Harish Ganesh

Associate Research Scientist

Location

233 NAME

Phone

(734) 764-2694

Biography

Dr. Ganesh’s research interests lie primarily in the field of fluid dynamics with a focus on hydrodynamic cavitation and experimental methods. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 2014, a Masters in Aerospace Sciences in 2009, and an undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, India in 2005.

Research Interests

Hydrodynamic cavitation, Experimental methods such a PIV, radiation-based measurement techniques, compressible gas-liquid flows, data-driven analysis, and augmentation of dense/noisy experimental datasets


Research areas:

Current Projects

  • Wake Cavitation
  • Study of Wake Cavitation Dynamics using Time-Resolved X-ray Densitometry
  • Hydrofoil Cavitation
  • Understanding the multi-modal nature of hydrofoil cavitation using various measurements
  • Vortex Cavitation
  • Cavitation during vortex interaction while stretching
  • Separated Flow Cavitation
  • Cavitation in the flow separated at the wedge apex
  • High-Speed X-ray Tomography
  • Understanding the multi-modal nature of hydrofoil cavitation using various measurements
  • Free-streamline Methods
  • Cavitation during vortex interaction while stretching

Publications

  • Makiharju., S., Ganesh., H., and Ceccio, S. L., “The dynamics of partial cavitation formation, shedding, and the influence of dissolved and injected non-condensable gas stretching Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 829, pp. 420-458, 2017
  • Ganesh, H., Makiharju., S., and Ceccio, S. L., “Bubbly shock propagation as a mechanism for sheet-to-cloud transition of partial cavities measurements Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 802, pp. 37-78, 2016
  • Lee, I. H., Mäkiharju, S. A., Ganesh, H., and Ceccio, S. L., “Scaling of Gas Diffusion Into Limited Partial Cavities”, Journal of Fluids Engineering,138(5), 05130, 2016
  • Ganesh, H., Schot, J., and Ceccio, S. L., “Stationary cavitation bubbles forming in a delta wing vortex”, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 26, 127102, 2014
  • Chang, N., Ganesh, H., Yakushiji, R., and Ceccio, S. L., “Tip vortex cavitation suppression by active mass injection”, Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol.133, pp.111301-1-11, 2011