Nomenclature CR,CI = empirical constants C = speed of sound, m/s D = Van-Driest damping function E = specific total energy f = frequency, Hz G = level-set variable hf,i = heat of formation of species i at reference condition k = turbulent kinetic energy lF = laminar flame thickness, m l = inner-layer flame thickness, m n = unit vector normal to flame front p = pressure Pr = Prandtl number q = r...

Mark Thompson Kerry Hourigan John Sheridan Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Australia • The twoand three-dimensional wake structure behind a circular cylinder has been computed using a high-order spectral element technique. For the two-dimensional computations the predictions are compared with accurate experimental results and agree to within experimental uncert...

This review reports the progress on the recent development of micromixers. The review first presents the different micromixer types and designs. Micromixers in this review are categorized as passive micromixers and active micromixers. Due to the simple fabrication technology and the easy implementation in a complex microfluidic system, passive micromixers will be the focus of this review. Next,...

Small planktonic organisms ubiquitously display unsteady or impulsive motion to attack a prey or escape a predator in natural environments. Despite this, the role of unsteady forces such as history and added mass forces on the low-Reynolds-number propulsion of small organisms, e.g. Paramecium, is poorly understood. In this paper, we derive the fundamental equation of motion for an organism swim...

An undulatory pattern of body bending in which waves pass along the body from head to tail is a major mechanism of creating thrust in many fish species during steady locomotion. Analyses of live fish swimming have provided the foundation of our current understanding of undulatory locomotion, but our inability to experimentally manipulate key variables such as body length, flexural stiffness and...

Low-Reynolds number wings are susceptible to flow separation due to high viscous effects. Combined with wind gusts, the aerodynamic performance can highly fluctuate. In this study, we continue to investigate the open-loop and closed-loop control strategies aimed at mitigating lift fluctuations due to free-stream unsteadiness for a SD7003 airfoil at the chord Reynolds number of 1000. The flow co...

In this study, the flow past a finite-length tapered cylinder is numerically investigated via finite-volume method with Reynolds numbers ranging from 50-250 and taper ratio l = 1.5. The corresponding lift drag coefficients, as well Strouhal are presented. factors related to discontinuity, through of 100 - 200, in coefficient, which wake structure cylinder, explained. Furthermore, influence on d...

We show experimentally that properly selected chord-wise flexibility can have a significant effect on the propulsive efficiency of two-dimensional flapping (heaving and pithing) foils, up to a 36% increase, compared to the efficiency of a rigid foil, with small loss in thrust. Two different foil kinematics are employed in the experiments: the first using simple harmonic heave and pitch motions;...