Journal articles

2023

Review of rotating wing dynamic stall: Experiments and flow control

A. D. Gardner; A. R. Jones; K. Mulleners; J. W. Naughton; M. J. Smith

Progress in Aerospace Sciences. 2023. Vol. 137, p. 100887. DOI : 10.1016/j.paerosci.2023.100887.

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2022

To tread or not to tread: comparison between water treading and conventional flapping wing kinematics

S. Krishna; A. Gehrke; K. Mulleners

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2022-11-01. Vol. 17, num. 6, p. 066018. DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/ac9a1b.

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Aeroelastic characterisation of a bio-inspired flapping membrane wing

A. Gehrke; J. Richeux; E. Uksul; K. Mulleners

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2022-11-01. Vol. 17, num. 6, p. 065004. DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/ac8632.

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The dynamic stall dilemma for vertical-axis wind turbines

S. Le Fouest; K. Mulleners

Renewable Energy. 2022-10-01. Vol. 198, p. 505-520. DOI : 10.1016/j.renene.2022.07.071.

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Lagrangian analysis of bio-inspired vortex ring formation

M. Baskaran; K. Mulleners

Flow. 2022-07-01. Vol. 2, p. E16. DOI : 10.1017/flo.2022.9.

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All you need is time to generalise the Goman-Khrabrov dynamic stall model

F. Ayancik; K. Mulleners

Journal Of Fluid Mechanics. 2022-05-19. Vol. 942, p. R8. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2022.381.

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Experimental quantification of unsteady leading-edge flow separation

J. Deparday; X. He; J. D. Eldredge; K. Mulleners; D. R. Williams

Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2022-05-10. Vol. 941, p. A60. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2022.319.

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Greenberg’s Force Prediction for Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Blades

D. Bensason; S. Le Fouest; A. Young; K. Mulleners

Aiaa Journal. 2022-02-16. DOI : 10.2514/1.J061417.

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Tapered foils favor traveling-wave kinematics to enhance the performance of flapping propulsion

P. Leroy-Calatayud; M. Pezzulla; A. Keiser; K. Mulleners; P. M. Reis

Physical Review Fluids. 2022. Vol. 7, num. 7, p. 074403. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.074403.

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Estimating the non-dimensional energy of vortex rings by modelling their roll-up

G. de Guyon; K. Mulleners

Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2022. Vol. 940, p. R2. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2022.275.

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On the parametrisation of motion kinematics for experimental aerodynamic optimisation

C. Busch; A. Gehrke; K. Mulleners

Experiments in Fluids. 2022. Vol. 63, num. 10. DOI : 10.1007/s00348-021-03367-5.

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2021

The dynamics and timescales of static stall

S. Le Fouest; J. Deparday; K. Mulleners

Journal of Fluids and Structures. 2021-06-03. Vol. 104, p. 103304. DOI : 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2021.103304.

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Discrete shedding of secondary vortices along a modified Kaden spiral

D. Francescangeli; K. Mulleners

Journal Of Fluid Mechanics. 2021-04-30. Vol. 917, p. A44. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2021.259.

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Phenomenology and scaling of optimal flapping wing kinematics

A. Gehrke; K. Mulleners

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2021-03-01. Vol. 16, num. 2, p. 026016. DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/abd012.

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Scaling of the translational velocity of vortex rings behind conical objects

G. de Guyon; K. Mulleners

Physical Review Fluids. 2021-02-11. Vol. 6, num. 2, p. 024701. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.024701.

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Unsteady lift on a high-amplitude pitching aerofoil

S. Ōtomo; S. Henne; K. Mulleners; K. Ramesh; I. M. Viola

Experiments in Fluids. 2021. Vol. 62, p. 6. DOI : 10.1007/s00348-020-03095-2.

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2020

Experimental analysis of multiscale vortex shedding in turbulent turbomachine blade wakes

P. Gilge; J. R. Seume; K. Mulleners

AIAA Journal. 2020. p. 1-8. DOI : 10.2514/1.J059476.

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Stall Delay and Leading-Edge Suction for a Pitching Airfoil with Trailing-Edge Flap

G. He; J. Deparday; L. Siegel; A. Henning; K. Mulleners

AIAA Journal. 2020. p. 1-10. DOI : 10.2514/1.J059719.

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Multiscale Vortex Characteristics of Dynamic Stall from Empirical Mode Decomposition

P. J. Ansell; K. Mulleners

AIAA Journal. 2020. Vol. 58, num. 2, p. 1-18. DOI : 10.2514/1.J057800.

