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On the reliability of reynolds-averaged navier stokes prediction of mean flow characteristics of a rectangular turbulent jet in crossflow (2014)
Journal Article
Khali, E., Yao, Y. F., Khali, E. H., & Yao, Y. (2014). On the reliability of reynolds-averaged navier stokes prediction of mean flow characteristics of a rectangular turbulent jet in crossflow. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 11(9), 1645-1658. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2014.1645.1658

© 2014 Khali and Yao. A jet of fluid discharging into a cross stream, also known as Jet In Crossflow (JICF), has received many experimental and numerical investigations. In addition to the fundamental understanding of three-dimensional mixing and she... Read More about On the reliability of reynolds-averaged navier stokes prediction of mean flow characteristics of a rectangular turbulent jet in crossflow.

Direct numerical simulation of supersonic flows passing a backward step (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Yao, Y., Fang, J., Zheltovodov, A. A., & Lu, L. (2014, September). Direct numerical simulation of supersonic flows passing a backward step. Presented at UK Turbulence Consortium Workshop, Imperial College, London

The Mach 2.9 supersonic turbulent flow over an expansion-compression corner with a sharp deflection angle of 25° at three Reynolds numbers Re_δ=20000, Re_δ=40000 and Re_δ=80000 were studied by using a recently developed direct numerical simulation (... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of supersonic flows passing a backward step.

Investigation of low-dissipation monotonicity-preserving scheme for direct numerical simulation of compressible turbulent flows (2014)
Journal Article
Fang, J., Yao, Y., Li, Z., & Lu, L. (2014). Investigation of low-dissipation monotonicity-preserving scheme for direct numerical simulation of compressible turbulent flows. Computers and Fluids, 104, 55-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2014.07.024

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. The influence of numerical dissipation on direct numerical simulation (DNS) of decaying isotropic turbulence and turbulent channel flow is investigated respectively by using the seventh-order low-dissipation monotonicity-preservi... Read More about Investigation of low-dissipation monotonicity-preserving scheme for direct numerical simulation of compressible turbulent flows.

Proton modified Pt zeolite fuel cell electrocatalysts (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Yao, J., Yao, Y., & Mirzaii, H. (2014, August). Proton modified Pt zeolite fuel cell electrocatalysts. Paper presented at World Renewable Energy Congress WREC XIII, London, UK

NaY Zeolite is selected as a suitable material to host 1.5 wt% Platinum (Pt) loading on zeolite using ion exchange method (a) Pt(NH3)4(NO3)2 without excess NH4NO3 nitrate and (b) Pt(NH3)4(NO3)2 with excess NH4NO3 nitrate. The structure/reactivity rel... Read More about Proton modified Pt zeolite fuel cell electrocatalysts.

Effects of micro blowing/suction flow control devices on a NACA0015 airfoil (2014)
Presentation / Conference
a NACA0015 airfoil. Paper presented at The 8th International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICCFD8), Chengdu, China

As a newly emerged active flow control technique, micro blowing/suction has shown a great potential in reducing the skin friction of turbulent flows. Throughout comprehensive analyses of active flow control of micro blowing/suction devices for a NACA... Read More about Effects of micro blowing/suction flow control devices on a NACA0015 airfoil.

Direct numerical simulation of supersonic turbulent flow in an expansion-compression corner at mach=2.9 (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Fang, J., Yao, Y., Lu, L., & Zheltovodov, A. A. (2014, June). Direct numerical simulation of supersonic turbulent flow in an expansion-compression corner at mach=2.9. Paper presented at ICMAR 2014, Novosibirsk, Russia

Shock-wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions (SWTBLI) are prevalent phenomena in high-speed flights, which could cause large flow separation and high wall heat flux and strong pressure fluctuation, therefore, affect significantly the aero-thermod... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of supersonic turbulent flow in an expansion-compression corner at mach=2.9.

Numerical simulations of two-dimensional and three-dimensional shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Fang, J., Yao, Y., Zheltovodov, A. A., & Lu, L. (2014, June). Numerical simulations of two-dimensional and three-dimensional shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions. Paper presented at ICMAR 2014, Novosibirsk, Russia

The impinging shock-wave/flat-plate boundary layer interaction is a standard CFD case for two-dimensional (2D) SWTBLI, which represents the simplest SWTBLI configuration for the validation of turbulence models and computational methods. Although plen... Read More about Numerical simulations of two-dimensional and three-dimensional shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions.

Direct numerical simulation of a turbulent flow over an axisymmetric hill (2014)
Journal Article
Castagna, J., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2014). Direct numerical simulation of a turbulent flow over an axisymmetric hill. Computers and Fluids, 95, 116-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2014.02.014

Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of a turbulent flow over an axisymmetric hill has been carried out to study the three-dimensional flow separation and reattachment that occur on the lee-side of the geometry. The flow Reynolds number is Re H=6500, ba... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of a turbulent flow over an axisymmetric hill.

Predicting film cooling performance of trailing–edge cutback turbine blades by detached–eddy simulation (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Effendy, M., Yao, Y., Yao, J., & Marchant, D. R. (2014). Predicting film cooling performance of trailing–edge cutback turbine blades by detached–eddy simulation. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2014-0279

This paper describes numerical studies of the film cooling performance of cutback trailing-edge gas turbine blades using the detached eddy simulation (DES) approach, in order to improve results obtained by industry standard steady RANS and unsteady R... Read More about Predicting film cooling performance of trailing–edge cutback turbine blades by detached–eddy simulation.

Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment (2014)
Journal Article
Horikiri, K., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2014). Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment. Building and Environment, 77, 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.027

Conjugate natural and forced convection heat transfers in a domestic model room of finite-thickness walls and a heat source have been numerically studied. A 2-D non-ventilated square model room with a heat source is investigated at first for conditio... Read More about Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment.

Development of a multi-block high-order DNS code for turbulent flow simulations (2014)
Journal Article
Castagna, J., & Yao, Y. (2014). Development of a multi-block high-order DNS code for turbulent flow simulations. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 10(1), 012027. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/10/1/012027

© 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd. A high-order finite-differences direct numerical simulation code is developed for studying turbulent flows over complex geometries. The solver uses a global mapping based multi-block arrangement, with each block consisting... Read More about Development of a multi-block high-order DNS code for turbulent flow simulations.