Studies of flow behind a single cylinder have greatly contributed to our understanding of the development of complex flows like the Kármán vortex street[1] or turbulent flows. At the first instability in such a system the laminar flow (LF) becomes time dependent and vortices appear. It has been shown that this transition to the vortex shedding phase (VS) is well described by the supercritical H...

This cumulative dissertation presents a complete model for simulating smoke using polygonal vortex filaments. Based on a Hamiltonian system for the dynamics of smooth vortex filaments, we develop an efficient and robust algorithm that allows simulations in real time. The discrete smoke ring flow allows to use coarse polygonal vortex filaments, while preserving the qualitative behavior of the sm...

Hysteresis has been observed in a study of the transition between laminar flow and vortex shedding in a quasi-two dimensional system. The system is a vertical, rapidly flowing soap film which is penetrated by a rod oriented perpendicular to the film plane. Our experiments show that the transition from laminar flow to a periodic Kármán vortex street can be hysteretic, i.e. vortices can survive a...

Vortex shedding from a circular cylinder and from an inclined flat plate is computed with a finite volume CFD code with RNG k-ε turbulence model. The wake behind the circular cylinder consists of two trains of vortices of equal strengths. Dependence of vortex patterns on Reynolds numbers at Re between 10 and 10 is investigated. Flow over the inclined flat plate is asymmetric and unequal charact...

The shedding process of the Kármán vortices at the trailing edge of a 2D hydrofoil at high Reynolds numbers is investigated. The focus is put on the effect of the cavitation on the vortex street morphology. A direct insight is also provided on the role of the structural vibration on the cavitation inception. The shedding frequency, derived from the measurement of flow induced vibration, is foun...

An experimental study was performed to investigate the effects of the body angle of attack on the tail surface pressure distribution for a half body-tail combination in subsonic flow. The results show, in small deflection angle regions, that the tail deflection has the same effect on the surface pressure as the body angle of attack. However at moderate to high deflections, the flowfiled caused ...