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most citedCoherent dynamics in the rotor tip shear layer of utility scale wind turbines

60 citations · 178 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

physics.flu-dyn2025

On the interaction of fish and marine hydrokinetic turbines: Insights gained through experimental and computational observations

Hossein Seyedzadeh, Mehrshad Gholami Anjiraki, Guglielmo Sonnino Sorisio +3

Tidal and riverine hydrokinetic turbines offer promising solutions for renewable energy generation in aquatic environments. However, their ecological impact, especially on fish beh…

physics.flu-dyn2024★ 1 cited

Toward ultra-efficient high-fidelity prediction of bed morphodynamics of large-scale meandering rivers using a novel LES-trained machine learning approach

Zexia Zhang, Mehrshad Gholami Anjiraki, Hossein Seyedzadeh +2

Flood-induced deformation of the bed topography of fluvial meandering rivers could lead to river bank displacement, structural failure of the infrastructures, and the propagation o…

physics.flu-dyn2024

Toward ultra-efficient high fidelity predictions of wind turbine wakes: Augmenting the accuracy of engineering models via LES-trained machine learning

Christian Santoni, Dichang Zhang, Zexia Zhang +3

This study proposes a novel machine learning (ML) methodology for the efficient and cost-effective prediction of high-fidelity three-dimensional velocity fields in the wake of util…

physics.geo-ph2022★ 31 cited

On the morphodynamics of a wide class of large-scale meandering rivers: Insights gained by coupling LES with sediment-dynamics

Ali Khosronejad, Ajay B. Limaye, Zexia Zhang +3

In meandering rivers, interactions between flow, sediment transport, and bed topography affect diverse processes, including bedform development and channel migration. Predicting ho…

physics.flu-dyn2021★ 34 cited

A computational study of expiratory particle transport and vortex dynamics during breathing with and without face masks

Ali Khosronejad, Seokkoo Kang, Fabian Wermelinger +2

We present high-fidelity numerical simulations of expiratory biosol transport during normal breathing under indoor, stagnant air conditions with and without a facial mask. We inves…

physics.flu-dyn2020

Fluid dynamics simulations show that facial masks can suppress the spread of COVID-19 in indoor environments

Ali Khosronejad, Christian Santoni, Kevin Flora +4

The Coronavirus disease outbreak of 2019 has been causing significant loss of life and unprecedented economical loss throughout the world. Social distancing and face masks are wide…

physics.med-ph2018

Dynamic vortical flow profile quantitatively characterizes mitral valvular-left ventricular hemodynamic coupling: In vivo analysis by dynamic 3D enstrophy mapping from 4D Flow MRI

Mohammed S. M. Elbaz, Trung Bao Le, Pankaj Garg +6

Vortical blood flow in the human left ventricular (LV) inflow initiates from the mitral valve (MV) and evolves within the LV during diastolic E-filling. Hence, vortical flow links…

physics.flu-dyn2018★ 29 cited

Multi-resolution large-eddy simulation of an array of hydrokinetic turbines in a field-scale river: The Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy project in New York City

Saurabh Chawdhary, Dionysios Angelidis, Jonathan Colby +3

Marine hydrokinetic (MHK) power generation systems enable harvesting energy from waterways without the need for water impoundment. A major research challenge for numerical simulati…

physics.flu-dyn2018

On the wake meandering of a model wind turbine operating in two different regimes

Daniel Foti, Xiaolei Yang, Filippo Campagnolo +2

The flows behind a model wind turbine under two turbine operating regimes are investigated using wind tunnel experiments and large-eddy simulations. Measurements from the model win…

physics.flu-dyn2017★ 1 cited

Vortex rings from notched nozzles

Trung Bao Le, Fotis Sotiropoulos

The formation of a vortex ring from a piston/nozzle apparatus depends on the nozzle exit's shape. Here we study the formation mechanism and the evolution of asymmetrical rings from…

physics.flu-dyn2017

A new class of actuator surface models for wind turbines

Xiaolei Yang, Fotis Sotiropoulos

Actuator line model has been widely employed in wind turbine simulations. However, the standard actuator line model does not include a model for the turbine nacelle which can signi…

physics.flu-dyn2016

Fluid-structure interaction simulation of floating structures interacting with complex, large-scale ocean waves and atmospheric turbulence

Antoni Calderer, Xin Guo, Lian Shen +1

We develop a numerical method for simulating coupled interactions of complex floating structures with large-scale ocean waves and atmospheric turbulence. We employ an efficient lar…

physics.flu-dyn2015★ 60 cited

Coherent dynamics in the rotor tip shear layer of utility scale wind turbines

Xiaolei Yang, Jiarong Hong, Matthew Barone +1

Recent field experiments conducted in the near-wake (up to 0.5 rotor diameters downwind of the rotor) of a 2.5 MW wind turbine using snow-based super-large-scale particle image vel…

physics.flu-dyn2011★ 22 cited

Vortex formation and instability in the left ventricle

Trung Le, Fotis Sotiropoulos, Dane Coffey +1

We study the formation of the mitral vortex ring during early diastolic filling in a patient-specific left ventricle (LV) using direct numerical simulation. The geometry of the lef…