"oncoming flow" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a situation where things are occurring or coming quickly and in large numbers. For example, "The oncoming flow of customers made it difficult for the small business to keep up with demand."
Both operate near their respective optimal efficiency conditions in a uniform oncoming flow and at a Reynolds number of 107.
Unsteady heat release from the flame is assumed to be caused by its surface variations, which results from the fluctuations of the oncoming flow velocity.
This indicates the probable dependence of aerodynamic admittance on the characteristics of oncoming flow, which implies the limitation of conventional buffeting theory.
The transfer function between the generated entropy waves and oncoming flow velocity fluctuations is deduced by conducting order analysis of the linearized governing equations.
For weak, harmonic, uniform fluctuations of the oncoming flow velocity, perturbations in the flame shape and in the total heat release rate are analytically determined.
In particular, Darrieus vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are being considered as one of the most attractive solutions due to their low visual impact, the reduced acoustic emissions and their better response to a turbulent and skewed oncoming flow.
To replicate that situation, the researchers propel their vessel directly into oncoming flows from the wave generator and then at a gradually increasing angle.
Turbulence of the oncoming flows changes sensitively the behavior of separated shear layers and the vortex formation around a prism, so we need to investigate details of the flow structures under unstable oscillations, as well as the aeroelastic characteristics of a prism.
In spite of this, many aquatic animals consistently orient and swim against oncoming flows (a behavior known as rheotaxis) even in the absence of visual cues3,4.
It is further found that at the near-stall point, with or without recirculation, the interface between the leakage and oncoming flows tends to become parallel to the leading-edge plane, and that recirculation increases stability by postponing this situation to lower mass flows.
A wing that is simultaneously heaving and pitching may extract energy from an oncoming air flow, thus acting as a turbine.
