FLUID MECHANICS GROUP Department of Mechanical Engineering National University of Singapore
		T. T. Lim  Ph.D., B.E (Hons). University of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. T. T. Lim received his B.E.(Hons) and Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne, Australia.  He spent two years as a Research Associate at NASA Ames Research Center, USA, before returning to the University of Melbourne.  He joined the National University of Singapore in 1993.

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Selected Publications

(a) BOOK



(1) Smits, A.J.  & Lim, T. T. (2000). Flow Visualization: Techniques and Examples, Imperial College Press. 

(b) CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

(1)  Lim, T. T. & Nickels, T.B. (1995). Vortex Rings.  In Fluid Vortices.  Editor:  Sheldon I. Green,  Kluwer Academic Publishers. 

(2)  Lim, T. T. (2000).  Smoke and Dye Visualization.   In Flow Visualization: Techniques and Examples.  Editors: A.J. Smits and T. T. Lim,  Imperial College Press.

(c) INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

(1)  Lim, T. T. & Nickels, T.B (1992).  Instability and reconnection in the head-on collision of two vortex rings.  NATURE, Vol. 357. 

(2)   Kelso, R.M., T. T. Lim & A.E. Perry (1996).  An experimental study of a round jet in a cross-flow. J. FLUID MECH. Vol. 306. 

(3)   Lim, T. T. (1997).  On the role of Kelvin-Helmholtz-like instability in the formation of turbulent vortex rings.  FLUID DYNAMICS RESEARCH, Vol. 21. 

(4)  Lim, T. T. (1997).  A note on the leapfrogging between two coaxial vortex rings at low Reynolds numbers. PHYS FLUIDS, Vol. 9, no: 1. 

(5)  Lim, T. T. (1998).  On the breakdown of vortex rings from inclined nozzles.  PHYS FLUIDS,  Vol. 10, no:7. 

(6)  Kelso, R.M., T. T. Lim & A.E. Perry (1998).  New experimental observations of vortical motions in tranverse jets.   PHYS FLUIDS,  Vol.10, no:9. 

(7)  T. T. Lim, Y.T. Chew and Xiao Qing (1998).  A new flow regime in a Taylor-Couette flow.  PHYS FLUIDS, Vol. 10,  no:12.

(8)  S. C. Luo, T. T. Lim, K. B. Lua and H. T. Chia, E. K. R. Goh  and Q. W. Ho (1998).  The effects of an elliptical tip on the flowfield around an axi-symmetric body at high angle of attack.  AIAA JOURNAL, Vol 36, no:10. 

(9) T. T. Lim, T.H. New and S.C. Luo (2001).  On the development of large-scale structures of a jet normal to a cross flow. PHYS FLUIDS, Vol. 13.

(10) T.T. Lim, K.B. Lua  and S.C. Luo (2001).  Role of tip and edge geometry on vortex asymmetry, AIAA JOURNAL, Vol. 39.

(24) K.B. Lua, T. T. Lim, K.S. Yeo & G.Y. Oo (2007). Wake-structure formation of a heaving two-dimensional elliptic airfoil, AIAA JOURNAL, Vol.45, no:7.

(25) Sengupta, Lim, Sajjan, Ganesh & Soria (2007).  Accelerated flow past a symmetric aerofoil: experiments and computations, J. FLUID MECH., Vol. 591.

(26) T.T. Lim & S.S. Lim (2008). Modified expression for critical Reynolds number in eccentric Taylor-Couette flow. AIAA JOURNAL. Vol. 46.

(27) Y.D. Cui, T.T. Lim & H.M. Tsai (2008). Effects of Forebody Slot Blowing on Vortex Breakdown and Load over a Delta Wing., AIAA JOURNAL. Vol. 46.

(28) Lopez, Cui, Marques & Lim (2008).  Quenching of vortex breakdown oscillations via harmonic modulation. J. FLUID MECH., Vol. 599.

(29) T. T. Lim, K.B. Lua & K. Thet (2008). Does Kutta lift exist on a vortex ring in a uniform cross flow ?  PHYS FLUIDS, Vol. 20

(30) Ng, Luo, Lim & Ho (2008). On the relation between centrifugal force and radial pressure gradient in flow inside curved and S-shaped duct. PHYS FLUIDS, Vol. 20.

(31) K.B. Lua, T.T. Lim & K.S. Yeo (2008). Aerodynamic forces and flow fields of a two-dimensional hovering wing.  (To appear in EXP. FLUIDS)

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Updated in 10th May, 2008.        

Created on 1st August, 2001.