Active flow control with rotating cylinders by an artificial neural network trained by deep reinforcement learning

In this paper,an artificial neural network(ANN)trained through a deep reinforcement learning(DRL)agent is used to perform flow control.The target is to look for the wake stabilization mechanism in an active way.The flow past a 2-D cylinder with a Reynolds number 240 is addressed with and without a control strategy.The control strategy is based on using two small rotating cylinders which are located at two symmetrical positions back of the main cylinder.The rotating speed of the counter-rotating small cylinder pair is determined by the ANN and DRL approach.By performing the final test,the interaction of the counter-rotating small cylinder pair with the wake of the main cylinder is able to stabilize the periodic shedding of the main cylinder wake.This demonstrates that the way of establishing this control strategy is reliable and viable.In another way,the internal interaction mechanism in this control method can be explored by the ANN and DRL approach.

Thermal analysis in swirl motion of Maxwell nanofluid over a rotating circular cylinder

In this paper,the mechanism of thermal energy transport in swirling flow of the Maxwell nanofluid induced by a stretchable rotating cylinder is studied.The rotation of the cylinder is kept constant in order to avoid the induced axially secondary flow.Further,the novel features of heat generation/absorption,thermal radiation,and Joule heating are studied to control the rate of heat transfer.The effects of Brownian and thermophoretic forces exerted by the Maxwell nanofluid to the transport of thermal energy are investigated by utilizing an effective model for the nanofluid proposed by Buongiorno.The whole physical problem of fluid flow and thermal energy transport is modelled in the form of partial differential equations(PDEs)and transformed into nonlinear ordinary differential equations(ODEs)with the help of the suitable flow ansatz.Numerically acquired results through the technique bvp4c are reported graphically with physical explanation.Graphical analysis reveals that there is higher transport of heat energy in the Maxwell nanoliquid for a constant wall temperature(CWT)as compared with the prescribed surface temperature(PST).Both thermophoretic and Brownian forces enhance the thermal energy transport in the flowing Maxwell nanofluid.Moreover,the temperature distribution increases with increasing values of the radiation parameter and the Eckert number.It is also noted that an increase in Reynolds number reduces the penetration depth,and as a result the flow and transport of energy occur only near the surface of the cylinder.

Vibrational characteristics of rotating soft cylinders

Rotating structural components are omnipresent in engineering structures and natural world. This work investigates the effects of the centrifugal and Coriolis forces on the free vibrational characteristics of soft cylinders rotating with respect to the axis of symmetry based on the nonlinear elasticity and linear incremental theories. The formulations indicate that the biasing deformation, instantaneous elastic moduli, and incremental equations of motion strongly depend on the rotating speed. The characteristic equation for the natural frequency is derived using the state-space method and approximate laminate technique.The numerical examples included in this work demonstrate that the centrifugal and Coriolis forces might have significant effects on the vibrational characteristics of the cylinder. Results of this work will benefit the design and control of novel engineering systems with rotating soft cylinders or shafts.

Thermal stresses in infinite circular cylinder subjected to rotation

The present investigation is concerned with the effect of rotation on an infinite circular cylinder subjected to certain boundary conditions.An analytical procedure for evaluation of thermal stresses,displacements,and temperature in rotating cylinder subjected to thermal load along the radius is presented.The dynamic thermal stresses in an infinite elastic cylinder of radius a due to a constant temperature applied to a variable portion of the curved surface while the rest of surface is maintained at zero temperature are discussed.Such situation can arise due to melting of insulating material deposited on the surface cylinder.A solution and numerical results are obtained for the stress components,displacement components,and temperature.The results obtained from the present semi-analytical method are in good agreement with those obtained by using the previously developed methods.

三维有限长旋转圆柱水动力性能的实验及数值分析

The hydrodynamic performance of a three-dimensional finite-length rotating cylinder is studied by means of a physical tank and numerical simulation.First,according to the identified influencing factors,a hydrodynamic performance test of the rotating cylinder was carried out in a circulating water tank.In order to explore the changing law of hydrodynamic performance with these factors,a particle image velocimetry device was used to monitor the flow field.Subsequently,a computational field dynamics numerical simulation method was used to simulate the flow field,followed by an analysis of the effects of speed ratio,Reynolds number,and aspect ratio on the flow field.The results show that the lift coefficient and drag coefficient of the cylinder increase first and then decrease with the increase of the rotational speed ratio.The trend of numerical simulation and experimental results is similar.