On the Three Dimensional Interaction between Flexible Fibers and Fluid Flow

In this paper we discuss the deformation of a flexible fiber clamped to a spherical body and immersed in a flow of fluid moving with a speed ranging between 0 and 50 cm/s by means of three dimensional numerical simulation developed in COMSOL . The effects of flow speed and initial configuration angl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bogdan G. Nita, Ryan Allaire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-01-01
Series:Fluids
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/2/1/4