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2019

Modeling the interplay between the shear layer and leading edge suction during dynamic stall

J. Deparday; K. Mulleners

Physics of Fluids. 2019-10-03. Vol. 31, num. 10, p. 107104. DOI : 10.1063/1.5121312.

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Effect of pitch on the flow behavior around a hovering wing

S. Krishna; M. A. Green; K. Mulleners

Experiments in Fluids. 2019-04-25. Vol. 60, num. 5, p. 60:86. DOI : 10.1007/s00348-019-2732-3.

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Coherent Structure Interaction During Unsteady Separation

M. S. Melius; K. Mulleners; R. B. Cal

AIAA Journal. 2019. Vol. 57, num. 8, p. 3239-3249. DOI : 10.2514/1.J058059.

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2018

Genetic Algorithm Based Optimization of Wing Rotation in Hover

A. Gehrke; G. Guyon-Crozier; K. Mulleners

Fluids. 2018. Vol. 3, num. 3, p. 59. DOI : 10.3390/fluids3030059.

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The role of surface vorticity during unsteady separation

M. S. Melius; K. Mulleners; R. B. Cal

Physics of Fluids. 2018. Vol. 30, num. 4, p. 045108. DOI : 10.1063/1.5006527.

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Cross-correlation analysis of synchronized PIV and microphone measurements of an oscillating airfoil

L. Siegel; K. Ehrenfried; C. Wagner; K. Mulleners; A. Henning

Journal of Visualization. 2018. Vol. 21, p. 381–395. DOI : 10.1007/s12650-018-0473-7.

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Flowfield and Force Evolution for a Symmetric Hovering Flat-Plate Wing

S. Krishna; M. Green; K. Mulleners

AIAA Journal. 2018. Vol. 56, num. 4, p. 1360-1371. DOI : 10.2514/1.J056468.

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2017

Analysis of Intermittent Trailing-Edge Vortex Shedding Using Recurrence Plots

K. Mulleners; M. Ruetten

AIAA Journal. 2017. Vol. 56, num. 2, p. 571-580. DOI : 10.2514/1.J056329.

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Flow Development on a Flat-Plate Wing Subjected to a Streamwise Acceleration

K. Mulleners; P. Mancini; A. R. Jones

AIAA Journal. 2017. Vol. 55, num. 6, p. 2118-2122. DOI : 10.2514/1.J055497.

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2016

Resulting Aerodynamic Losses of Combinations of Localized Roughness Patches on Turbine Blades

P. Gilge; K. Mulleners

AIAA Journal. 2016. Vol. 54, num. 8, p. 2552-2555. DOI : 10.2514/1.J054602.

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Dynamic stall of an experimental wind turbine blade

M. Melius; R. B. Cal; K. Mulleners

Physics of Fluids. 2016. Vol. 28, num. 3, p. 034103. DOI : 10.1063/1.4942001.

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Characterizing a burst leading-edge vortex on a rotating flat plate wing

A. R. Jones; A. Medina; H. Spooner; K. Mulleners

Experiments in Fluids. 2016. Vol. 57, num. 4, p. 1-16. DOI : 10.1007/s00348-016-2143-7.

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2014

Impact of surface roughness on the turbulent wake flow of a turbine blade

K. Mulleners; P. Gilge; S. Hohenstein

Journal of Aerodynamics. 2014. Vol. 2014, p. 458757. DOI : 10.1155/2014/458757.

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2013

Dynamic stall development

K. Mulleners; M. Raffel

Experiments in fluids. 2013. Vol. 54, num. 2, p. 1-9. DOI : 10.1007/s00348-013-1469-7.

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Dynamic stall control by passive disturbance generators

B. Heine; K. Mulleners; G. Joubert; M. Raffel

AIAA journal. 2013. Vol. 51, num. 9, p. 2086-2097. DOI : 10.2514/1.J051525.

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2012

Dynamic stall on a fully equipped helicopter model

K. Mulleners; K. Kindler; M. Raffel

Aerospace Science and Technology. 2012. Vol. 19, num. 1, p. 72-76. DOI : 10.1016/j.ast.2011.03.013.

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The onset of dynamic stall revisited

K. Mulleners; M. Raffel

Experiments in fluids. 2012. Vol. 52, num. 3, p. 779-793. DOI : 10.1007/s00348-011-1118-y.

