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Wake and vortex-sheddings from different diameter cylinders in tandem

  • L. J. Wang
  • , Md Mahbub Alam*
  • , Y. Zhou
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen

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Abstract

The paper associated with two tandem cylinders presents the upstream cylinder size (diameter d) effect on global parameters of the downstream cylinder (diameter D) including time-mean and fluctuating drag (CD, CD), fluctuating lift (CL), Strouhal number (St), and flow structures at spacing ratio L/d = 1.0–8.0, and diameter ratio d/D = 0.2–1.0, where L is the distance between the center of the upstream cylinder and the forward stagnation point of the downstream cylinder. The Reynolds number is kept constant at 4.27 × 104 based on D. CD, CD and CL are measured using a sectional load cell, flow structures are obtained using a PIV technique. The critical L/d dividing the reattachment and coshedding flows is larger at smaller d/D. In the coshedding regime, the shedding frequency of the downstream cylinder locks-in with that of the upstream cylinder for d/D = 1.0, 0.8 and 0.6, in addition to a subharmonic lock-in for d/D = 0.6. The lock-in however does not occur at d/D = 0.4 and 0.2. CD in general increases with d/D. CD and CL both generally wane and grow as d/D decreases from 1.0 to 0.6 and 0.4 to 0.2, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFluid-Structure-Sound Interactions and Control - Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Fluid-Structure-Sound Interactions and Control
EditorsYu Zhou, A.D. Lucey , Yang Liu, Lixi Huang
PublisherSpringer Heidelberg
Pages421-427
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9783662488669
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd Symposium on Fluid-Structure-Sound Interactions and Control,FSSIC 2015 - Perth, Australia
Duration: 5 Jul 20179 Jul 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

Conference3rd Symposium on Fluid-Structure-Sound Interactions and Control,FSSIC 2015
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityPerth
Period5/07/179/07/17

Keywords

  • Flow structures
  • Fluid forces
  • Strouhal number
  • Tandem cylinders

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