Direct numerical simulation of the transitional separated fluid flows around a sphere and a circular cylinder

2002 ◽  
Vol 90 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 341-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.A. Gushchin ◽  
A.V. Kostomarov ◽  
P.V. Matyushin ◽  
E.R. Pavlyukova
Author(s):  
S. Nagaya ◽  
R. E. Baddour

CFD simulations of crossflows around a 2-D circular cylinder and the resulting vortex shedding from the cylinder are conducted in the present study. The capability of the CFD solver for vortex shedding simulation from a circular cylinder is validated in terms of the induced drag and lifting forces and associated Strouhal numbers computations. The validations are done for uniform horizontal fluid flows at various Reynolds numbers in the range 103 to 5×105. Crossflows around the circular cylinder beneath a free surface are also simulated in order to investigate the characteristics of the interaction between vortex shedding and a free surface at Reynolds number 5×105. The influence of the presence of the free surface on the vortex shedding due to the cylinder is discussed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taichi Igarashi ◽  
Hiroshi Naito ◽  
Koji Fukagata

Flow around a circular cylinder controlled using plasma actuators is investigated by means of direct numerical simulation (DNS). The Reynolds number based on the freestream velocity and the cylinder diameter is set atReD=1000. The plasma actuators are placed at±90° from the front stagnation point. Two types of forcing, that is, two-dimensional forcing and three-dimensional forcing, are examined and the effects of the forcing amplitude and the arrangement of plasma actuators are studied. The simulation results suggest that the two-dimensional forcing is primarily effective in drag reduction. When the forcing amplitude is higher, the mean drag and the lift fluctuations are suppressed more significantly. In contrast, the three-dimensional forcing is found to be quite effective in reduction of the lift fluctuations too. This is mainly due to a desynchronization of vortex shedding. Although the drag reduction rate of the three-dimensional forcing is slightly lower than that of the two-dimensional forcing, considering the power required for the forcing, the three-dimensional forcing is about twice more efficient.


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