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Second-order sensitivity in the cylinder wake: Optimal spanwise-periodic wall actuation and wall deformation

François Gallaire, Edouard Boujo, Andrea Fani

Two-dimensional (2D) flows can be controlled efficiently using spanwise "waviness," i.e., a control (e.g., wall blowing and suction or wall deformation) that is periodic in the spanwise direction. This study tackles the global linear stability of 2D flows ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2019

The influence of the entry region on the instability of a coflowing injector device

François Gallaire, Andrea Fani, Laura Augello

2018

Effect of geometry modifications on the engulfment in micromixers: Numerical simulations and stability analysis

Andrea Fani, Lorenzo Siconolfi

The effect of geometry variations on the engulfment regime in micromixers is investigated. The engulfment regime is a steady flow regime resulting from a symmetry-breaking pitchfork bifurcation as the Reynolds number (based on the hydraulic diameter and bu ...

Elsevier2016

Vortex-Breakdown-Induced Particle Capture in Branching Junctions

François Gallaire, Andrea Fani

We show experimentally that a flow-induced, Reynolds number-dependent particle-capture mechanism in branching junctions can be enhanced or eliminated by varying the junction angle. In addition, numerical simulations are used to show that the features respo ...

American Physical Society2016

The motion of a 2D pendulum in a channel subjected to an incoming flow

François Gallaire, Andrea Fani

The flow around a tethered cylinder subjected to an incoming flow transverse to its main axis and confined in a channel is investigated by means of global stability analysis of the full coupled body-fluid problem. When the cylinder is strongly confined (ra ...

Cambridge University Press2015

Second-order sensitivity of parallel shear flows and optimal spanwise-periodic flow modifications

François Gallaire, Edouard Boujo, Andrea Fani

The question of optimal spanwise-periodic modification for the stabilisation of spanwise-invariant flows is addressed. A second-order sensitivity analysis is conducted for the linear temporal stability of parallel flows U-0 subject to small-amplitude spanw ...

Cambridge University Press2015

Unsteady asymmetric engulfment regime in a T-mixex

Andrea Fani

Unsteady flow regimes in a micro T-mixer are investigated. Direct numerical simulations (DNS) show that, in agreement with experimental and numerical results in the literature, when the Reynolds number is increased above a critical value larger than those ...

Amer Inst Physics2014

Investigation of the steady engulfment regime in a three-dimensional T-mixer

Andrea Fani

American Institute of Physics2013