In order to investigate the scale effect of turbulent flow around a circular cylinder, two similarity numbers （criteria） based on turbulent kinetic and dissipation rates associ- ated with the fluctuation characteris...In order to investigate the scale effect of turbulent flow around a circular cylinder, two similarity numbers （criteria） based on turbulent kinetic and dissipation rates associ- ated with the fluctuation characteristics of turbulence wake are deduced by analyzing the Reynolds averaged NavierStokes equations （RANS）. The RNG k-s models and finite volume method are used to solve the governing equations and the second-order implicit time and upwind space discretization algorithms are used to discrete the governing equations. A numerical computation of flow parameters around a two-dimensional circular cylinder with Reynolds numbers ranging from 102 to l07 is accomplished and the result indicates that the fluctuation of turbulence flow along the center line in the wake of circular cylinder can never be changed with increasing Reynolds numbers when Re ≥ 3 × 10^6. This conclusion is useful for controlling the scale of numerical calculations and for applying model test data to engineering practice.展开更多
Flows around a circular cylinder displaying an unsteady vortex shedding process at the Reynolds numbers of 1000,3900 and 1×104 are studied using a finite-volume Total Variation Diminishing（TVD） scheme for solvi...Flows around a circular cylinder displaying an unsteady vortex shedding process at the Reynolds numbers of 1000,3900 and 1×104 are studied using a finite-volume Total Variation Diminishing（TVD） scheme for solving the Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes（URANS） equations.An Elemental Velocity Vector Transformation（EVVT） approach is proposed for the local normal and tangential velocity transformation at the interfaces of main and satellite elements.The presented method is validated by comparing with the available experimental data and numerical results.It is shown that the two-dimensional TVD finite volume method with the Renormalization Group（RNG） turbulence model can be used to determine hydrodynamic forces and captures vortex shedding characteristics very well.展开更多
基金supported by the National High-Tec Research and Development Program of China(2006AA09A104)
文摘In order to investigate the scale effect of turbulent flow around a circular cylinder, two similarity numbers （criteria） based on turbulent kinetic and dissipation rates associ- ated with the fluctuation characteristics of turbulence wake are deduced by analyzing the Reynolds averaged NavierStokes equations （RANS）. The RNG k-s models and finite volume method are used to solve the governing equations and the second-order implicit time and upwind space discretization algorithms are used to discrete the governing equations. A numerical computation of flow parameters around a two-dimensional circular cylinder with Reynolds numbers ranging from 102 to l07 is accomplished and the result indicates that the fluctuation of turbulence flow along the center line in the wake of circular cylinder can never be changed with increasing Reynolds numbers when Re ≥ 3 × 10^6. This conclusion is useful for controlling the scale of numerical calculations and for applying model test data to engineering practice.
基金supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program,Grant No. 2008AA09Z310)the Important National Scienceand Technology Specific Sub-Project (Grant No.2008ZX05026-001)
文摘Flows around a circular cylinder displaying an unsteady vortex shedding process at the Reynolds numbers of 1000,3900 and 1×104 are studied using a finite-volume Total Variation Diminishing（TVD） scheme for solving the Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes（URANS） equations.An Elemental Velocity Vector Transformation（EVVT） approach is proposed for the local normal and tangential velocity transformation at the interfaces of main and satellite elements.The presented method is validated by comparing with the available experimental data and numerical results.It is shown that the two-dimensional TVD finite volume method with the Renormalization Group（RNG） turbulence model can be used to determine hydrodynamic forces and captures vortex shedding characteristics very well.
