The Role of Impeller Outflow Conditions on the Performance of Vaned Diffusers

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The Role of Impeller Outflow Conditions on the Performance of Vaned Diffusers

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Enhancing Wind Farm Performance through Axial Induction and Tilt Control: Insights from Wind Tunnel Experiments

Noise-induced transitions past the onset of a steady symmetry-breaking bifurcation: The case of the sudden expansion

Power performance of a model floating wind turbine subjected to cyclic pitch motion: A wind tunnel study

The effect of nacelle-to-rotor size on the wake of a miniature wind turbine

Wind turbine wake superposition under pressure gradient

An improved analytical framework for flow prediction inside and downstream of wind farms

Design, computational and experimental investigation of a small-scale turbopump for organic Rankine cycle systems

Visualization and modelling of dynamic flow in fibrous preforms for liquid composite molding

Time scales of dynamic stall development on a vertical-axis wind turbine blade

Measurement and modelling of dynamic fluid saturation in carbon reinforcements

Small-scale turbopumps for waste heat recovery applications based on an organic Rankine cycle: a study from pre-design to experimental validation

Latent Representation of Computational Fluid Dynamics Meshes and Application to Airfoil Aerodynamics

Three-dimensional micro-CT images of UV-frozen flow fronts recorded at different flow regimes

Wind Turbine Wakes in Active Yaw Control: Numerical and Theoretical Studies

The effects of kinematics, flexibility, and planform on the vortex formation and aerodynamic performance of flapping wing flight

Dynamic stall characterisation and control for vertical-axis wind turbines

The influence of splitter blades and meridional profiles on the performance of small-scale turbopumps for ORC applications; analysis, neural network modeling and optimization

Small-scale dynamo with finite correlation times

Effect of wettability and textile architecture on fluid displacement and pore formation during infiltration of carbon fibrous preforms

Cavitation bubble dynamics and microjet atomization near tissue-mimicking materials