Experimental Investigation of Time Dependent Aerodynamic and Biological Flows

Dear Colleagues,

Unsteady flows occur in countless situations, both in nature and in technological applications. Faithfully recording quantities such velocity, pressure, and temperature in time and space is of paramount importance for broadening our understanding of the examined phenomena and improving their prediction through appropriate numerical modeling.

This Special Issue of Fluids is dedicated to experimental studies of unsteady aerodynamic and biological flows. Although the first are mainly external flows and the latter internal ones, there are many similarities between the two, such as self-sustained oscillations during flutter of an elastically mounted wing and the vibrating walls of a blood vessel, vortex shedding from solid bodies immersed in a fluid stream (e.g., buildings, vehicles) and downstream of a blood vessel bifurcation or stenosis, jet-like flows downstream of pitching wings and downstream of vibrating vocal folds during sound and voice production, etc.

Researchers will be able to publish their work on the aforementioned topics employing various measurement techniques, either traditional, e.g., PIV, LDA, HWA, or new ones, revealing flow details which could be beneficial for understanding the physics of the examined flows and provide useful information to those who work in CFD.

Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Mathioulakis
Guest Editor

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