A modular capability to compute dynamic aeroelastic characteristics of rotor blades using the Euler/Navier– Stokes flow equations and finite element structural equations is presented. The approach is based on a time-accurate analysis procedure that is suitable for nonlinear fluid–structure interaction problems. Fluids and structural solvers are time-accurately coupled in the C++ environment. Un...

The goal of this research is to develop a versatile and fast code to compute the unsteady lift and thrust forces generated by a flapping airfoil and apply it to engineering problems. We consider both plunging and pitching types of motion and develop a time marching simulation based on early work in unsteady aerodynamics. The ability of the code to compute lift and thrust forces is validated aga...

  Unsteady flow separation on the airfoils with local flexible membrane (LFM) has been investigated in transient and laminar flows by the finite volume element method. A unique feature of the present method compared with the common computational fluid dynamic softwares, especially ANSYS CFX, is the modification using the physical influence scheme in convection fluxes at cell surfaces. In contr...

A passive jet flow control method for suppressing unsteady vortex shedding from a circular cylinder via a numerical simulation is presented in this paper. The circular cylinder is wrapped in a hollow pipe. There are a set of the suction/jet holes on the windward side and leeward side of the outer surface of the pipe. The oncoming flow enters into the hollow pipe through the inlet holes and then...

As in art or music, classic works in science can often be identified by the new research directions they stimulate. Some papers become classics by virtue of specific findings that fundamentally alter our understanding of a topic, while others provide a philosophical roadmap that makes clear the way forward in that subject. By both these criteria, Torkel Weis-Fogh’s Journal of Experimental Biolo...

Recent work on a novel approach to the control of the aerodynamic performance of lifting surfaces by fluidic modification of their apparent aerodynamic shape, or virtual aerosurface shaping is reviewed. This flow control approach emphasizes fluidic modification of the “apparent” aerodynamic shape of the surface with the objective of altering or prescribing the streamwise pressure gradient. Cont...