Impulsively-Started Flow About Four Types of Bluff Body

1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Sarpkaya ◽  
H. K. Kline
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Bluff Body ◽  
Discrete Vortex

Measurement of the forces acting on a circular cylinder and those on three other noncircular cylinders is reported. The results confirm and quantify the profound effects of the shedding of the first two or three vortices on all the characteristics of resistance and demonstrate that the evolution of the flow, and hence the forces, significantly depend on whether the separation points are fixed or mobile, or a combination thereof. The data are expected to form the basis of future numerical analysis based on refined discrete vortex models.

Flows past a rotating circular cylinder by the discrete vortex method.

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (34) ◽  
pp. 273-276
Author(s):  
Takeyoshi Kimura ◽  
Michihisa Tsutahara ◽  
Zhong-yi Wang ◽  
Hiroshi Ishii
Keyword(s):  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Vortex Method ◽  
Discrete Vortex ◽  
Discrete Vortex Method ◽  
Rotating Circular Cylinder

scholarly journals Parallel discrete vortex methods on commodity supercomputers; an investigation into bluff body far wake behaviour

1999 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 418-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji Takeda ◽  
Owen R. Tutty ◽  
Denis A. Nicole
Keyword(s):  
Bluff Body ◽  
Vortex Methods ◽  
Discrete Vortex ◽  
Far Wake

scholarly journals Dynamic responses of anchored ducted flames to harmonic velocity forcing

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-85
Author(s):  
Ze-tian Ren ◽  
Su-hui Li ◽  
Min Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Bluff Body ◽  
Flow Instability ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Vortex Method ◽  
Vortex Structures ◽  
Dynamic Responses ◽  
Discrete Vortex ◽  
Flame Response ◽  
Complicated Geometries

This paper aims at developing a computationally inexpensive method to investigate the premixed flame instabilities. The kinematic G-equation is combined with a two-dimensional discrete vortex method, and the conformal mapping is applied to make calculations for complicated geometries more efficiently. The vortex dynamics and flame response to harmonic velocity forcing of an anchored ducted V-flame are investigated, and the effects of harmonic forcing, Reynolds number, and bluff body geometry are examined. Results show that the vortex structures, flow instability, and flame response are closely coupled with each other. The unsteady vortex structures generate instabilities at the flame base, and the convection of the flame wrinkles then influences the flame dynamics downstream. The flame heat release fluctuates with larger amplitude under low-frequency forcings, while the phase of the flame transfer function is quasi-linear with increasing forcing frequency. Both higher inflow velocity and sharper bluff body corners can result in more unsteady large-scale vortex structures and hence influence the flame responses.

scholarly journals Dynamical effect of the total strain induced by the coherent motion on local isotropy in a wake

2013 ◽  
Vol 720 ◽  
pp. 393-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Thiesset ◽  
L. Danaila ◽  
R. A. Antonia
Keyword(s):  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Bluff Body ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Wake Flow ◽  
Total Strain ◽  
Coherent Motion ◽  
Square Cylinder ◽  
Local Isotropy

AbstractWe assess the extent to which local isotropy (LI) holds in a wake flow for different initial conditions, which may be geometrical (the shape of the bluff body which creates the wake) and hydrodynamical (the Reynolds number), as a function of the dynamical effects of the large-scale forcing (the mean strain, $ \overline{S} $, combined with the strain induced by the coherent motion, $\tilde {S} $). LI is appraised through either classical kinematic tests or phenomenological approaches. In this respect, we reanalyse existing LI criteria and formulate a new isotropy criterion based on the ratio between the turbulence strain intensity and the total strain ($ \overline{S} + \tilde {S} $). These criteria involve either time-averaged or phase-averaged quantities, thus providing a deeper insight into the dynamical aspect of these flows. They are tested using hot wire data in the intermediate wake of five types of obstacles (a circular cylinder, a square cylinder, a screen cylinder, a normal plate and a screen strip). We show that in the presence of an organized motion, isotropy is not an adequate assumption for the large scales but may be satisfied over a range of scales extending from the smallest dissipative scale up to a scale which depends on the total strain rate that characterizes the flow. The local value of this scale depends on the particular nature of the wake and the phase of the coherent motion. The square cylinder wake is the closest to isotropy whereas the least locally isotropic flow is the screen strip wake. For locations away from the axis, the study is restricted to the circular cylinder only and reveals that LI holds at scales smaller than those that apply at the wake centreline. Arguments based on self-similarity show that in the far wake, the strength of the coherent motion decays at the same rate as that of the turbulent motion. This implies the persistence of the same degree of anisotropy far downstream, independently of the scale at which anisotropy is tested.

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