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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Two-dimensional potential flow"”.
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Hydrofoil shape optimization by gradient methods
… model was developed based on the extension of a two-dimensional potential flow solution to account for three dimensional effects. Prandtl's lifting line theory was used to account for induced drag and downwash at the leading edge of the foil. Strip theory was used to extend the two-dimensional …
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Touch at a distance : underwater object identification using pressure sensors
… a static object in still water is analyzed. A two-dimensional potential flow approach based on a source panels method is used to characterize the spatio-temporal pressure signature of the object as sensed by the vehicle. Simulations are used to estimate the sensing range of an artificial …
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Local Continuum Sensitivity Method for Shape Design Derivatives Using Spatial Gradient Reconstruction
… static bending of a beam-stiffened plate, and two-dimensional potential flow. The analyses are conducted using general purpose codes. For each example the design derivatives are validated with either analytic or finite difference solutions and practical numerical and modeling considerations are …
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Extracting energy from unsteady flows through vortex control
… A heaving and pitching hydrofoil placed in a flow with an array of oncoming vortices can achieve a very high propulsive efficiency and reduced wake signature. The canonical example of flow with regular arrays of vortices is the Karman vortex street, and this is our model for the inflow to the …
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Chaos in Pulsed Laminar Flow
Fluid mixing is a challenging problem in laminar flow systems. Chaotic advection can play an important role in enhancing mixing in such flow. In this thesis, different approaches are used to enhance fluid mixing in two laminar flow systems. In the first system, chaos is generated in a flow between …
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Dynamics of vortices in complex wakes: modeling, analysis, and experiments
… another. The most well-known formation comprises two counter-rotating vortices in each shedding cycle and is popularly known as the vk vortex street. Of the more complex configurations, as a specific example, this thesis investigates one of the most commonly occurring wake arrangements, which …