Advances in Fluid Mechanics

Contents Section 1: Computational methods Turbulence modeling with the boundary element method; On properties of turbulence models; Turbulence combustion closure model based on the Eddy dissipation concept for large eddy simulation; Computational study on non-asymptotic behavior of developing turbulent pipe flow; Vorticity Confinement method applied to flow around an Ahmed body and comparison with experiments; A new class of exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations for swirling flows in porous and rotating pipes; Implementation of an LES mixed subgrid model for the numerical investigation of flow around a circular cylinder at Re = 3,900 and 140,000; Adaptive meshfree method for thermo-fluid problems with phase change; Particle level set implementation on the finite volume method; Bidimensional modeling for incompressible viscous flow using the Circumcenter Based Approach in an unstructured grid; Pressure-enthalpy coupling for subsonic flows with density variation; Study of ventilation reversion of airflow in mining roadways and tunnels by CFD and experimental methods; Dam break Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic modeling based on Riemann solvers; Numerical modelling of the filling of formworks with self-compacting concrete; Analysis of tunnel compression wave generation and distortion by the lattice Boltzmann method; A universal multi-dimensional charge and mass transfer model; Numerical investigation of the jet formation through the oscillation of a bubble between a couple of parallel walls; The VOF method applied to the numerical simulation of a 2D liquid jet under gravity; Large eddy simulation of particle laden jet flow with aerodynamic three-way coupling; High quality triangular grid generation for the risk analysis of a special lagoon Section 2: Experimental measurements Validation of airflow measurement in ducts using Laser Doppler Anemometry and Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling; Flow field assessment in a vertical axis wind turbine; Characteristics of boundary layer flow induced by a solitary wave Section 3: Hydrodynamics Peculiarities of hydrodynamics in the evaporation of hydrocarbon droplets; Exact solutions of the two-dimensional Boussinesq and Dispersive water waves equations; Modelling gravity-driven flow over uneven surfaces; Sizing of a plastic chamber with air-filled balls for water hammer control; Capture flows of funnel-and-gate reactive barriers without gravel packs; Airfoil cascades with bistable separation control; Surface forces and wetting features in drops and capillaries; Power optimization of the complex pumping system Section 4: Fluid structure interaction Hydrodynamic loading on elliptic cylinders in regular waves; Wave effect on the trajectory of a high-speed rigid body in a water column; Dispersion relation of flow-induced wave of a flexible web subjected to fluid flow in a narrow gap; Fluid/structure interaction analysis using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic method; Environmental impacts on coastal structures with a case evaluation of armor stone protection at Keweenaw Waterway, USA; Numerical simulation of reservoir fluctuation effects on the nonlinear dynamic response of concrete arch dams; Fluid-structure simulation of a viscoelastic hydrofoil subjected to quasi-steady flow Section 5: Multiphase flow Visualization of ultrasonic cavitation in visible and IR spectra; Question for Euler-Lagrange type simulator from a view point of macroscopic properties of gas-liquid multiphase flow; Control of a magnetic fluid drop moving in a viscous fluid inside a cylinder; The development and water-air two-phase test results of an electrical submersible pump visualization prototype; Simulation of multiphase flows with variable surface tension using the Lattice Boltzmann method; Tetra-marching procedure for high order Level Contour Reconstruction Method; A qualitative model of flashing across an aperture with a pressure differential Section 6: Applications in biology Modelling nanoparticle transport in an animal exposure chamber: a comparison between numerical and experimental measurements; The influence on Dobutamine docking of blood flow around the sinoatrial node Section 7: Electronic components cooling Enhancement of conjugate heat transfer from electronic chips with a rotating tri-vane assembly; Experimental study of the turbulent flow around a single wall-mounted prism obstacle placed in a cross-flow and an impinging jet