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CFD modelling of water injection for turbine blade cleaning (2009)
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Yao, J., Yao, Y., Mason, P., Zhang, T., Heyes, F. J. G., & Roach, P. E. (2009). CFD modelling of water injection for turbine blade cleaning. Modern Physics Letters B, 23(3), 341-344. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217984909018357

CFD modeling of water injection for turbine blade cleaning has been carried out to predict the water coverage on a stationary blade row, which will enable a better understanding on the interactions between hot-air flow and cold-water droplets. A gene... Read More about CFD modelling of water injection for turbine blade cleaning.

Direct numerical simulation of multiple jets in cross-flow (2009)
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Yao, Y. (2009). Direct numerical simulation of multiple jets in cross-flow. Modern Physics Letters B, 23(3), 249-252. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217984909018126

Direct numerical simulation has been performed to study flow interactions in multiple jets in cross-flow. Configurations considered are twin jets side-by-side and triple jets in tandem. Computations are carried out at the jet to cross-flow velocity r... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of multiple jets in cross-flow.

Numerical investigation of system pressure effect on heat transfer of supercritical water flows in a horizontal round tube (2008)
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Shang, Z., Yao, Y., & Chen, S. (2008). Numerical investigation of system pressure effect on heat transfer of supercritical water flows in a horizontal round tube. Chemical Engineering Science, 63(16), 4150-4158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2008.05.036

The system pressure effect on heat transfer of supercritical water (SCW) flows in a horizontal round tube has been studied by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique, aiming for extending previous researches on the buoyancy effect by furth... Read More about Numerical investigation of system pressure effect on heat transfer of supercritical water flows in a horizontal round tube.

Numerical visualization of vortex flow behavior in square jets in cross-flow (2008)
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Maidi, M., & Yao, Y. (2008). Numerical visualization of vortex flow behavior in square jets in cross-flow. Journal of Visualization, 11(4), 319-327. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03182200

Direct numerical simulations have been performed in this study to visualize the flow behavior of single and multiple square jets issuing normally into a cross-flow. Three configurations are considered, a single jet located in the centre of the domain... Read More about Numerical visualization of vortex flow behavior in square jets in cross-flow.

Computational study of flow over generic fan-wing airfoil (2007)
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Duddempudi, D., Yao, Y., Edmondson, D., Yao, J., & Curley, A. (2007). Computational study of flow over generic fan-wing airfoil. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, 79(3), 238-244. https://doi.org/10.1108/00022660710743831

Purpose - The paper seeks to perform a detailed numerical study of flow over a generic fan-wing airfoil and also attempts to modify the geometry for the improvement of the aerodynamic performance. Design/methodology/approach - Advanced computational... Read More about Computational study of flow over generic fan-wing airfoil.

On reynolds number and scaling effects in microchannel flows (2007)
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Mason, P. J., Yao, J., Yao, Y., & Patel, M. K. (2007). On reynolds number and scaling effects in microchannel flows. European Physical Journal: Applied Physics, 37(2), 229-235. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap%3A2007010

This paper presents a numerical study of the Reynolds number and scaling effects in microchannel flows. The configuration includes a rectangular, high-aspect ratio microchannel with heat sinks, similar to an experimental setup. Water at ambient tempe... Read More about On reynolds number and scaling effects in microchannel flows.

The effect of Mach number on unstable disturbances in shock/boundary-layer interactions (2007)
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Yao, Y., Krishnan, L., Sandham, N. D., & Roberts, G. T. (2007). The effect of Mach number on unstable disturbances in shock/boundary-layer interactions. Physics of Fluids, 19(5), 054104. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2720831

The effect of Mach number on the growth of unstable disturbances in a boundary layer undergoing a strong interaction with an impinging oblique shock wave is studied by direct numerical simulation and linear stability theory (LST). To reduce the numbe... Read More about The effect of Mach number on unstable disturbances in shock/boundary-layer interactions.

Direct numerical simulation of jets in cross-flow (2006)
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Yao, Y., Petty, D., Barrington, P., Yao, J., & Mason, P. (2006). Direct numerical simulation of jets in cross-flow. International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 20(5), 279-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/10618560600909945

Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of jets in cross-flow (JICF) has been carried out in this study, aiming for the investigation of vortex structure formation and evolution process associated with JICF. A recently developed DNS code is used, which sol... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of jets in cross-flow.

On the response of shock-induced separation bubble to small amplitude disturbances (2005)
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Krishnan, L., Yao, Y., Sandham, N. D., & Roberts, G. T. (2005). On the response of shock-induced separation bubble to small amplitude disturbances. Modern Physics Letters B, 19(28-29), 1495-1498. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217984905009742

Numerical simulations of an oblique shock interacting with a compressible laminar boundary layer are reported. The Mach number ranges from 2 to 6.85, while the Reynolds number based on the distance to the impingement location is fixed at 3 × 105. All... Read More about On the response of shock-induced separation bubble to small amplitude disturbances.

Large-eddy simulation of transonic turbulent flow over a bump (2003)
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Sandham, N. D., Yao, Y., & Lawal, A. A. (2003). Large-eddy simulation of transonic turbulent flow over a bump. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 24(4), 584-595. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0142-727X%2803%2900052-3

Transonic turbulent boundary-layer flow over a circular-arc bump has been computed by high-resolution large-eddy simulation of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. The inflow turbulence was prescribed using a new technique, in which known dynami... Read More about Large-eddy simulation of transonic turbulent flow over a bump.

Structure and Energetics of a Turbulent Trailing Edge Flow (2003)
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Thomas, T. G., Yao, Y., & Sandham, N. D. (2003). Structure and Energetics of a Turbulent Trailing Edge Flow. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 46(4), 671-680. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0898-1221%2803%2990024-1

Results from a direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent flow over a rectangular trailing edge geometry are used to study energy transfers in detail. The numerical procedure employs a separate boundary layer simulation which is used to generate... Read More about Structure and Energetics of a Turbulent Trailing Edge Flow.

Simulation and modelling of turbulent trailing-edge flow (2002)
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Yao, Y., Savill, A. M., Sandham, N. D., & Dawes, W. N. (2002). Simulation and modelling of turbulent trailing-edge flow. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 68(4), 313-333. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1021755327045

Computations of turbulent trailing-edge flow have been carried out at a Reynolds number of 1000 (based on the free-stream quantities and the trailing-edge thickness) using an unsteady 3D Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) code, in which two-equa... Read More about Simulation and modelling of turbulent trailing-edge flow.

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent trailing-edge flow with base flow control (2002)
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Yao, Y., & Sandham, N. (2002). Direct numerical simulation of turbulent trailing-edge flow with base flow control. AIAA Journal, 40(9), 1708-1716. https://doi.org/10.2514/2.1864

Direct numerical simulation has been carried out for turbulent flow over a rectangular trailing edge at a Reynolds number of 1 × 103 (based on the freestream quantities and the trailing-edge thickness) and ratio of boundary-layer displacement thickne... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of turbulent trailing-edge flow with base flow control.

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow over a rectangular trailing edge (2001)
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Yao, Y. F., Yao, Y., Thomas, T. G., Sandham, N. D., & Williams, J. J. (2001). Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow over a rectangular trailing edge. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 14(5), 337-358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001620050144

This paper describes a direct numerical simulation (DNS) study of turbulent flow over a rectangular trailing edge at a Reynolds number of 1000, based on the freestream quantities and the trailing edge thickness h; the incoming boundary layer displace... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow over a rectangular trailing edge.