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Esmaeel Masoudi's Outputs (22)

Flow induced vibration (FIV) of a pentagonal cylinder with high mass-damping ratio (2025)
Journal Article
Masoudi, E., Gan, L., Sims-Williams, D., & Marshall, A. (2025). Flow induced vibration (FIV) of a pentagonal cylinder with high mass-damping ratio. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 133, Article 104267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2025.104267

In this study, fluid structure interactions of a fixed and oscillating pentagonal cylinder are studied using experimental approaches. Specifically, flow induced vibration (FIV) of a pentagonal cylinder is studied with six different incidence angles (... Read More about Flow induced vibration (FIV) of a pentagonal cylinder with high mass-damping ratio.

On the asymmetric vortex evolution in the near wake behind polygonal cylinders in an incident flow (2024)
Journal Article
Cheng, H., Masoudi, E., Liu, Y., & Gan, L. (2024). On the asymmetric vortex evolution in the near wake behind polygonal cylinders in an incident flow. Ocean Engineering, 307, Article 118142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.118142

Asymmetric evolution of coherent vortices behind polygonal cylinders in an incident flow is studied using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) based phase averaging analysis. Flow around polygonal cylinders of side number... Read More about On the asymmetric vortex evolution in the near wake behind polygonal cylinders in an incident flow.

Flow separation from polygonal cylinders in an incident flow (2023)
Journal Article
Masoudi, E., Sims-Williams, D., & Gan, L. (2023). Flow separation from polygonal cylinders in an incident flow. Physical Review Fluids, 8(1), Article 014701. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevfluids.8.014701

In this paper, we carry out large eddy simulation of incident flow around polygonal cylinders of side number N = 5 − 8 at Reynolds number Re = 10 4 . In total, six incidence angles ( α ) are studied on each polygon between the face and the corner ori... Read More about Flow separation from polygonal cylinders in an incident flow.

Large Eddy Simulation of incident flows around polygonal cylinders (2021)
Journal Article
Masoudi, E., Gan, L., & Sims-Williams, D. (2021). Large Eddy Simulation of incident flows around polygonal cylinders. Physics of Fluids, 33(10), Article 105112. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0063046

In this study, we carry out large eddy simulation (LES) of incident flow around polygonal cylinders of side number N = 5 − 8 at Reynolds number Re= 104 . In total, six incidence angles (α) are studied on each cylinder ranging from face to corner orie... Read More about Large Eddy Simulation of incident flows around polygonal cylinders.

Near wake flow features of polygonal cylinders in different incidence angles (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Masoudi, E., Gan, L., & Sims-Williams, D. (2021, September). Near wake flow features of polygonal cylinders in different incidence angles. Paper presented at UK Fluids Conference 2021, Online

In this study, large eddy simulation (LES) is used to simulate flow of incidence angle α around polygonal cylinders of side number N=5-8 at Reynolds number Re=10,000. Six incidence angles are studied on each cylinder, which covers the entire α spect... Read More about Near wake flow features of polygonal cylinders in different incidence angles.

Diffraction waves on general two-legged rectangular floating breakwaters (2021)
Journal Article
Masoudi, E., & Gan, L. (2021). Diffraction waves on general two-legged rectangular floating breakwaters. Ocean Engineering, 235, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.109420

In this paper, hydrodynamic characteristics of general two-dimensional rectangular floating breakwaters (FBs) with two legs in water of finite depth and infinite domain subjected to sinusoidal waves are studied using a numerical panel method. A param... Read More about Diffraction waves on general two-legged rectangular floating breakwaters.

Diffraction waves on large aspect ratio rectangular submerged breakwaters (2020)
Journal Article
Masoudi, E., & Gan, L. (2020). Diffraction waves on large aspect ratio rectangular submerged breakwaters. Ocean Engineering, 209, Article 107474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107474

In this paper, hydrodynamic characteristics of two-dimensional submerged breakwaters in water of finite depth and infinite domain interacting with sinusoidal waves are studied from both analytical and numerical approaches. Added mass and damping coef... Read More about Diffraction waves on large aspect ratio rectangular submerged breakwaters.

Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Inverse T-Type Floating Breakwaters (2019)
Journal Article
Masoudi, E. (2019). Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Inverse T-Type Floating Breakwaters. International journal of maritime technology, 11(Winter and Spring 2019), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.29252/ijmt.11.13

Various types of floating breakwaters in different configuration and shapes are used to reduce wave height in coastal areas. The most important parameter in designing breakwaters are their shapes which determines hydrodynamic reaction to incident wav... Read More about Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Inverse T-Type Floating Breakwaters.

Hydrodynamic characteristics of rectangular submerged breakwaters (2019)
Journal Article
Masoudi, E. (2019). Hydrodynamic characteristics of rectangular submerged breakwaters

In this study, method of separation of variables is applied for investigating two dimensional submerged breakwaters characteristics in an infinite domain. For this purpose, the fluid domain is divided into discrete sub-domains and the velocity pote... Read More about Hydrodynamic characteristics of rectangular submerged breakwaters.

Hydrodynamic Analysis of Various Cross Sections of Floating Breakwaters (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Masoudi, E., & Zeraatgar, H. (2017, May). Hydrodynamic Analysis of Various Cross Sections of Floating Breakwaters. Presented at 7th International Offshore Industries Conference, Tehran, Iran

Various types of floating breakwaters in different configuration and shapes are used to reduce wave height in coastal areas. The most important parameter in designing breakwaters are their shapes and reaction to incident wave. Some cross sections are... Read More about Hydrodynamic Analysis of Various Cross Sections of Floating Breakwaters.

Second Generation IMO Intact Stability Vulnerability Criteria and its Application to ships Navigating in Persian Gulf and Oman Sea (2017)
Journal Article
Masoudi, E. (2017). Second Generation IMO Intact Stability Vulnerability Criteria and its Application to ships Navigating in Persian Gulf and Oman Sea. International journal of maritime technology, 7(Winter and Spring 2017), 39-48. https://doi.org/10.18869/acadpub.ijmt.7.39

Second generation intact stability criteria for few past years had been under development by International Maritime Organization (IMO). Since the draft proposed amendments shall be amended to International code on Intact Stability (IS code 2008), new... Read More about Second Generation IMO Intact Stability Vulnerability Criteria and its Application to ships Navigating in Persian Gulf and Oman Sea.

Hydrodynamic analysis of floating breakwater with effect of bathymetry boundary condition (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Masoudi, E., & Zeraatgar, H. (2015, December). Hydrodynamic analysis of floating breakwater with effect of bathymetry boundary condition. Presented at 17th International Marine Industries Conference, Kish Island, Iran

In this paper, the method of separating variables and applying this method in the study of floating breakwater has been investigated. The method of separation of variables is used as an analytical and efficient method in the investigation of two-dime... Read More about Hydrodynamic analysis of floating breakwater with effect of bathymetry boundary condition.

Hydrodynamic Analysis of ∏ Type Floating Breakwaters
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Masoudi, E. (2017, December). Hydrodynamic Analysis of ∏ Type Floating Breakwaters. Presented at 7 th international offshore industries conference, Sharif university of technology, Tehran, Iran