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2011

Density tagging velocimetry

M. Raffel; R. Hernandez-Rivera; B. Heine; A. Schröder; K. Mulleners

Experiments in fluids. 2011. Vol. 51, num. 2, p. 573-578. DOI : 10.1007/s00348-011-1058-6.

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Aperiodicity in the near field of full-scale rotor blade tip vortices

K. Kindler; K. Mulleners; H. Richard; B. G. van der Wall; M. Raffel

Experiments in fluids. 2011. Vol. 50, num. 6, p. 1601-1610. DOI : 10.1007/s00348-010-1016-8.

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2007

Impact of an invasive species, Crepidula fornicata, on the hydrodynamics and transport properties of the benthic boundary layer

F. Y. Moulin; K. Guizien; G. Thouzeau; G. Chapalain; K. Mulleners et al.

Aquatic Living Resources. 2007. Vol. 20, num. 01, p. 15-31. DOI : 10.1051/alr:2007012.

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Critical parameters for the partial coalescence of a droplet

T. Gilet; K. Mulleners; J-P. Lecomte; N. Vandewalle; S. Dorbolo

Physical Review E. 2007. Vol. 75, num. 3, p. 036303. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.036303.

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2006

Dancing droplets onto liquid surfaces

N. Vandewalle; D. Terwagne; K. Mulleners; T. Gilet; S. Dorbolo

Physics of Fluids. 2006. Vol. 18, num. 9, p. 91106-91106. DOI : 10.1063/1.2335905.

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PhD theses

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

A. Gehrke / K. A. J. Mulleners (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.

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Dynamic stall characterisation and control for vertical-axis wind turbines

S. Le Fouest / K. A. J. Mulleners (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.

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Growth, timing, & trajectory of vortices behind a rotating plate

D. Francescangeli / K. A. J. Mulleners (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.

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Evolution of the vorticity distribution in vortex rings

G. de Guyon-Crozier / K. A. J. Mulleners (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.

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Unsteady fluid dynamics around a hovering flat plate wing

S. B. Krishna / K. A. J. Mulleners; M. A. Green (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017.

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On the Coherent Structure Behind the Phenomenon of Dynamic Stall

K. Mulleners

2010.

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Book contributions

Applications: Helicopter Aerodynamics, Particle Image Velocimetry

K. Mulleners; M. Raffel

Particle Image Velocimetry; Springer International Publishing, 2018. p. 477-499.

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Towards In-Flight Measurements of Helicopter Blade Tip Vortices

K. Kindler; K. Mulleners; M. Raffel

Advanced In-Flight Measurement Techniques; Springer, 2013. p. 171-185.

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Conference proceedings

2023

Proprioceptive Sensing of Soft Tentacles with Model Based Reconstruction for Controller Optimization

A. Vicari; N. Obayashi; F. Stella; G. Raynaud; K. Mulleners et al.

2023. Robosoft 2023 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics, Singapore, April 3-7, 2023.

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2021

Learning interpretable latent dynamics for a 2D airfoil system

C. Donner; N. Tagasovska; G. He; K. Mulleners; H. Shimazaki et al.

2021. RobustML workshop at ICLR 2021, online, May 7, 2021.

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2020

Predicting unsteady flow separation in response to a flow disturbance

K. Mulleners; J. Deparday; G. He; S. Henne

2020-01-06. AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, Orlando, FL, USA, January 6-10, 2020. DOI : 10.2514/6.2020-0083.

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An Assessment of the State-of-the-Art from the 2019 ARO Dynamic Stall Workshop

M. J. Smith; A. R. Jones; F. Ayancik Cinoglu; K. Mulleners; J. W. Naughton

2020. AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM, online, June 15-19, 2020. DOI : 10.2514/6.2020-2697.

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Dynamic stall on an airfoil undergoing VAWT blade angle of attack variations

S. Henne; S. Le Fouest; K. Mulleners

2020. The science of making torque from wind, online, September 28 – October 2, 2020. p. 052033. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1618/5/052033.

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2019

Adaptive pitching motion kinematics for tuning flapping wing aerodynamic performance

A. Gehrke; K. Mulleners

2019. 9ᵗʰ International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2019), EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 20th–23rd, 2019. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-BIOROB-AMAM2019-51.

