Fluid DynamicsPub Date : 2026-05-29DOI: 10.1134/S0015462826604420
D. L. Vasthadu Vasu Kannah, S. Bogadi
{"title":"Experimental Investigation of Conical Tabs for Mixing Enhancement in Subsonic Circular Jets","authors":"D. L. Vasthadu Vasu Kannah, S. Bogadi","doi":"10.1134/S0015462826604420","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0015462826604420","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Dual conical tabs for passive mixing enhancement in subsonic circular jets are investigated experimentally. A convergent nozzle with and without diametrically opposed half-cone tabs is tested at the exit Mach numbers 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8, and jet development is characterized using centerline and radial Pitot pressure measurements. The conical tabs generate counter-rotating streamwise vortices that increase entrainment and accelerate jet core decay relative to the baseline circular jet. The tabbed configuration reduces the potential core length by up to approximately 50–81% over the tested Mach number range and produces larger geometric mean half-widths downstream, indicating substantially enhanced jet spreading. Therefore, these passive modifications provide a simple and robust means for intensifying jet mixing, with potential relevance to combustion optimization, and reduction in the jet signatures in propulsion applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":560,"journal":{"name":"Fluid Dynamics","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148173341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fluid DynamicsPub Date : 2026-05-29DOI: 10.1134/S0015462826600331
H. Ding, K. Chen, Y. W. Zhu, Q. Gao, H. P. Shen, H. P. Shi
{"title":"Experimental Study on the Effect of Flexibility and Amplitude–Frequency Parameters on the Hydrodynamic Propulsion Performance of Bio-Inspired Flexible Flapping-Foils","authors":"H. Ding, K. Chen, Y. W. Zhu, Q. Gao, H. P. Shen, H. P. Shi","doi":"10.1134/S0015462826600331","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0015462826600331","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Marine creatures that generate thrust via flapping-foil motions, such as sea turtles, inspire the development of novel underwater vehicle propulsion systems. Inspired by the skeletal form and flapping deformation patterns of sea turtle forelimbs, we fabricated a heterogeneous flexible bio-inspired flapping foil using liquid rubber and a flexible metal skeleton. The root bending stiffness of each flapping-foil model is independently regulated by the thickness of embedded metal shims, corresponding to various flexibilities. An experimental platform to replicate sea turtle kinematics and systematically investigate the effects of the flexibility, the pitch amplitudes, the flapping amplitude, and the frequency on the performance is established.</p>","PeriodicalId":560,"journal":{"name":"Fluid Dynamics","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148173340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fluid DynamicsPub Date : 2026-05-29DOI: 10.1134/S0015462826600185
S. Saranya, K. Balaji, M. M. Gor, A. B. Patel, C. K. Akhil, M. Vishnupriya
{"title":"Design and Development of Aircraft Wing Using Various Flow Control Methods","authors":"S. Saranya, K. Balaji, M. M. Gor, A. B. Patel, C. K. Akhil, M. Vishnupriya","doi":"10.1134/S0015462826600185","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0015462826600185","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The paper aims to estimate the potency of the active flow control technique by comparing different injection suction systems on an aerofoil, with the objective of enhancing its aerodynamic performance. Various injection suction mechanisms are analysed and compared with a baseline configuration by means of numerical investigations at the flow Reynold number 5.1 × 10<sup>5</sup>. The vertical injection suction system manifests significantly better results, improving the stall angle by 33%, and increasing the lift coefficient by up to 51% as compared to both the baseline and traditional co-flow jet aerofoils. This research is an effort directed to identifying and comparing suitable injection suction methods for enhancement of aerofoil performance. The novelty and superiority of the vertical injection suction system as an active flow control method need not be over-emphasized as it exhibits comparatively more promising results. Additionally, the proposed method is viable and will suffice for various applications in subsonic aircraft wings with advantages such as reduced pumping power requirements compared to the conventional co-flow jet method.</p>","PeriodicalId":560,"journal":{"name":"Fluid Dynamics","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148173339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fluid DynamicsPub Date : 2026-05-26DOI: 10.1134/S0015462826600409
S. A. Isaev, Dehai Kong, D. V. Nikushchenko, Ar. G. Sudakov, S. Z. Sapozhnikov, V. Yu. Mityakov, V. V. Seroshtanov, V. B. Kharchenko, A. A. Gusakov
