Abstract
The flow past a rigid-fixed cylinder and a self-oscillating cylinder is simulated at Re=5000. The finite-volume based CFD package OpenFOAM is used for flow computations for a rigid-fixed cylinder. Extensive mesh convergence and time-step studies are conducted for a cylinder span of 2. D (twice the diameter). Spanwise-pressure correlations and spectral calculations are conducted using longer cylinder span lengths: 4. D, 8. D and 16. D. As the cylinder span size increases, better spanwise correlations are obtained. For a self-oscillating cylinder, the numerical approach that tightly couples DDES and FEA based on a fixed point iteration is used to predict the amplitude response and drag in a lock-in condition. The results of the rigid-fixed and self-oscillating cylinder computations compare favorably with experimental data.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 216-234 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Journal of Fluids and Structures |
| Volume | 48 |
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| State | Published - Jul 2014 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Mechanical Engineering