Lock-in in forced vibration of a circular cylinder

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 113605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samvit Kumar ◽  
Navrose ◽  
Sanjay Mittal
Author(s):  
Bruno G. Camargo ◽  
Marcelo A. Vitola ◽  
Juan B. V. Wanderley ◽  
Sergio H. Sphaier ◽  
Carlos A. Levi

Circular structures are frequently found in offshore industrial application, such as risers, umbilicals, spars, and TLP platforms. Theses structures are frequently subjected to vortex induced vibration. Sometimes, they are also subjected to forced vibration. In the present paper, the forced vibration of a circular cylinder is investigated by the numerical solution of the Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations. An upwind and Total Variation Diminishing (TVD) conservative scheme is used to solve the governing equations written in curvilinear coordinates. The k–ε turbulence model is used to simulate the turbulent flow in the wake of the body, when necessary. The cylinder is forced to oscillate only in the transverse direction of the mean flow with low Reynolds number and low amplitude ratio. The numerical results of the lift and drag coefficients were compared with numerical data obtained from Benevenutti and Silvestrini [1] and Meneghini and Bearman [2] to validate the code for forced vibration. The numerical results indicate that the implemented code is able to reproduce the experimental data capturing quite well the lock-in boundary, and results of practical interest are obtained, such as mean drag, RMS lift and lock-in range and.


2018 ◽  
Vol 858 ◽  
pp. 315-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ki-Ha Kim ◽  
Jung-Il Choi

In this paper, flow over a streamwise oscillating circular cylinder is numerically simulated to examine the effects of the driving amplitude and frequency on the distribution of the lock-in regions in laminar flows. At $Re=100$, lock-in is categorized according to the spectral features of the lift coefficient as two different lock-in phenomena: harmonic and subharmonic lock-in. These lock-in phenomena are represented as maps on the driving amplitude–frequency plane, which have subharmonic lock-in regions and two harmonic lock-in regions. The frequency range of the subharmonic region is shifted to lower frequencies with increasing amplitude, and the lower boundary of this subharmonic region is successfully predicted. A symmetric harmonic region with a symmetric vortex pattern is observed in a certain velocity range for a moving cylinder. Aerodynamic features induced by different flow patterns in each region are presented on the driving amplitude–frequency plane. The lock-in region and aerodynamic features at $Re=200$ and $40$ are compared with the results for $Re=100$. A subharmonic region and two harmonic regions are observed at $Re=200$, and these show the same features as for $Re=100$ at a low driving amplitude. Lock-in at $Re=40$ also shows one subharmonic region and two harmonic regions. However, compared with the $Re=100$ case, the symmetric harmonic lock-in is dominant. The features of aerodynamic force at $Re=200$ and $40$ are represented on a force map, which shows similar characteristics in corresponding regions for the $Re=100$ case.


1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Moe ◽  
Z.-J. Wu

This paper reports an extensive program of forced and free vibration tests on a single circular cylinder moving mainly perpendicularly to a uniform current. For both free and forced vibration tests, two cases were investigated: one in which the cylinder was restrained in the in-line direction and the other in which it was supported on suitable springs. The cross-flow vibrational response and hydrodynamic forces on the cylinder were measured. Large variations of motion frequency in the “lock-in” range were found from the free vibration tests. This leads to two different definitions of reduced velocity, namely, a so-called nominal reduced velocity based on one reference frequency and the true reduced velocity based on the actual vibration frequency. When different results are compared, the true reduced velocity should be used. The forced vibration tests showed, as may be expected, that the transverse force in the “lock-in” range on the average will add energy to the cylinder at moderate motion amplitudes and subtract energy at large amplitudes. Some conditions resulting in a steady-state vibration of a flexibly mounted cylinder were analyzed. The actual force traces also show very large and apparently random deviations from the average force amplitude. The results from the forced and the free vibration tests are consistent with each other if the true reduced velocity and reduced amplitude are the same.


Author(s):  
László Baranyi

Two-dimensional flow around a circular cylinder forced to follow an elliptical path at low Reynolds numbers is investigated numerically using a thoroughly tested in-house code based on the finite difference method. Time-mean (TM) and rms values of lift, drag and base pressure coefficients are investigated within the lock-in region against the transverse oscillation amplitude for Reynolds number Re = 150 at frequency ratios of 0.8, 0.9 and 1.0 while the ratio of in-line and transverse cylinder oscillation amplitudes is kept at six different values yielding slender elliptical cylinder paths. The objective of the paper is to investigate the effect of the shape of the path, or amplitude ratio, on force coefficients. Findings show that for the cases investigated the rms of lift and TM of drag and base pressure are hardly affected by the amplitude ratio, while its effects are pronounced on the TM of lift and rms of drag and base pressure.


2001 ◽  
Vol 2001.38 (0) ◽  
pp. 357-358
Author(s):  
Shiki OKAMOTO ◽  
Yoshihiko TAGUWA ◽  
Ryosuke UEMATSU

1991 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 255-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Coutanceau ◽  
Jean-Rene´ Defaye

The survey starts with the presentation of the general principles underlying the different types of techniques which are most often used in wake visualization with their advantages, but also their respective limits. Then information deduced from flow pictures collected from the literature from the beginning of the century up to the present has been used to characterize the wake structure of a circular cylinder (at rest or submitted to various motions) and its evolution with the Reynolds number for an extended range (0 < Re < 107). Incompressible flow has been more particularly considered, both in the quasi-established phase (ten regimes are differentiated and extensively described) and in the transient phase (specific features are pointed out). Special attention has been paid to three-dimensional and memory effects by a combined presentation of crosswise and spanwise observations of the wake phenomena as well as their evolution with time. The influence of compressibility in the high-speed regime and of superimposed periodic motions, either on the cylinder or on the stream, have been also investigated and the main characteristics of the lock-in regime have been described. The survey is illustrated by 40 figures and completed by a table in which are reported the successive studies related to the flow around a circular cylinder based upon visualization, including a brief account of the experimental setups and methods, as well as a description of the main phenomena observed in the corresponding pictures.


Author(s):  
G.A. Kopp ◽  
M. Kamprath ◽  
S. Fathi ◽  
B. Havel ◽  
R.J. Martinuzzi ◽  
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