Numerical study of the flow past two wall-mounted finite-length square cylinders in tandem arrangement

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 093603
Author(s):  
Ming Zhao ◽  
Abdullah-Al Mamoon ◽  
Helen Wu
2019 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 286-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe A. González ◽  
Jorge A. Bustamante ◽  
Marcela A. Cruchaga ◽  
Diego J. Celentano

Author(s):  
Y. T. Krishne Gowda ◽  
H. V. Ravindra ◽  
C. K. Vikram

Flow past the two square cylinders with and without corner modification in a tandem arrangement has been simulated using a CFD code FLUENT. A Reynolds number of 100 and pitch to perimeter ratios (PPR) of 2,4 and 6 are considered for the investigation. The flow is assumed to be two dimensional unsteady and incompressible. The obtained results are presented in the form of streamlines, pressure distribution, monitored velocity, lift coefficient and Strouhal number. Results indicate, in case of chamfered and rounded corners, there is decrease in the wake width and thereby the lift values. For the square cylinders of same perimeters with and without corner modification, the size of the eddy and the monitored velocity in between the square cylinders increases with increase in PPR. Frequency of vortex shedding is same in between the cylinders and in the downstream of the cylinder. Frequency of vortex shedding decreases with the introduction of second cylinder either in the upstream or downstream of the first cylinder. The lift coefficient of square cylinder with corner modification decreases but Strouhal number increases when compared with a square cylinder without corner modification.


1962 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Sykes

The flow past circular cylinders of finite length, supported at one end and lying with their axes perpendicular to a uniform stream, has been investigated in a supersonic stream at Mach number 1.96 and also in a low-speed stream. In both stream it was found that the flow past the cylinders could be divided into three regions: (a) a central region, (b) that near the free end of the cylinder, and (c) that near the supported end. The locations of the second and third regions were found to be almost independent of the cylinder length-to-diameter ratio, provided that this exceeded 4, while the flow within and the extent of the first region were dependent on this ratio. Form-drag coefficients determined in the central region in the supersonic flow were in close agreement with the values determined at the same Mach number by other workers. In the low-speed flow the local form-drag coefficients were dependent on length-to-diameter ratio and were always less than that of an infinite-length cylinder at the same Reynolds number.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Prakash ◽  
S. Gouse Mohiddin ◽  
S. Vijaya Kumar Varma

A numerical study of buoyancy-driven unsteady natural convection boundary layer flow past a vertical cone embedded in a non-Darcian isotropic porous regime with transverse magnetic field applied normal to the surface is considered. The heat and mass flux at the surface of the cone is modeled as a power law according to qwx=xm and qw*(x)=xm, respectively, where x denotes the coordinate along the slant face of the cone. Both Darcian drag and Forchheimer quadratic porous impedance are incorporated into the two-dimensional viscous flow model. The transient boundary layer equations are then nondimensionalized and solved by the Crank-Nicolson implicit difference method. The velocity, temperature, and concentration fields have been studied for the effect of Grashof number, Darcy number, Forchheimer number, Prandtl number, surface heat flux power-law exponent (m), surface mass flux power-law exponent (n), Schmidt number, buoyancy ratio parameter, and semivertical angle of the cone. Present results for selected variables for the purely fluid regime are compared with the published results and are found to be in excellent agreement. The local skin friction, Nusselt number, and Sherwood number are also analyzed graphically. The study finds important applications in geophysical heat transfer, industrial manufacturing processes, and hybrid solar energy systems.


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