Shūji Ōtomo
@shu-ji.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at TUAT, Japan, working on separated flows🌀, flow control🛩️, and biofluid dynamics🪼
https://shuji-otomo.net
https://shuji-otomo.net
📣 Our new paper is out in Physical Review Fluids!
Using a Cauchy-number-based nondimensional framework, we uncover the scaling laws governing deformation and unsteady load alleviation in plunging airfoils with flexible trailing edges.
The paper is open access!
doi.org/10.1103/6t5l...
Using a Cauchy-number-based nondimensional framework, we uncover the scaling laws governing deformation and unsteady load alleviation in plunging airfoils with flexible trailing edges.
The paper is open access!
doi.org/10.1103/6t5l...
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
📣 Our new paper is out in Physical Review Fluids!
Using a Cauchy-number-based nondimensional framework, we uncover the scaling laws governing deformation and unsteady load alleviation in plunging airfoils with flexible trailing edges.
The paper is open access!
doi.org/10.1103/6t5l...
Using a Cauchy-number-based nondimensional framework, we uncover the scaling laws governing deformation and unsteady load alleviation in plunging airfoils with flexible trailing edges.
The paper is open access!
doi.org/10.1103/6t5l...
📣 Our new paper is out in Experiments in Fluids! By introducing a grooved wing-tip design, we successfully mitigated the tip vortex. Up to ~40% pressure recovery was achieved at the vortex core. A collaboration between @eng.cam.ac.uk, TUAT, and Edinburgh.
doi.org/10.1007/s003...
doi.org/10.1007/s003...
Passive control of wing-tip vortices through a grooved-tip design - Experiments in Fluids
Abstract This paper investigates the characteristics and control of tip vortices generated by a finite wing, focusing on the impact of the novel grooved-tip designs. Tip vortices can lead to flow loss...
doi.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
📣 Our new paper is out in Experiments in Fluids! By introducing a grooved wing-tip design, we successfully mitigated the tip vortex. Up to ~40% pressure recovery was achieved at the vortex core. A collaboration between @eng.cam.ac.uk, TUAT, and Edinburgh.
doi.org/10.1007/s003...
doi.org/10.1007/s003...
My stay at TU Delft is over now. What a wonderful month it has been. Thank you to all people I met in Delft and hopefully I can come back next year, for a longer time!
October 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
My stay at TU Delft is over now. What a wonderful month it has been. Thank you to all people I met in Delft and hopefully I can come back next year, for a longer time!
Visiting Kamo Aquarium with @kei-jokura.bsky.social . We’re gonna do PIV on ctenophores here!
July 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Visiting Kamo Aquarium with @kei-jokura.bsky.social . We’re gonna do PIV on ctenophores here!
My student recently built this experimental facility to test low Reynolds number flows. Here’s an accelerating/decelerating cylinder at Re=10.
July 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
My student recently built this experimental facility to test low Reynolds number flows. Here’s an accelerating/decelerating cylinder at Re=10.
I gave a talk at 21st International Symposium on Flow Visualization (ISFV21). Met old friends, new people, and got nice feedbacks.
June 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I gave a talk at 21st International Symposium on Flow Visualization (ISFV21). Met old friends, new people, and got nice feedbacks.
Reposted by Shūji Ōtomo
WaterLily 1.4 is out! github.com/WaterLily-jl...
Biggest updates to our pure @julialang.org flow solver since 1.3:
1. Ability to add explicit turbulence modelling
2. Easier flow visualization with @makie.org
3. Even faster CPU performance
Biggest updates to our pure @julialang.org flow solver since 1.3:
1. Ability to add explicit turbulence modelling
2. Easier flow visualization with @makie.org
3. Even faster CPU performance
GitHub - WaterLily-jl/WaterLily.jl: Fast and simple fluid simulator in Julia
Fast and simple fluid simulator in Julia. Contribute to WaterLily-jl/WaterLily.jl development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
WaterLily 1.4 is out! github.com/WaterLily-jl...
Biggest updates to our pure @julialang.org flow solver since 1.3:
1. Ability to add explicit turbulence modelling
2. Easier flow visualization with @makie.org
3. Even faster CPU performance
Biggest updates to our pure @julialang.org flow solver since 1.3:
1. Ability to add explicit turbulence modelling
2. Easier flow visualization with @makie.org
3. Even faster CPU performance
Doing some preliminary PIV of a ctenophore with @kei-jokura.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Doing some preliminary PIV of a ctenophore with @kei-jokura.bsky.social
Reposted by Shūji Ōtomo
May 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
📣New paper alert! Our new paper in Experiments in Fluids (@springer1842.bsky.social) shows the vortex force map (VFM) method is an excellent technique in experimental fluid mechanics to estimate unsteady forces from snapshot PIV 🌀
It's open access!
t.co/pX26t3KFsH
It's open access!
t.co/pX26t3KFsH
March 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📣New paper alert! Our new paper in Experiments in Fluids (@springer1842.bsky.social) shows the vortex force map (VFM) method is an excellent technique in experimental fluid mechanics to estimate unsteady forces from snapshot PIV 🌀
It's open access!
t.co/pX26t3KFsH
It's open access!
t.co/pX26t3KFsH
My first post on Bluesky features photos of TU Delft. I had a great stay - thank you to everyone who met with me for research discussions. Looking forward to visiting again in September!
February 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
My first post on Bluesky features photos of TU Delft. I had a great stay - thank you to everyone who met with me for research discussions. Looking forward to visiting again in September!