{"title":"Vortex Convective Heat-transfer Enhancement with a Single Inclined Groove’s Depth Increase on a Flat Plate during Turbulent Airflow","authors":"S. A. Isaev, Dehai Kong, D. V. Nikushchenko, Ar. G. Sudakov, S. Z. Sapozhnikov, V. Yu. Mityakov, V. V. Seroshtanov, V. B. Kharchenko, A. A. Gusakov","doi":"10.1134/S0015462826600409","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0015462826600409","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the present study, the RANS-SST approach was employed for numerical modeling and gradient heatmetry, enabling the examination of convective heat transfer during turbulent airflow around a 45-angled groove on an isothermal steam-heated section of a flat plate under the following conditions: a Reynolds number (Re) of 3 × 10<sup>4</sup> with the groove’s depth varying from 0.05 to 0.35 relative to the groove’s width. Through experimental and numerical analysis, a twofold increase in relative heat flux was established at the inlet region of the bottom groove in the central longitudinal section within the high-intensity recirculation flow zone. Our investigation revealed the increase in separated flow, recirculation, downward, upward, and swirling flows within the groove with increased depth. In particular, a critical relative depth of 0.2 was identified, marking the onset of abnormal enhancement of separated flow and heat transfer in the inclined groove’s entrance on the heated plate. As the swirling flow progressed along the groove, its velocity escalated, accompanied by a considerable thinning of the near-wall layer in the entrance segment. In contrast, the near-wall layer thickened, especially toward the groove’s center and outlet.</p>","PeriodicalId":560,"journal":{"name":"Fluid Dynamics","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148173187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fluid DynamicsPub Date : 2026-05-26DOI: 10.1134/S001546282660447X
I. A. Shirokov, T. G. Elizarova
{"title":"Modeling of Shocks and Vortex Zones in Supersonic Flow past a Body of Revolution at a High Angle of Attack","authors":"I. A. Shirokov, T. G. Elizarova","doi":"10.1134/S001546282660447X","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S001546282660447X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Direct numerical simulation of supersonic (Mach number is 1.5) viscous heat-conducting gas flow past a body of revolution (standard HB-2 model) at an angle of attack 29° is carried out. The calculation results make it possible to resolve the general structure of shocks around the body and to obtain a good agreement of the stagnation parameters and the aerodynamic coefficients with theoretical and experimental data. The simulation was carried out on the basis of a quasi-gas dynamic (QGD) algorithm, that describes not only stationary and symmetric, but also non-stationary and asymmetric vortex zones that develop in flow. In this case, no additional turbulent viscosity is used in the calculations. It is shown that reducing the artificial dissipation coefficients in the QGD algorithm increases the accuracy of the modeling, bringing the calculated aerodynamic coefficients closer to the experimental data.</p>","PeriodicalId":560,"journal":{"name":"Fluid Dynamics","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148172798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fluid DynamicsPub Date : 2026-05-26DOI: 10.1134/S0015462826604468
A. F. Kolesnikov, S. A. Vasil’evskii
{"title":"Мodel of a Finite-Thickness Boundary Layer in the Neighborhood of a Stagnation Point on the Surface in Subsonic Swirling Gas Flow","authors":"A. F. Kolesnikov, S. A. Vasil’evskii","doi":"10.1134/S0015462826604468","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0015462826604468","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Flows in the VGU-4 high-frequency plasmatron at the Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences are studied numerically. The study includes calculations of the electromagnetic field and flows in the discharge channel, flows past a cylindrical model in the pressure chamber, and boundary layer flows on the symmetry axis ahead of the model’s stagnation point. The formulation of the problem for calculating a chemically nonequilibrium boundary layer of finite thickness is supplemented with a second-order ordinary differential equation that describes swirl on the symmetry axis and the corresponding boundary conditions. A source term accounting for the symmetric swirl of the incoming jet is included in the radial momentum conservation equation, and a dimensionless parameter characterizing the swirl intensity in the boundary layer is introduced. A criterion is established from the numerical solution of the problem of a nonequilibrium boundary layer near the stagnation point in dissociated air flow. In accordance with this criterion, swirl must be taken into account when calculating the heat fluxes. Taking swirl into account reduces the heat flux at the stagnation point of the model by up to 30% at low plasmatron operating powers, whereas the swirl has almost no effect on the heat flux at high powers.</p>","PeriodicalId":560,"journal":{"name":"Fluid Dynamics","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S0015462826604468.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148173188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fluid DynamicsPub Date : 2026-05-26DOI: 10.1134/S0015462826604626
K. R. Zhitnikov, G. G. Tsypkin
{"title":"Rayleigh–Taylor Instability during the Motion of Water Layer in High-Temperature Rock","authors":"K. R. Zhitnikov, G. G. Tsypkin","doi":"10.1134/S0015462826604626","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0015462826604626","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We use the method of normal modes to investigate the stability of water layer flow above a region of superheated vapor in high-temperature rock. We assume that the motion occurs under the gravity and that the vapor is an imperfect gas. A numerical analysis of the obtained dispersion relation is carried out, and asymptotics are investigated in the limiting case of short-wave perturbations. The ranges of parameters in which long-wave and short-wave instabilities exist are determined. In the case of long-wave instability, we estimate the characteristic size of the most unstable perturbation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":560,"journal":{"name":"Fluid Dynamics","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S0015462826604626.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148173105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fluid DynamicsPub Date : 2026-05-26DOI: 10.1134/S0015462825604516
