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University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies

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Dynamcis Laboratory

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  • Mohtat, P. and Ekmekci, A. (2024) The effect of end conditions on the body motion and near-wake flow structure of a circular cylinder under vortex-induced vibration, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, in press.
  • Okoronkwo, M.K., Alsaif, R., Haklander, R., Baba, S., Eburn, J. M., Lu, Z., Arafa, N., Stalnov, O., Ekmekci, A. and Lavoie, P. (2025) Design and characterization of the University of Toronto hybrid anechoic wind tunnel, Applied Acoustics, Volume: 228, 110294, 17 pages. DOI:10.1016/j.apacoust.2024.110294.
  • Arafa, N., Sullivan, P.E. and Ekmekci, A. (2024) Noise and jet momentum of synthetic jet actuators with different orifice configurations, AIAA Journal, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, pp. 668-676. DOI: 10.2514/1.J062920.
  • Butler M.G.M., Ekmekci, A. and Sullivan P.E. (2024) Multiphysics modeling of a synthetic jet actuator in operation, Actuators, Volume: 12, Issue: 60, 30 pages. DOI: 10.3390/act13020060.
  • Heragy, M., Kiwata, T., Hamano, T., Shima, T., Ueno, T., Kono, T. and Ekmekci, A. (2023) Experimental study of wind energy harvesting from flow-induced vibration of prisms using magnetostrictive material, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume: 119, 103910, 15 pages. DOI: 10.1016/j.fluidstructs.2023.103910.
  • Okoronkwo, M.K., Alsaif, A., Farvolden, N., Geneau, D., Lavoie, P., Ekmekci, A., Moreau, S. and Stalnov, O. (2023) Aeroacoustic characterization of the 30P30N high-lift airfoil (2023) AIAA Aviation Forum, DOI: 10.2514/6.2023-3201.
  • Lu, Z., Alsaif, R. and Ekmekci, A. (2023) Design and characterization of a phased microphone array, AIAA Paper, AIAA 2023-0789. DOI: 10.2514/6.2023-0789.
  • Arafa, N., Sullivan, P.E. and Ekmekci, A. (2022) Jet Velocity and Acoustic Excitation Characteristics of a Synthetic Jet Actuator, Fluids, Volume 7, Issue: 12 (17 pages). DOI: 3390/fluids7120387.
  • Vaziri, E. and Ekmekci, A. (2022) Effects of a single spanwise surface wire on a free-ended circular cylinder undergoing vortex-induced vibration in the lower synchronization range, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume: 950, A7 (40 pages). DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2022.810.
  • McCarthy, P. and Ekmekci, A. (2022) Flow features of shallow cylindrical cavities subject to grazing flow, Physics of Fluids, Volume: 34, 027115 (20 pages). DOI: 1063/5.0072554.
  • Esfahani, V.N., Hanson, R. and Ekmekci, A. (2022) Spanwise Wake Structure of a Yaw-Oscillating Circular Cylinder at Subcritical Flow, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume: 114, 103746 (20 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2022.103746.
  • Yang, E., Ekmekci, A. and Sullivan, P. (2022) Phase evolution of flow controlled by synthetic jets over NACA 0025 airfoil, Journal of Visualization, Volume: 25, pp. 751-765. DOI: 1007/s12650-021-00824-5.
  • Esfahani, V.N., Hanson, R. and Ekmekci, A. (2022) Near-Wake of a Yaw-Oscillating Circular Cylinder at Subcritical Flow, Volume: 110, 103511, Journal of Fluids and Structures. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2022.103511.
  • Alsaif, R., Arafa, N., Okoronkwo, M., Lu, Z., Baba, S., Farvolden, N., Lavoie, P. and Ekmekci, A. (2022) Design, Construction and Characterization of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Hybrid Anechoic Wind Tunnel, AIAA Paper, AIAA 2022-2950. DOI: 10.2514/6.2022-2950.
  • Arafa, N., Sullivan, P. and Ekmekci, A. (2021) Frequency Response of Synthetic Jets Emanating from an Array of Circular Orifices, ASME 2021 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM2021-65225. DOI: 10.1115/FEDSM2021-65225.
  • Coskun, O., McCarthy, P. and Ekmekci, A. (2020) An Aeroacoustic Study of the Nose Landing Gear with Emphasis on Steering Actuators, Torque Link and Tow Hook, AIAA Paper, AIAA 2020-1726. DOI: 10.2514/6.2020-1726.
