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  • Aspect ratio influence on the vortex induced vibrations of a pivoted finite height cylinder at low Reynolds number 

    Cajas García, Juan Carlos; Rodríguez Pérez, Ivette María; Salcedo Álvarez, Erick; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Houzeaux, Guillaume; Treviño Treviño, César (2023-08-10)
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    The effect of the aspect ratio on the vortex induced vibrations (VIV) of a pivoted finite length circular cylinder is investigated. A fixed value of the Reynolds number Re = 100 with four values of the aspect ratio ...
  • Hybrid computation of the aerodynamic noise radiated by the wake of a subsonic cylinder 

    Eiximeno Franch, Benet; Tur Monge, Carlos; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Rodríguez Pérez, Ivette María (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-08-21)
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    The noise radiated by the flow around a cylinder in the subcritical regime at 𝑅𝑒𝐷=1×104 and at a subsonic Mach number of 𝑀=0.5 is here studied. The aerodynamic sound radiated by a cylinder has been studied with a ...
  • Assessing the usability of two declarative programming languages to model geometric events 

    Llopis, Marcel; Franch Gutiérrez, Javier; Soria Guerrero, Manel (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2023-04-24)
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    When space missions plan scientific actions for robotic spacecraft to execute, they frequently do so within a geometric context called an opportunity. Although there are geometric software libraries that let users write ...
  • Visual analysis of the impact of periodic wakes on the pressure side of a turbine blade 

    Nsonga, Baldwin; Ventosa Molina, Jordi; Koschichow, Denis; Fröhlich, Jochen; Gumhold, Stefan; Scheuermann, Gerik (2023-06-01)
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    Turbines are core components in jet engines for flight propulsion, power plants, and other important energy conversion processes. They are composed of successive rows of blades so that wakes of upstream blades reach ...
  • An assessment of different relay network topologies to improve Earth-Mars communications 

    Betriu Roure, Paula; Soria Guerrero, Manel; Gutiérrez Cabello, Jordi; Barlabe Dalmau, Antoni (2023-04)
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    The future of deep space communications encompasses a challenging situation where the current facilities used to communicate with different spacecraft may become saturated as a result of an increasing number of missions ...
  • Towards a quantitative understanding of Robert's Rising Thermal Bubble as a benchmark for 3D atmospheric codes 

    Andrés Carcasona, Marc; Soria Guerrero, Manel; García Melendo, Enrique José; Miró Jané, Arnau (American Meteorological Society, 2023-02-01)
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    Robert’s rising thermal bubble (RRTB) is a benchmark case used to assess atmospheric models. In this paper, RRTB is further studied both using an analytical and a numerical approach, improving to a greater extent the ...
  • Deep reinforcement learning for flow control exploits different physics for increasing Reynolds number regimes 

    Varela Martínez, Pau; Suárez Morales, Pol; Alcántara Ávila, Francisco; Miró Jané, Arnau; Rabault, Jean; Font García, Bernat; García Cuevas, Luis Miguel; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Vinuesa Moltiva, Ricardo (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-12-02)
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    The increase in emissions associated with aviation requires deeper research into novel sensing and flow-control strategies to obtain improved aerodynamic performances. In this context, data-driven methods are suitable for ...
  • Numerical investigation of forced convection heat transfer from a sphere at low Prandtl numbers 

    Rodríguez Pérez, Ivette María; Campo, Antonio (2023-02)
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    Direct numerical simulations of the flow and forced convective heat transfer around a sphere at Reynolds numbers between 𝑅𝑒 = 500 and 𝑅𝑒 = 1000 are performed. We investigate the effects of the Prandtl number (𝑃 𝑟) ...
  • Strategic similarities between earth observation small satellite constellations in very low earth orbit and low-cost carriers by means of strategy canvas 

    Rodríguez Donaire, Silvia; García-Almiñana, Daniel; García Berenguer, Marina; Roberts, Peter C.E; Crisp, Nicholas H.; HERDRICH, GEORG; KATARIA, DHIREN; HANESSIAN, VIRGINIA; Becedas, Jonathan; SEMINARI, SIMON (2022-10)
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    The space industry is growing and space data are becoming accessible to businesses that were previously unthinkable. Constellations of small satellites in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) have created a gap that is allowing ...
  • Business roadmap for the European Union in the NewSpace ecosystem: a case study for access to space 

    Rodríguez Donaire, Silvia; GIL MORA, PAULINO; García-Almiñana, Daniel; Crisp, Nicholas H.; HERDRICH, GEORG; Roberts, Peter C.E; KATARIA, DHIREN; HANESSIAN, VIRGINIA; Becedas, Jonathan; SEMINARI, SIMON (2022-10)
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    A business roadmap is a high-level strategic management tool that maps the actions to develop new industries. It serves as a guide to plan and forecast technological, market and product developments in a more operational ...
  • On the wake dynamics of an oscillating cylinder via proper orthogonal decomposition 

    Eiximeno Franch, Benet; Miró Jané, Arnau; Cajas García, Juan Carlos; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Rodríguez Pérez, Ivette María (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-09-02)
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    The coherent structures and wake dynamics of a two-degree-of-freedom vibrating cylinder with a low mass ratio at Re=5300 are investigated by means of proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) of a numerical database generated ...
  • Design of an intake and a thruster for an atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion system 

    Romano, Francesco; Herdrich, Georg; Chan, Yung-An; García-Almiñana, Daniel; Rodríguez Donaire, Silvia; Sureda Anfres, Miquel (2022-10)
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    Challenging space missions include those at very low altitudes, where the atmosphere is the source of aerodynamic drag on the spacecraft, that fnally defnes the mission’s lifetime, unless a way to compensate for it is ...

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