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Vortex shedding characteristics of a circular cylinder with an oscillating wake splitter plate
Published in
2012
Volume: 53
   
Issue: 1
Pages: 40 - 52
Abstract
The vortex shedding characteristics and the drag force acting on a circular cylinder, attached with an oscillating splitter plate, are investigated by solving the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. The splitter plate is forced to exhibit harmonic oscillation about its attachment point, and the Reynolds number (Re) of the flow is 100. In order to facilitate easy handling of the plate oscillations inside the computational domain, the equations are solved in a Cartesian grid, and the concept of immersed boundary method is used to impose the boundary conditions on the body surface. The characteristic feature of this problem is the complex interaction between the vortices shed from the splitter plate and the cylinder. Three different patterns of vortex shedding are observed in the wake of the circular cylinder depending upon the frequency and amplitude of plate oscillation: normal shedding, chain of vortices and shedding from splitter plate. It is found that the inverse relationship between the vortex formation length and Strouhal number is not applicable when the splitter plate is subjected to oscillation. Additional related interesting fluid dynamics features are also presented. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
About the journal
JournalComputers and Fluids
ISSN00457930
Open AccessNo
Concepts (25)
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    ATTACHMENT POINTS
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    BODY SURFACE
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    Cartesian grid
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    Complex interaction
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    Computational domains
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    Drag forces
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    FORMATION LENGTH
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    Harmonic oscillation
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    Immersed boundary methods
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    INVERSE RELATIONSHIP
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    PASSIVE FLOW CONTROL
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    PLATE OSCILLATION
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    SPLITTER PLATES
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    TWO-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS
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    Vortex formation
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    Vortex interactions
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    Circular cylinders
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    Drag
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    Navier stokes equations
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    Oscillating cylinders
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    Oscillating flow
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    Reynolds number
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    Vortex shedding
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    Wakes
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    Vortex flow