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Harish Ganesh

Harish Ganesh

Assistant Research Scientist

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

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2600 Draper Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48109

gharish@umich.edu

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Research Interests Biography Current Projects Publications

Research Interests: ^top

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

Biography: ^top

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

Current Projects: ^top

Wake Cavitation
Study of Wake Cavitation Dynamics using Time-Resolved X-ray densitometry

Hydrofoil Cavitation
Understanding 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 multi-modal nature of hydrofoil cavitation using various measurments

Free-streamline Methods
Cavitation during vortex interaction while strectching

Publications: ^top

Makiharju., S., Ganesh., H., and Ceccio, S. L., “The dynamics of partial cavitation formation, shedding, and the influence of dissolved and injected non-condensable gasstretching 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 cavitiesmeasurements 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

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