The Lighthill acoustic analogy approach combined with Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes is used to predict the sound generated by unsteady viscous ow past a circular cylinder assuming a correlation length of ten cylinder diameters. The twodimensional unsteady ow eld is computed using two NavierStokes codes at a low Mach number over a range of Reynolds numbers from 100 to 5 million. Both laminar o...

The Lighthill acoustic analogy approach combined with Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes is used to predict the sound generated by unsteady viscous ow past a circular cylinder assuming a correlation length of ten cylinder diameters. The twodimensional unsteady ow eld is computed using two NavierStokes codes at a low Mach number over a range of Reynolds numbers from 100 to 5 million. Both laminar o...

One version of the argument for design relies on the assumption that the apparent fine-tuning of the universe for the existence of life requires an explanation. I argue that the assumption is false. Philosophers who argue for the assumption usually appeal to analogies, such as the one in which a person was to draw a particular straw among a very large number of straws in order not to be killed....

Analogy is a powerful boundary-transcending process that exploits a conceptual system's ability to perform controlled generalization in one domain and re-specialization into another. The result of this semantic leap is the transference of meaning from one concept to another from which metaphor derives its name (literally: to carry over). Such generalization and re-specialization can be achieved...

Reasoning by analogy is powerful in physics for students and researchers alike, a case point being electronics hydraulics as analogous studies of electric currents fluid flows. Around 100 years ago, Nikola Tesla proposed flow control device intended to operate similarly an electronic diode, allowing pass easily one direction but providing high resistance reverse. Here, we use experimental tests...

The current study presents the results of the aerodynamic noise prediction of the flow field around a NACA 0012 airfoil at a chord-based Reynolds number of 100,000 and at 8.4 degree angle of attack. An incompressible Large Eddy Simulation (LES) turbulence model is applied to obtain the instantaneous turbulent flow field. The noise prediction is performed by the Ffowcs Williams and Hawkings (FW-...

In this work, an analytical study on the bending stiffnesses of corrugated board has been performed. Formulations to calculate the bending stiffnesses D11, D22, D12, and D66 of the equivalent plate representing the corrugated board have been established, and then compared to expressions suggested by other investigators. Several methods for modeling the shape of the corrugated orthotropic medium...