scholarly journals On the Scope of Lagrangian Vortex Methods for Two-Dimensional Flow Simulations and the POD Technique Application for Data Storing and Analyzing

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Kseniia Kuzmina ◽  
Ilia Marchevsky ◽  
Irina Soldatova ◽  
Yulia Izmailova

The possibilities of applying the pure Lagrangian vortex methods of computational fluid dynamics to viscous incompressible flow simulations are considered in relation to various problem formulations. The modification of vortex methods—the Viscous Vortex Domain method—is used which is implemented in the VM2D code developed by the authors. Problems of flow simulation around airfoils with different shapes at various Reynolds numbers are considered: the Blasius problem, the flow around circular cylinders at different Reynolds numbers, the flow around a wing airfoil at the Reynolds numbers 104 and 105, the flow around two closely spaced circular cylinders and the flow around rectangular airfoils with a different chord to the thickness ratio. In addition, the problem of the internal flow modeling in the channel with a backward-facing step is considered. To store the results of the calculations, the POD technique is used, which, in addition, allows one to investigate the structure of the flow and obtain some additional information about the properties of flow regimes.

1975 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 529-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmond Szechenyi

In wind-tunnel tests on bluff bodies the Reynolds number is often limited to values that are very much smaller than those of the flows being simulated. In such cases the experiments may have no practical significance whatsoever since both the fluctuating and the steady aerodynamic phenomena can vary considerably with Reynolds number.This difficulty was encountered in an investigation of supercritical incompressible flow over cylinders, and an attempt at artificially increasing the Reynolds number by means of surface roughness was made. In order to evaluate this simulation technique, the influence of various grades of surface roughness on the aerodynamic forces acting on cylinders of different diameters was studied over a wide range of Reynolds numbers in two very different wind tunnels. The results allow very positive conclusions to be drawn.


1972 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas G. Fox ◽  
J. W. Deardorff

This review attempts to summarize the current state of fluid flow simulations with particular regard to numerical discretization techniques, treatment of large Reynolds numbers, and past and future accomplishments of the simulation methodology. Three alternative mathematical representations of the flow are presented and compared for an idealized two-dimensional flow, namely, use of the velocity and pressure as dependent variables (primitive equation), use of vorticity and stream function as dependent variables, and expansion of either of these in a truncated set of orthogonal eigenfunctions of the boundary-value problem (whose coefficients become the dependent variables). Various classes of finite-difference algorithms are discussed with regard to their conditional stability as well as their ability to preserve invariants of the continuous equations. Methods of removing aliasing of high-frequency solutions are discussed. Parameterization and other techniques for dealing with the high-Reynolds-number regime in which solutions exhibit a wide range of scales are considered in depth. We conclude that certain types of information can be better obtained by numerical simulation than by other techniques.


2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Bolló

Abstract The two-dimensional flow around a stationary heated circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers of 50 < Re < 210 is investigated numerically using the FLUENT commercial software package. The dimensionless vortex shedding frequency (St) reduces with increasing temperature at a given Reynolds number. The effective temperature concept was used and St-Re data were successfully transformed to the St-Reeff curve. Comparisons include root-mean-square values of the lift coefficient and Nusselt number. The results agree well with available data in the literature.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Heinz ◽  
Reza Mokhtarpoor ◽  
Michael K. Stoellinger

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Paul van Hinsberg

Abstract The aerodynamics of smooth and slightly rough prisms with square cross-sections and sharp edges is investigated through wind tunnel experiments. Mean and fluctuating forces, the mean pitch moment, Strouhal numbers, the mean surface pressures and the mean wake profiles in the mid-span cross-section of the prism are recorded simultaneously for Reynolds numbers between 1$$\times$$ × 10$$^{5}$$ 5 $$\le$$ ≤ Re$$_{D}$$ D $$\le$$ ≤ 1$$\times$$ × 10$$^{7}$$ 7 . For the smooth prism with $$k_s$$ k s /D = 4$$\times$$ × 10$$^{-5}$$ - 5 , tests were performed at three angles of incidence, i.e. $$\alpha$$ α = 0$$^{\circ }$$ ∘ , −22.5$$^{\circ }$$ ∘ and −45$$^{\circ }$$ ∘ , whereas only both “symmetric” angles were studied for its slightly rough counterpart with $$k_s$$ k s /D = 1$$\times$$ × 10$$^{-3}$$ - 3 . First-time experimental proof is given that, within the accuracy of the data, no significant variation with Reynolds number occurs for all mean and fluctuating aerodynamic coefficients of smooth square prisms up to Reynolds numbers as high as $$\mathcal {O}$$ O (10$$^{7}$$ 7 ). This Reynolds-number independent behaviour applies to the Strouhal number and the wake profile as well. In contrast to what is known from square prisms with rounded edges and circular cylinders, an increase in surface roughness height by a factor 25 on the current sharp-edged square prism does not lead to any notable effects on the surface boundary layer and thus on the prism’s aerodynamics. For both prisms, distinct changes in the aerostatics between the various angles of incidence are seen to take place though. Graphic abstract


2014 ◽  
Vol 670-671 ◽  
pp. 747-750
Author(s):  
Zhi Jun Gong ◽  
Jiao Yang ◽  
Wen Fei Wu

For indepth study on flow characteristics for fluid bypass obstacles in micro-channel, the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) was used to simulate fluid flow over two circular cylinders in side-by-side arrangement of a micro-channel. The velocity distribution and recirculation zone length under different Reynolds numbers (Re = 0~100) and different spacing ratio (H/D= 0~2.0) were obtained. The results show that the pattern of flow and the size of recirculation zone in the micro-channel depend on the combined effect of Re and H/D.


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