Abstract: Natural flyers and swimmers such as birds, insects, and fish have fascinated us for centuries. There exists a substantial body of literature on animal locomotion. So far, the majority of the ...

Abstract: Micro air vehicles (MAVs) with a wingspan of 15cm or shorter, and flight speed around 10m∕s have attracted substantial interest in recent years. There are several prominent features of MAV ...

Abstract: A sensitivity analysis is done for turbulent cavitating flows using a pressure-based Navier-Stokes solver coupled with a phase volume fraction transport model and nonequilibrium k-ε turbulence ...

Abstract: A multiple surrogate-based optimization strategy in conjunction with an evolutionary algorithm has been employed to optimize the shape of a simplified hydraulic turbine diffuser utilizing ...

Abstract: Multiphase and multidomain fluid flows associated with interfacial dynamics, steep jump in fluid properties, and moving boundaries between different phases and materials pose substantial computational challenges. In this ...