodynamic simulations modeled by RANS. In particular, we discuss the con ...
In animal locomotion, either in fish or flying insects, the use of flexible terminal organs or appendages greatly improves the performance of locomotion (thrust and lift). In this article, we propose a general unified framework for modeling and simulating ...