Locked-on vortex shedding modes from a rotationally oscillating circular cylinder

2017 ◽  
Vol 146 ◽  
pp. 324-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.V.R. Mittal ◽  
Qasem M. Al-Mdallal ◽  
Rajendra K. Ray
1993 ◽  
Vol 250 ◽  
pp. 481-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Brika ◽  
A. Laneville

In an experimental study of the vortex-induced oscillations of a long flexible circular cylinder, the observed stationary amplitudes describe an hysteresis loop partially different from earlier studies. Each branch of the loop is associated with a vortex shedding mode and, as a jump from one branch to the other occurs, the phase difference between the cylinder displacement and the vortex shedding undergoes an abrupt change. The critical flow velocities at which the jump occurs concur with the flow visualization observations of Williamson & Roshko (1988) on the vortex shedding modes near the fundamental synchronization region. Impulsive regimes, obtained at a given flow velocity with the cylinder initially at rest or pre-excited, and progressive regimes resulting from a variation of the flow velocity, are examined. The occurrence of bifurcations is detected for a flow velocity range in the case of the impulsive regimes. The coordinates of the bifurcations define a boundary between two vortex shedding modes, a boundary that verifies the critical curve obtained by Williamson & Roshko (1988). The experimental set-up of this study simulates half the wavelength of a vibrating cable, eliminates the end effects present in oscillating rigid cylinder set-up and has one of the lowest damping ratios reported for the study of this phenomenon.


Author(s):  
Antoine Placzek ◽  
Jean-Franc¸ois Sigrist ◽  
Aziz Hamdouni

This paper is the sequel of the work exposed in a companion publication dealing with forced oscillations of a circular cylinder in a cross-flow. In the present study, oscillations of the cylinder are now directly induced by the vortex shedding process in the wake and therefore, the former model used for forced oscillations has been modified to take into account the effects of the flow in order to predict the displacement of the cylinder. The time integration of the cylinder motion is performed with an explicit staggered algorithm whose numerical damping is low. In the first part of the paper, the performances of the coupling procedure are evaluated in the case of a cylinder oscillating in a confined configuration for a viscous flow. Amplitude and frequency responses of the cylinder in a cross-flow are then investigated for different reduced velocities U* ranging from 3 to about 15. The results show a very good agreement at Re = 100 and the vortex shedding modes have also been related to the frequency response observed. Finally, some perspectives for further simulations in the turbulent regime (at Re = 1000) with structural damping are presented.


2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 789-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Negar Nabatian ◽  
Xiaofei Xu ◽  
Njuki Mureithi

A 3D numerical simulation of a circular cylinder wake is presented in this paper. The cylinder is harmonically forced in the stream-wise direction. The objective of the present work is to investigate the effect of the oscillation amplitude on the secondary transition of the wake. The frequency of the lift force is then linked to the form of the vortex shedding mode. The relation between these vortex shedding modes using POD analysis of the transverse velocity and the unsteady lift coefficient of 3D simulation is in good agreement with the 2D model. Results show that the 3D spanwise effect, which can change the wake structure, is suppressed at Re = 200 by streamwise oscillation of the cylinder. Thus the 2D analysis can effectively model the temporal instability of the wake flow.


2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 2487-2502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor V. Lebed

Scenario of appearance and development of instability in problem of a flow around a solid sphere at rest is discussed. The scenario was created by solutions to the multimoment hydrodynamics equations, which were applied to investigate the unstable phenomena. These solutions allow interpreting Stokes flow, periodic pulsations of the recirculating zone in the wake behind the sphere, the phenomenon of vortex shedding observed experimentally. In accordance with the scenario, system loses its stability when entropy outflow through surface confining the system cannot be compensated by entropy produced within the system. The system does not find a new stable position after losing its stability, that is, the system remains further unstable. As Reynolds number grows, one unstable flow regime is replaced by another. The replacement is governed tendency of the system to discover fastest path to depart from the state of statistical equilibrium. This striving, however, does not lead the system to disintegration. Periodically, reverse solutions to the multimoment hydrodynamics equations change the nature of evolution and guide the unstable system in a highly unlikely direction. In case of unstable system, unlikely path meets the direction of approaching the state of statistical equilibrium. Such behavior of the system contradicts the scenario created by solutions to the classic hydrodynamics equations. Unstable solutions to the classic hydrodynamics equations are not fairly prolonged along time to interpret experiment. Stable solutions satisfactorily reproduce all observed stable medium states. As Reynolds number grows one stable solution is replaced by another. They are, however, incapable of reproducing any of unstable regimes recorded experimentally. In particular, stable solutions to the classic hydrodynamics equations cannot put anything in correspondence to any of observed vortex shedding modes. In accordance with our interpretation, the reason for this isthe classic hydrodynamics equations themselves.


2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 787-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiromitsu HAMAKAWA ◽  
Keisuke NAKASHIMA ◽  
Tomohiro KUDO ◽  
Eiichi NISHIDA ◽  
Tohru FUKANO

1980 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 721-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaru Kiya ◽  
Hisataka Tamura ◽  
Mikio Arie

The frequency of vortex shedding from a circular cylinder in a uniform shear flow and the flow patterns around it were experimentally investigated. The Reynolds number Re, which was defined in terms of the cylinder diameter and the approaching velocity at its centre, ranged from 35 to 1500. The shear parameter, which is the transverse velocity gradient of the shear flow non-dimensionalized by the above two quantities, was varied from 0 to 0·25. The critical Reynolds number beyond which vortex shedding from the cylinder occurred was found to be higher than that for a uniform stream and increased approximately linearly with increasing shear parameter when it was larger than about 0·06. In the Reynolds-number range 43 < Re < 220, the vortex shedding disappeared for sufficiently large shear parameters. Moreover, in the Reynolds-number range 100 < Re < 1000, the Strouhal number increased as the shear parameter increased beyond about 0·1.


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