Direct numerical simulation (DNS) is performed to examine laminar to turbulent transition due to high-frequency secondary instability of stationary crossflow vortices in a subsonic swept-wing boundary layer for a realistic natural-laminar-flow airfoil configuration. The secondary instability is introduced via inflow forcing and the mode selected for forcing corresponds to the most amplified sec...

Due to the more stringent aviation regulations on fuel consumption and noise reduction, the interest for smaller and mechanically less complex devices for flow separation control has increased. Plasma actuators are currently among the most studied typology of devices for active flow control purposes due to their small size and lightweight. In this study, a single dielectric barrier discharge (S...

Fundamental laws govern all complex flow systems, including natural ecosystems, economic and financial systems. Natural ecosystems are practical exemplars of sustainability: enduring, vital, adaptive. The sustainability of any complex flow system can be measured with a single metric as an emergent property of its structural diversity and interconnectivity; it requires a balance in emphasis betw...

An analytical approach is presented to analyse flashing induced instabilities in two-phase flow systems. Averaged conservation equations of the drift flux model are used describe flow. For closure these equations, Flashing Boundary, ?fl and Gas Generation due Flashing, ?g,fl have been derived from constitutive relationships for working fluid. A few models developed discussed. The thus solved sm...

Steady and transient mass transport phenomena within an inverted, stagnation-flow, cold-wall CVD reactor were investigated by observing the concentration of a tracer species (CH4) with in situ Raman spectroscopy. The transient studies revealed that the use of matched reactor inlet velocities is crucial to minimize recirculating flow patterns and that the magnitude of the gas velocity is also im...

When the velocity of fluid flow in a cantilevered pipe is successively increased, the system may become unstable and flutter instability would occur at a critical flow velocity. This paper is concerned with exploring the dynamical stability of a cantilevered fluid-conveying pipe with an additional linear dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) attachment. It is endeavoured to show that the stability o...

The main goal of this research is to analyse the effect of angular velocity on stability and vibration of a simply supported Rayleigh rotating shaft. To this end, non-dimensional kinetic and potential energies are written while lateral vibration is considered. Finite element method is employed to discrete the formulations and Linear method is applied to analyse instability threshold of a rotati...