  • Joshi, A. and Ekmekci, A. (2019) Correlation between single-wire and multi-wire tripping of the flow past a circular cylinder, Fluid Dynamic Research, Volume: 51: 055506 (31 pages). DOI: 10.1088/1873-7005/ab26bd.
  • McCarthy, P.W. and Ekmekci, A. (2018) Noise Generation and Flow Features of Shallow Cylindrical Cavities Subject to Grazing Flow, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fluid-Structure Interactions, Flow-Sound Interactions, Flow-Induced Vibration & Noise, FIV2018-157.
  • Vaziri, E. and Ekmekci, A. (2018) Controlling the Flow-Induced Vibration of a Circular Cylinder via a Single Spanwise Tripwire, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fluid-Structure Interactions, Flow-Sound Interactions, Flow-Induced Vibration & Noise, FIV2018-69.
  • Theberge, M.-A. and Ekmekci, A. (2017) Effects of an upstream triangular plate on the wing-body junction flow, Physics of Fluids, Volume: 29: 097105 (19 pages). DOI: 10.1063/1.5000733.
  • McCarthy, P.W. and Ekmekci, A. (2015) The Effects of Strut Geometry on the Inter-Wheel Flow for a Two-Wheel Landing Gear, 21st AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Dallas, AIAA Paper, AIAA 2015-3258, DOI: 10.2514/6.2015-3258.
  • Aydin, B. T. and Ekmekci, A. (2014) A robust method to estimate the variation of the vortex shedding frequency with the location of a single spanwise tripwire for circular cylinders in subcritical flow, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 134: 1-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2014.08.012.
  • Aydin, B.T., Joshi, A. and Ekmekci, A. (2014) Critical effects of a spanwise wire on flow past a circular cylinder: significance of the wire size and Reynolds number, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume: 51, pp. 132-147. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2014.08.006.
  • Feltham, G. and Ekmekci, A. (2014) Flow topology around a simplified two-wheel landing gear, Journal of Visualization, Volume: 17(3), pp. 211-219. DOI: 10.1007/s12650-014-0202-9.
  • Feltham, G. and Ekmekci, A. (2014) Vorticity amplification near the stagnation point of landing gear wheels, Physics of Fluids, Volume: 26(4), 045106 (18 pages). DOI: doi.org/10.1063/1.4871025.
  • Ekmekci, A., (2014) Circular cylinders fitted with small-scale straight and helical wires: a comparative study on wire-induced critical effects, Experimental Thermal and Fluids Science, Volume: 53, pp. 179-189. DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2013.12.003.
  • Yang, Y., Aydin, B.T. and Ekmekci, A. (2014) Flow past two cylinders in tandem: vibration effect, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume: 44, pp. 292-309. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2013.11.001.
  • Feltham, G., McCarthy, P.W. and Ekmekci A. (2014) Boundary Layer Tripping for a Simplified Landing Gear Model, AIAA Paper, AIAA 2014-0431. DOI: 10.2514/6.2014-0431.
  • .Ekmekci, A. and Rockwell, D. (2011) Control of flow past a circular cylinder via a spanwise surface wire: effect of the wire scale. Experiments in Fluids, Volume: 17(8), pp. 1237-1245. DOI: 10.1007/s00348-011-1093-3.
  • Ekmekci, A. and Rockwell, D. (2010) Effects of a geometrical surface disturbance on flow past a circular cylinder: a large scale spanwise wire, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume: 665, pp.120-157.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112010003848
  • Ekmekci, A. and Rockwell, D. (2007) Oscillation of Shallow Flow past a Cavity: Resonant Coupling with a Gravity Wave. Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume 23, Issue 6, pp. 809-838. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2006.12.005.
  • Dong, S., Karniadakis, G.E., Ekmekci, A. and Rockwell, D. (2006) A combined DNS-PIV study of the turbulent near wake, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume: 569, pp. 185-207. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006002606.
  • Ekmekci, A and Rockwell, D. (2003) Self-sustained oscillations of shear flow past a slotted plate coupled with cavity resonance, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume: 17(8), pp.1237-1245. DOI: 10.1016/S0889-9746(03)00073-2.

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