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2018

Critical evolution of leading edge suction during dynamic stall

J. Deparday; K. Mulleners

2018-01-01. 7th Conference on Science of Making Torque from Wind (TORQUE), Milan, ITALY, Jun 20-22, 2018. p. 022017. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1037/2/022017.

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Effect Of Surface Roughness On The Characteristic Length Scales In The Wake Of A Compressor Blade: A POD Analysis

P. Gilge; J. R. Seume; K. Mulleners

2018. 19th international symposium on the applications of laser and imaging techniques to fluid mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, July 16-19, 2018.

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Lagrangian analysis of the formation of vortices on a rotating flat plate

D. Francescangeli; E. Reynaud; G. de Guyon-Crozier; K. Mulleners

2018. 19th international symposium on the applications of laser and imaging techniques to fluid mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, July 16-19, 2018.

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Dynamic stall vortex shedding and associated load fluctuations

S. Henne; A. Parikh; J. Deparday; K. Mulleners

2018. 19th international symposium on the applications of laser and imaging techniques to fluid mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, July 16-19, 2018.

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Experimental investigation of the influence of anisotropic surface structures on the boundary layer flow

S. Kurth; C. Hamann; J. R. Seume; K. Mulleners

2018. 2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Kissimmee, Florida, January 8-12, 2018. DOI : 10.2514/6.2018-0585.

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Analysis of local roughness combinations on the aerodynamic properties of a compressor blade

P. Gilge; J. R. Seume; K. Mulleners

2018. 2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Kissimmee, Florida, January 8-12, 2018. DOI : 10.2514/6.2018-0345.

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2016

Experimental investigation of a large aspect ratio flat plate encountering a steam-wise gust

K. Mulleners; P. Mancini; A. Jones

2016. 46th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Washington, DC, June 2016. DOI : 10.2514/6.2016-4258.

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Analysis of intermittent trailing edge vortex shedding using recurrence plots

K. Mulleners; M. Rütten

2016. 8th international symposium on the applications of laser and imaging techniques to fluid dynamics, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2016.

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Influence of surface roughness on the turbulent properties in the wake of a turbine blade

L. Neuhaus; P. Gilge; J. Seume; K. Mulleners

2016. 18th international symposium on the applications of laser and imaging techniques to fluid dynamics, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2016.

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Experimental analysis of the flow development on an airfoil harmonically surging into reverse flow

K. Mulleners; M. Ol; A. R. Jones

2016. 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA, Januari 2016. DOI : 10.2514/6.2016-1312.

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2015

Towards quantifying effects of refractive index mismatch on PIV results

C. Hamann; S. Kurth; K. Mulleners

2015. 11th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Santa Barbara, California, USA, September 14-16, 2015. p. 64.

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Detecting Vortex Burst on a Rotating Low-Aspect Ratio Plate

A. Medina; K. Mulleners; A. R. Jones

2015. 11th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Santa Barbara, California, USA, September 14-16, 2015. p. 51.

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Blade sections in streamwise oscillations into reverse flow

A. Jones; J. Hodara; M. Smith; K. Granlund; K. Mulleners et al.

2015. AHS International Forum, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA, May 5-7, 2015. p. 2583-2595.

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On the resulting aerodynamic loss of combinations of localized surface roughness patches on a turbine blade

P. Gilge; K. Mulleners

2015. 33rd AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Dallas, TX, June 2015. p. 3161. DOI : 10.2514/6.2015-3161.

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2014

Effect of pitch rate variations on the evolution of the leading edge vortex

K. Mulleners; S. Krishna

2014. 17th International Symposium on Application of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, July 07-10, 2014.

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Effect of rotational phase on the flow topology and force production of a flapping flat-plate wing

S. Krishna; K. Mulleners; M. A. Green

2014. 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California, USA, DOI : 10.2514/6.2016-0828.

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2012

Investigation of the rotor blade tip vortex by PIV and CFD

W. Lang; A. D. Gardner; K. Mulleners; M. Raffel

2012. 18. DGLR-Fach-Symposium der STAB, Stuttgart, Germany, November 06-07, 2012. p. 106-107.

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Characterisation of blade tip vortices by simultaneous time-resolved velocity and density field measurements

W. Lang; K. Mulleners; R. Hernandez-Rivera; E. T. Schairer; J. T. Heineck et al.

2012. International Workshop on the Application of Praticle Image Velocimetry for Aeroacoustics and Noise, Delft, The Netherlands, April 16-17, 2012. p. 1-3.

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