Published in Journal of Hydrodynamics
Vortex dynamics, with the possibility of efficient flow control, is explored in this study based on the new introduced vortex definition and identification system of Liutex. With the six core elements of vortex identification, including (1) absolute strength, (2) relative strength, (3) local rotational axis, (4) global rotational axis, (5) vortex c...
Published in Journal of Hydrodynamics
The complicated flow structure around the pier threatens the safe navigation of ships. This paper studies the mechanism of the flow with a ship around the pier, passing or not passing and with consideration of the interval between the ship and the pier. The flow field model and the moving ship model are constructed by the six degrees of freedom (6D...
Published in Journal of Hydrodynamics
In this paper, the dynamic characteristics of the bubble in a broken confined domain are studied. The broken confined domain is composed of a solid wall and a plate that has a hole. The axisymmetric numerical model is established by combining the Eulerian finite-element method with volume of fluid (VOF) method, and is validated by comparing the res...
Published in Journal of Hydrodynamics
The water entry process associated with complicated unsteady structures, with consideration of the influence of the waves, is not well studied. In the present work, the oblique water entry of a cylinder under different regular waves is numerically investigated. The volume of fluid (VOF) method and the sub-grid scale (SGS) stress model based on the ...
Published in Journal of Hydrodynamics
In this study, the new method of the vortex core line based on Liutex definition, also known as Liutex core line, is applied to support the hypothesis that the vortex ring is not a part of the Λ - vortex and the formation of the ring-like vortex is formed separately from the Λ - vortex. The proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) is also applied to a...
Published in Journal of Hydrodynamics
In order to compensate for the stochastic nature of the power grid due to the tremendous development and the integration of renewable energy resources and meet its other requirements, the hydraulic turbines are forced to operate more frequently under partial load conditions with singular and misaligned flows inevitably excited by the inter-blade vo...
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To investigate the effects of the caudal fin deformation on the hydrodynamic performance of the self-propelled thunniform swimming, we perform fluid-body interaction simulations for a tuna-like swimmer with thunniform kinematics. The 3-D vortices are visualized to reveal the role of the leading-edge vortex (LEV) in the thrust generation. By compari...
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The bubble drag force correlation plays an important role in the numerical simulation accuracy of gas/liquid flows. In order to systematically investigate the interphase drag force of non-buoyancy driven bubbly flows, a dynamic-positioning body force (DPBF) method is developed in this study. It is proved that this method has an enough computation p...
Published in Journal of Hydrodynamics
In order to study the flow characteristics in water bodies with rigid aquatic vegetation, series of laboratory experiments are carried out in an open channel, in which glass rods are used as plants with diameters of 6mm, 8mm and 10mm, respectively. For each diameter of glass rods, four typical cases are considered with various densities and arrange...
Published in Journal of Hydrodynamics
The vortex induced vibration (VIV) of marine risers has been investigated by many researchers in experimental studies of a straight flexible riser model as well as a rigid cylinder to reveal the dynamic response characteristic and the mechanics behind it. However, due to the limitation of experimental apparatus, very few studies are about the VIV o...
