Publications by Lorenzo Siconolfi

Influence of the inlet velocity profile on the flow stability in a symmetric channel expansion

François Gallaire, Lorenzo Siconolfi, Robin Debuysschère

In a channel flow with a sudden expansion, whether for three-dimensional (3-D) pipe and channel flows, or for two-dimensional (2-D) channel flow, it is known that increasing the Reynolds number beyond a critical value induces a symmetry breaking Pitchfork ...

Cambridge University Press2020

Investigation of the symmetry-breaking instability in a T-mixer with circular cross section

Lorenzo Siconolfi

This paper investigates the laminar flow inside a T-mixer composed of three pipes with a circular cross section. The flow enters the mixer symmetrically from the two aligned pipes and leaves the device from the third pipe. In similar devices, but involving ...

AMER INST PHYSICS2020

Hydrodynamic loading of perforated disks in creeping flows

François Gallaire, Lorenzo Siconolfi, Pedro Miguel Nunes Pereira de Almeida Reis, Matteo Pezzulla

We present results from an experimental investigation of a viscous fluid driven through and around porous disks at low and moderate Reynolds number conditions: Re = O(10(-4)-10(-3)) and Re = O(1-10). Specifically, we quantify the hydrodynamic drag that the ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2019

Flow dynamics of a dandelion pappus: A linear stability approach

François Gallaire, Francesco Viola, Lorenzo Siconolfi, Pier Giuseppe Ledda

The study and control of flow instabilities is a key problem in aerodynamics. Aircrafts are designed not only to generate the lift force needed to balance their weight but, more importantly, to be stable and reasonably steady when in cruise conditions. Sim ...

2019

Suppression of von Karman vortex streets past porous rectangular cylinders

François Gallaire, Francesco Viola, Lorenzo Siconolfi, Pier Giuseppe Ledda

Although the stability properties of the wake past impervious bluff bodies have been widely examined in the literature, similar analyses regarding the flow around and through porous ones are still lacking. In this work, the effect of the porosity and perme ...

2018

Towards a quantitative comparison between global and local stability analysis

Lorenzo Siconolfi

Cambridge University Press2017

Effect of geometry modifications on the engulfment in micromixers: Numerical simulations and stability analysis

Andrea Fani, Lorenzo Siconolfi

The effect of geometry variations on the engulfment regime in micromixers is investigated. The engulfment regime is a steady flow regime resulting from a symmetry-breaking pitchfork bifurcation as the Reynolds number (based on the hydraulic diameter and bu ...

Elsevier2016

Stability analysis of boundary layers controlled by miniature vortex generators

Lorenzo Siconolfi

It is currently known that Tollmien–Schlichting (TS) waves can be attenuated by the introduction of spanwise mean velocity gradients in an otherwise two-dimensional boundary layer (BL). The stabilizing effect, associated with an extra turbulence production ...

Cambridge University Press2015