Flow visualization of the vortex shedding from an in-line oscillating circular cylinder with splitter plate

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshifumi Yokoi
Keyword(s):  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
Splitter Plate

The vortex-shedding process behind two-dimensional bluff bodies

1982 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 77-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Perry ◽  
M. S. Chong ◽  
T. T. Lim
Keyword(s):  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
Bluff Bodies ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Closed Cavity ◽  
Time Exposure ◽  
Starting Flow ◽  
Visualization Techniques ◽  
Insight Into

Using a variety of flow-visualization techniques, the flow behind a circular cylinder has been studied. The results obtained have provided a new insight into the vortex-shedding process. Using time-exposure photography of the motion of aluminium particles, a sequence of instantaneous streamline patterns of the flow behind a cylinder has been obtained. These streamline patterns show that during the starting flow the cavity behind the cylinder is closed. However, once the vortex-shedding process begins, this so-called ‘closed’ cavity becomes open, and instantaneous ‘alleyways’ of fluid are formed which penetrate the cavity. In addition, dye experiments also show how layers of dye and hence vorticity are convected into the cavity behind the cylinder, and how they are eventually squeezed out.

Effect of Inclination Angle of Splitter Plate on Flow Over a Circular Cylinder

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Zhang ◽  
Lin Ding
Keyword(s):  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Strouhal Number ◽  
Inclination Angle ◽  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
Lift Coefficient ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Splitter Plate ◽  
Plate Length ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Vortex Shedding Frequency

Two-dimensional unsteady laminar flow over a circular cylinder with an attached splitter plate was investigated numerically. To see the effect of the splitter plate length and inclination angle on the pressure distributions and vortex shedding, numerical simulations were done for moderate Reynolds numbers ranging from 100 to 500 in two different splitter plate lengths (1 and 2 diameters), and the angles between splitter plate and wake centerline was changed from 0 to 45 deg. Results indicate that the wake structure and length are dependent on the inclination angle of splitter plate. Near wake length is almost unchanged when θ>25 deg. On the other hand, circular cylinder’s drag coefficient is distinctly affected by the position of vortex. And significant local peaks of the RMS lift coefficient are obtained at θ=15 deg and 5 deg for L=1D and 2D respectively. The lift force is in one direction when the inclination angle is over a critical value. In addition, the non-dimensional Strouhal number representing the vortex shedding frequency characteristics varies as a function of the angle and has peak values at θ=20 and 5 deg for L=1D and 2D respectively. And the longer splitter plate causes more decrease in the Strouhal number for θ>15 deg.

Control of Vortex Shedding of Circular Cylinder in Shallow Water Flow Using an Attached Splitter Plate

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huseyin Akilli ◽  
Cuma Karakus ◽  
Atakan Akar ◽  
Besir Sahin ◽  
N. Filiz Tumen
Keyword(s):  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Splitter Plate ◽  
Wake Flow ◽  
Flow Data ◽  
Shallow Water Flow ◽  
Plate Length

In the present work, passive control of vortex shedding behind a circular cylinder by splitter plates of various lengths attached on the cylinder base is experimentally investigated in shallow water flow. Detailed measurements of instantaneous and time-averaged flow data of wake flow region at a Reynolds number of Re=6300 were obtained by particle image velocimetry technique. The length of the splitter plate was varied from L∕D=0.2 to L∕D=2.4 in order to see the effect of the splitter plate length on the flow characteristics. Instantaneous and time-averaged flow data clearly indicate that the length of the splitter plate has a substantial effect on the flow characteristics. The flow characteristics in the wake region of the circular cylinder sharply change up to the splitter plate length of L∕D=1.0. Above this plate length, small changes occur in the flow characteristics.

On the Suppression of Vortex Shedding From Circular Cylinders Using Detached Short Splitter-Plates

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Behzad Ghadiri Dehkordi ◽  
Hamed Houri Jafari
Keyword(s):  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
Splitter Plate ◽  
Circular Cylinders ◽  
Staggered Grid ◽  
Drag Forces ◽  
Splitter Plates ◽  
Parallel Arrangement ◽  
Lift And Drag ◽  
Good Agreement

Flow over a circular cylinder with detached short splitter-plates is numerically simulated in order to assess the suppression of periodic vortex shedding. A finite-volume solver based on the Cartesian-staggered grid is implemented, and the ghost-cell method in conjunction with Great-Source-Term technique is employed in order to enforce directly the no-slip condition on the cylinder boundary. The accuracy of the solver is validated by simulation of the flow around a single circular cylinder. The results are in good agreement with the experimental data reported in the literature. Finally, the flows over a circular cylinder with splitter-plate in its downstream (off and on the centerline) are computed in Re=40 as a nonvortex shedding case and in Re=100 and 150 as cases with vortex shedding effects. The same simulations are also performed for the case where dual splitter-plates are in a parallel arrangement embedded in the downstream of the cylinder. The optimum location of the splitter-plate to achieve maximum reduction in the lift and drag forces is determined.

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