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Joint Effects of Virtual Surfaces on Anti-Icing and Drag Reduction (2024)
Journal Article
Lu, Y., Sun, Q., Choi, K.-S., Zhang, X., & Mao, X. (2024). Joint Effects of Virtual Surfaces on Anti-Icing and Drag Reduction. AIAA Journal, https://doi.org/10.2514/1.j064415

The operation of the anti-icing system of an airplane can modulate its aerodynamics, whilst an aerodynamic control can alter the icing condition. Therefore, one well-designed control strategy can be expected to yield two benefits, which, however, has... Read More about Joint Effects of Virtual Surfaces on Anti-Icing and Drag Reduction.

Anisotropic Icephobic Mechanisms of Textured Surface: Barrier or Accelerator? (2024)
Journal Article
Yang, D., Zheng, Y., Li, J., Clare, A. T., Choi, K.-S., & Hou, X. (2024). Anisotropic Icephobic Mechanisms of Textured Surface: Barrier or Accelerator?. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(27), 35852-35863. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c08004

Icing has been seen as an economic and safety hazard due to its threats to aviation, power generation, offshore platforms, etc., where passive icephobic surfaces with a surface texturing design have the potential to address this problem. However, the... Read More about Anisotropic Icephobic Mechanisms of Textured Surface: Barrier or Accelerator?.

Phase change surfaces with porous metallic structures for long-term anti/de-icing application (2024)
Journal Article
Yang, D., Bao, R., Clare, A. T., Choi, K.-S., & Hou, X. (2024). Phase change surfaces with porous metallic structures for long-term anti/de-icing application. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 660, 136-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.01.091

Hypothesis
Ice mitigation has received increasing attention due to the severe safety and economic threats of icing hazards to modern industries. Slippery icephobic surface is a potential ice mitigation approach due to its ultra-low ice adhesion stre... Read More about Phase change surfaces with porous metallic structures for long-term anti/de-icing application.

Plasma flow control of the tip vortices over a very low aspect-ratio wing (2022)
Journal Article
Dong, L., Choi, K. S., & Wang, Y. (2022). Plasma flow control of the tip vortices over a very low aspect-ratio wing. Physics of Fluids, 34(8), Article 087101. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0101110

Flow control of the tip vortices over a very low aspect-ratio wing was carried out using the dielectric-barrier-discharge plasma actuators. The results indicate a large change in the aerodynamic forces by plasma flow control, where the lift coefficie... Read More about Plasma flow control of the tip vortices over a very low aspect-ratio wing.

Development and interaction of vortices over a very low aspect-ratio wing under pitch-up motion (2022)
Journal Article
Dong, L., Choi, K.-S., Mao, X., & Wang, Y. (2022). Development and interaction of vortices over a very low aspect-ratio wing under pitch-up motion. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 943, Article A42. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.451

The vortical structures over a thin rectangular wing with a very low aspect ratio of 0.277 were investigated in a wind tunnel at an effective Reynolds number of 3×106. When applying pitch-up motion pivoted at mid-chord, the maximum lift angle was inc... Read More about Development and interaction of vortices over a very low aspect-ratio wing under pitch-up motion.

Opposition control of turbulent spots (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, Y. X., Choi, K. S., Gaster, M., Atkin, C., Borodulin, V., & Kachanov, Y. (2022). Opposition control of turbulent spots. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 943, Article A3. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.396

Opposition control of artificially initiated turbulent spots in a laminar boundary layer was carried out in a low-turbulence wind tunnel with the aim to delay transition to turbulence by modifying the turbulent structure within the turbulent spots. T... Read More about Opposition control of turbulent spots.

Hydrophobically/oleophilically guarded powder metallurgical structures and liquid impregnation for ice mitigation (2022)
Journal Article
Yang, D., Bao, R., Choi, K. S., Clare, A. T., & Hou, X. (2022). Hydrophobically/oleophilically guarded powder metallurgical structures and liquid impregnation for ice mitigation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 446, Article 137115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.137115

Icing hazards often pose operational and safety challenges. Various surface and coating approaches have been attempted for ice mitigation purposes, but the durability remains an outstanding issue. Inspired by traditional powder metallurgy and slipper... Read More about Hydrophobically/oleophilically guarded powder metallurgical structures and liquid impregnation for ice mitigation.

A phase-field method for three-phase flows with icing (2022)
Journal Article
Zhang, W., Shahmardi, A., Choi, K.-S., Tammisola, O., Brandt, L., & Mao, X. (2022). A phase-field method for three-phase flows with icing. Journal of Computational Physics, 458, Article 111104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2022.111104

A numerical scheme to simulate three-phase fluid flows with phase change is proposed. By combining the Cahn-Hilliard model for water-air interface, Allen-Cahn equation for ice and fluid and Navier-Stokes equation for momentum, we solve the evolution... Read More about A phase-field method for three-phase flows with icing.

Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic optimization of leading-edge undulation of a naca 65(12)-10 airfoil (2021)
Journal Article
Kim, J. H., Choi, K. S., Lacagnina, G., Paruchuri, C., Joseph, P., Hasheminejad, S. M., Chong, T. P., Shahab, M. F., Omidyeganeh, M., & Pinelli, A. (2021). Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic optimization of leading-edge undulation of a naca 65(12)-10 airfoil. AIAA Journal, 60(4), 2342-2353. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J060716

Experimental studies of a NACA 65(12)-10 airfoil with a sinusoidal leading-edge undulation (LEU) were carried out to simultaneously optimize its aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performances by considering the attached as well as the separated flow at th... Read More about Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic optimization of leading-edge undulation of a naca 65(12)-10 airfoil.

Bypass transition in a boundary layer flow induced by plasma actuators (2021)
Journal Article
Xiao, D., Borradaile, H., Choi, K. S., Feng, L., Wang, J., & Mao, X. (2021). Bypass transition in a boundary layer flow induced by plasma actuators. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 929, 134-150. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.835

Bypass transition in flow over a flat plate triggered by a pair of dielectric-barrier-discharge plasma actuators mounted on the plate surface and aligned in the streamwise direction is investigated. A four-species plasma-fluid model is used to model... Read More about Bypass transition in a boundary layer flow induced by plasma actuators.