In this paper we have made a numerical study on the control of vortex shedding and drag reduction of a cylinder by attaching thin splitter plates. The wake structure of the cylinder of square cross-section with attach...In this paper we have made a numerical study on the control of vortex shedding and drag reduction of a cylinder by attaching thin splitter plates. The wake structure of the cylinder of square cross-section with attached splitter plates is analyzed for a range of Reynolds number, based on the incident stream and height of the cylinder, in the laminar range. The Navier-Stokes equations governing the flow are solved by the control volume method over a staggered grid arrangement. We have used the semi-implicit method for pressure-linked equation （SIMPLE） algorithm for computation. Our results show that the presence of a splitter plate upstream of the cylinder reduces the drag, but it has a small impact on the vortex shedding frequency when the plate length is beyond 1.5 time the height of the cylinder. The presence of a downstream splitter plate dampens the vortex shedding frequency. The entrainment of fluid into the inner side of the separated shear layers is obstructed by the downstream splitter plate. Our results suggest that by attaching in-line splitter plates both upstream and downstream of the cylinder, the vortex shedding can be suppressed, as well as a reduction in drag be obtained. We made a parametric study to determine the optimal length of these splitter plates so as to achieve low drag and low vortex shedding frequency.展开更多
Numerical research of flow past a circular cylinder with a splitter at the subcritical Reynolds number region of 5 × 10~4—9 × 10~4 was researched based on Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) through solving t...Numerical research of flow past a circular cylinder with a splitter at the subcritical Reynolds number region of 5 × 10~4—9 × 10~4 was researched based on Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) through solving twodimensional incompressible unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes(URANS) equations with the shear stress transport(SST) k-ω turbulence model. Three different grid resolutions were employed in the verification and validation study of the adopted turbulence model. Various fluid characteristics such as Strouhal number, lift coefficient of the cylinder and the splitter with respect to various splitter lengths and different Reynolds numbers were investigated. It was revealed that the lift coefficient ratio of the splitter over the cylinder remains near 1.6 when the splitter length is 1.5—4 times the cylinder's diameter. Vortex shedding is strongly inhibited when the splitter length is greater than a critical value of around four times the cylinder's diameter. The phase difference of the lift coefficient on the upper and lower surface of the splitter varies between-30?and 30?. The maximal lift coefficients are reached when the splitter length is about 2 times the cylinder's diameter. Besides, the splitter length has little influence on the separation angle around the cylinder.展开更多
文摘In this paper we have made a numerical study on the control of vortex shedding and drag reduction of a cylinder by attaching thin splitter plates. The wake structure of the cylinder of square cross-section with attached splitter plates is analyzed for a range of Reynolds number, based on the incident stream and height of the cylinder, in the laminar range. The Navier-Stokes equations governing the flow are solved by the control volume method over a staggered grid arrangement. We have used the semi-implicit method for pressure-linked equation （SIMPLE） algorithm for computation. Our results show that the presence of a splitter plate upstream of the cylinder reduces the drag, but it has a small impact on the vortex shedding frequency when the plate length is beyond 1.5 time the height of the cylinder. The presence of a downstream splitter plate dampens the vortex shedding frequency. The entrainment of fluid into the inner side of the separated shear layers is obstructed by the downstream splitter plate. Our results suggest that by attaching in-line splitter plates both upstream and downstream of the cylinder, the vortex shedding can be suppressed, as well as a reduction in drag be obtained. We made a parametric study to determine the optimal length of these splitter plates so as to achieve low drag and low vortex shedding frequency.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51179159 and 61572404)
文摘Numerical research of flow past a circular cylinder with a splitter at the subcritical Reynolds number region of 5 × 10~4—9 × 10~4 was researched based on Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) through solving twodimensional incompressible unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes(URANS) equations with the shear stress transport(SST) k-ω turbulence model. Three different grid resolutions were employed in the verification and validation study of the adopted turbulence model. Various fluid characteristics such as Strouhal number, lift coefficient of the cylinder and the splitter with respect to various splitter lengths and different Reynolds numbers were investigated. It was revealed that the lift coefficient ratio of the splitter over the cylinder remains near 1.6 when the splitter length is 1.5—4 times the cylinder's diameter. Vortex shedding is strongly inhibited when the splitter length is greater than a critical value of around four times the cylinder's diameter. The phase difference of the lift coefficient on the upper and lower surface of the splitter varies between-30?and 30?. The maximal lift coefficients are reached when the splitter length is about 2 times the cylinder's diameter. Besides, the splitter length has little influence on the separation angle around the cylinder.
