Publications related to Aeroelasticity

Model order reduction for compressible flows solved using the discontinuous Galerkin methods

Projection-based reduced order models (ROM) based on the weak form and the strong form of the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method are proposed and compared for shock-dominated problems. The incorporation of dissipation components of DG in a consistent manne ...

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE2022

Aeroelastic characterisation of a bio-inspired flapping membrane wing

Karen Ann J Mulleners, Alexander Gehrke, Esra Uksul, Jules Ange Philippe Richeux

Natural fliers like bats exploit the complex fluid-structure interaction between their flexible membrane wings and the air with great ease. Yet, replicating and scaling the balance between the structural and fluid-dynamical parameters of unsteady membrane ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2022

Effects of leading-edge separation on the vortex-induced vibration of an elongated bluff body

Guiyue Duan, Hongyu Li

Wind-tunnel experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of leading-edge separation on the vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of an elastically-supported elongated bluff body. Solid wind barriers of various heights were fixed in the leading edge to ad ...

ELSEVIER2021

Downside Up:Rethinking Parcel Position for Aerial Delivery

Dario Floreano, Przemyslaw Mariusz Kornatowski, William John Stewart, Mir Alikhan Bin Mohammad Feroskhan

The conventional approach to parcel placement in most delivery drone designs today is to place the parcel centrally beneath the drone's rotor plane. However, if the parcel is too large, this will result in an obstruction of the propeller slipstream, incurr ...

2020

Flexible Support for Gas-Lubricated Bearing Bushings

Jürg Alexander Schiffmann

Herringbone-grooved journal bearings (HGJBs) for high-speed turbo-machinery are often supported on O-rings due to their favorable stiffness and damping characteristics for stability and alignment reasons. They yield limited lifetime at high temperatures, i ...

2020

Second-order sensitivity in the cylinder wake: Optimal spanwise-periodic wall actuation and wall deformation

François Gallaire, Edouard Boujo, Andrea Fani

Two-dimensional (2D) flows can be controlled efficiently using spanwise "waviness," i.e., a control (e.g., wall blowing and suction or wall deformation) that is periodic in the spanwise direction. This study tackles the global linear stability of 2D flows ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2019

Aeroelastic deformation of a perforated strip

Pedro Miguel Nunes Pereira de Almeida Reis, Mark Andrew Guttag

We perform a combined experimental and numerical investigation into the static deformation of perforated elastic strips under uniform aerodynamic loading at high-Reynolds-number conditions. The static shape of the porous strips, clamped either horizontally ...

2018

Bioinspired morphing wings for extended flight envelope and roll control of small drones

Dario Floreano, Stefano Mintchev, Flavio Noca, Grégoire Hilaire Marie Heitz, Matteo Di Luca

Small-winged drones can face highly varied aerodynamic requirements, such as high manoeuvrability for flight among obstacles and high wind resistance for constant ground speed against strong headwinds that cannot all be optimally addressed by a single aero ...

Royal Society, The2017

Pressure drop prediction in annular two-phase flow in macroscale tubes and channels

John Richard Thome, Andrea Cioncolini

A new prediction method for the frictional pressure drop in annular two-phase flow is presented. This new prediction method focuses on the aerodynamic interaction between the liquid film and the gas core in annular flows, and explicitly takes into account ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017

Mode selection in trailing vortices: harmonic response of the non-parallel Batchelor vortex

François Gallaire, Francesco Viola, Cristobal Manuel Arratia Martinez

In the present study, the response of model trailing vortices subjected to a harmonic forcing is studied. To this purpose, a globally stable non-parallel Batchelor vortex is considered as the baseflow. Direct numerical simulations (DNS) show that a large v ...

Cambridge University Press2016

A Multi Level Monte Carlo Algorithm for the Treatment of Geometrical and Operational Uncertainties in Internal and External Aerodynamics

Fabio Nobile, Pénélope Leyland, Michele Pisaroni

In this work we present an efficient Multi Level Monte Carlo (MLMC) algorithm capable of propagating operational uncertainties, due to atmospheric variability of external aerodynamics flows and geometrical uncertainties due to manufacturing tolerances and ...

AIAA2016

Mitigation of Wind-Induced Vibrations in Long-Span Bridges using a Distributed Flap System

Klara Maria Boberg

Since the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge more than 70 years ago suppressing wind-induced instabilities has been a key aspect of the design of long-span bridges. The intensive experimental and theoretical research in wind engineering allowed research ...

EPFL2016

Aeroeleasic Investigation of an Annular Transonic Compressor Cascade: Experimental Results

Peter Ott, Virginie Anne Chenaux, Achim Zanker

A reliable determination of the unsteady aerodynamic loads acting on the blades is essential to predict the aeroelastic stability of vibrating compressor cascades with accuracy. At transonic flow conditions, the vibration of the shock may change the blade ...

2015

Experimental and Numerical Assessment of the Aeroelastic Stability of Blade Pair Packages

Peter Ott, Achim Zanker

The stabilizing effect of grouping rotor blades in pairs has been assessed both, numerically and experimentally. The bending and torsion modes of a low aspect ratio high speed turbine cascade tested in the non-rotating test facility at EPFL (Ecole Polytech ...

ASME2014

Evolution of the Aerodynamic Stability of an Oscillating Annular Compressor Cascade with Inlet Reverse Flow Condition Variations

Peter Ott, Virginie Anne Chenaux

While the advancement of computing hardware now enables accurate predictions of flutter and forced response at normal flow conditions during the compressor design phase, aeroelastic computations at off-design or reverse flow conditions remain a challenging ...

Lappeenranta University of Technology2013

Experimental Aeroelastic Investigation of Vibrating Turbine Blade Clusters

Peter Ott, Achim Zanker

The presented work consists of the presentation and discussion of unsteady experimental results of controlled vibration measurements for two single-blade and two cluster test cases subjected to the same subsonic flow conditions. The experiments were perfor ...

Lappeenranta University of Technology2013

High Voltage Pulsed DBD Effects on the Aerodynamic Performances and on the Shock Buffet

Christoph Hollenstein, Peter Ott, Pénélope Leyland, Philip Peschke

The applications of surface dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators, (DBD), have known a considerable interest recently in the field of flow control. In general, such actuators consist of two electrodes separated by an insulation covering the lower e ...

2013

Experimental Investigation of the Aeroelastic Stability of an Annular Compressor Cascade at Reverse Flow Conditions

Virginie Anne Chenaux

Compressor surge events are unsafe operating regimes yielding highly unsteady flow fields in which complex aeroelastic phenomena occur. If the blade flutter and forced response behaviour (i.e. aeroelastic stability) can be predicted reliably for normal flo ...

EPFL2012

Effect of Hydrofoil Trailing Edge Geometry on the Wake Dynamics

Amirreza Zobeiri

In the present study, the effect of a hydrofoil trailing edge shape on the wake dynamic and its interaction with the mechanical structure is investigated. This would help better describe the physical reasons for vibration reduction when using oblique and D ...

EPFL2012

Experimental Investigations of the Aerodynamics of an Annular Compressor Cascade at Reversed Flow Conditions

Peter Ott, Virginie Anne Chenaux

Compressor unsafe operating regimes yield unsteady high speed turbulent flows in which complex aeroelastic phenomena occur. If the blade flutter and forced response behavior (i.e. aeroelastic stability) can be predicted reliably for normal flow conditions, ...

2011