R. Arun Prasad, N. Krishna, S. Ilakkiya
{"title":"Experimental Study of Decay Characteristics of a Rectangular Orifice Jet with Secondary Injections","authors":"R. Arun Prasad, N. Krishna, S. Ilakkiya","doi":"10.1134/S0015462825604516","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0015462825604516","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present experimental study focuses on exploring the decay characteristics of a Mach 0.6 jet ejected from a rectangular orifice of the aspect ratio (AR) equal to 2 under the influence of secondary injections in two configurations: injection along minor (IAM) and injection along diagonal (IAD). The secondary injections were introduced at three Mach numbers, namely, M<sub>s</sub> = 0.8, 0.9, and 1.0. The total pressure decay along the streamwise direction (<i>X</i>), along longer (<i>Y</i>: major) and along shorter (<i>Z</i>: minor) directions have been measured to evaluate the jet decay and spreading characteristics. Axis-switching locations for the free and controlled jets were determined based on the evolution of the non-dimensional jet half-width (<i>B</i>*). The rectangular orifice jet displayed a shorter potential core (2.8<i>D</i><sub>eq</sub>) when compared to that of a rectangular nozzle jet at the same aspect ratio and Mach number. The IAD is found to shorten the potential core and accelerate jet decay, whereas IAM destroys the potential core entirely, leading to rapid near-field mixing and early axis-switching, with a maximum upstream shift of 77%, observed at M<sub>s</sub> = 1.0.</p>","PeriodicalId":560,"journal":{"name":"Fluid Dynamics","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148173185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fluid DynamicsPub Date : 2026-05-26DOI: 10.1134/S0015462826604201
I. G. Brykina, L. A. Egorova
{"title":"Influence of the Model of Ablation on Modeling the Trajectory, Mass Loss, and Energy Deposition of Meteoroids in the Atmosphere","authors":"I. G. Brykina, L. A. Egorova","doi":"10.1134/S0015462826604201","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0015462826604201","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Modeling the interaction with the atmosphere of an entering cosmic body and its fragments after breakup is carried out within the framework of the meteor physics equations. The uncertainty, existing at high velocities, of the heat transfer coefficient and the specific heat of mass loss, which determine the ablation model in the equations used, leads to an uncertainty in the modeling results. To study this uncertainty, the meteor physics equations are solved numerically using various ways of setting the heat transfer coefficient and the effective (due to various processes) heat of ablation. The possible error in modeling the meteoroid trajectory, energy deposition and mass loss, which can occur due to the uncertainty of the specified ablation model, is estimated for various atmospheric entry parameters.</p>","PeriodicalId":560,"journal":{"name":"Fluid Dynamics","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148173186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fluid DynamicsPub Date : 2026-05-09DOI: 10.1134/S0015462826600446
S. A. Vasil’evskii, A. F. Kolesnikov, E. S. Tepteeva
{"title":"Numerical Simulation of Air Plasma Flow in the Sectioned Discharge Channel of the VGU-3 HF Plasmatron","authors":"S. A. Vasil’evskii, A. F. Kolesnikov, E. S. Tepteeva","doi":"10.1134/S0015462826600446","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0015462826600446","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The subsonic air plasma flow in a sectioned discharge channel of the VGU-3 plasmatron is numerically investigated on the basis of Navier−Stokes equations, together with two-dimensional equations governing a vortex electromagnetic field. The calculations are performed for the pressures of 100 and 50 hPa and the anode power supply of the HF generator ranging from 100 to 300 kW. The plasma flow parameters, namely, the velocity components, the enthalpy, the temperature, the molar composition, and the Mach and Reynolds numbers are determined at the channel exit in these regimes. The radial profiles of the gas parameters at the channel exit, the parameter distributions along the axis of symmetry from the entry section to the channel exit, and the stream function and temperature contours within the channel are presented. It is shown that the use of a sectioned discharge channel in the VGU-3 plasmatron instead of a simple channel results in the fourfold increase of the longitudinal velocity component and a 10–20% reduction of the flow enthalpy at the axis of symmetry in the exit section for the regimes considered, which makes it possible to extend considerably the range of modeling the full-size aerodynamic heating in the experiments performed at VGU-3.</p>","PeriodicalId":560,"journal":{"name":"Fluid Dynamics","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147849410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}