The Near-Wake of a Circular Cylinder in Crossflow

1968 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. B. Hanson ◽  
P. D. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Digital Computer ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Hot Wire ◽  
Near Wake ◽  
Random Data ◽  
Hot Wire Anemometry

The flow in the near-wake of a circular cylinder was measured with hot-wire anemometry. Processing of the large body of data on unsteady features of the flow was aided with a digital computer. The major sets of results are for Reynolds numbers of 10,600 and 53,000. The results are presented in several complementary forms. In discussion of the results it is shown how they relate to the generation and maintenance of the Strouhal frequency, the existence and discussion of velocity spikes, the control of heat transfer, and to greater irregularity at lower Reynolds numbers. Some issues are raised in the processing of nonstationary random data.

On the Organization of Flow and Heat Transfer in the Near Wake of a Circular Cylinder in Steady and Pulsed Flow

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. P. Telionis ◽  
M. Gundappa ◽  
T. E. Diller
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Power Spectra ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Driving Frequency ◽  
Near Wake ◽  
Flow And Heat Transfer ◽  
Pulsed Flow ◽  
Oncoming Stream

Skin friction, pressure, and heat transfer gages are employed to monitor the flow and heat transfer field along the periphery of a circular cylinder in steady and pulsed flow at Reynolds numbers, Re = 23,000 to 50,000. Averaged distributions, RMS, and power spectra of all measurements are displayed. Special attention is directed at the organization of the near wake, as detected by the three types of surface gages. The response of the wake to pulsing of the oncoming stream is also examined. It is found that when the wake is locked on the driving frequency, the basic character of the flow is not changed, but the organized motion stands out more clearly. Moreover, the signals become cleaner and background noise in the spectra is reduced. Skin friction and heat transfer gages are shown to respond to local variations of the corresponding quantities, whereas pressure gages respond to global characteristics of the flow.

scholarly journals The drag-adjoint field of a circular cylinder wake at Reynolds numbers 20, 100 and 500

2013 ◽  
Vol 730 ◽  
pp. 145-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiqi Wang ◽  
Jun-Hui Gao
Keyword(s):  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Adjoint Equations ◽  
Cylinder Wake ◽  
Near Wake ◽  
Navier Stokes Equation ◽  
D 20

AbstractThis paper analyses the adjoint solution of the Navier–Stokes equation. We focus on flow across a circular cylinder at three Reynolds numbers, ${\mathit{Re}}_{D} = 20, 100$ and $500$. The quantity of interest in the adjoint formulation is the drag on the cylinder. We use classical fluid mechanics approaches to analyse the adjoint solution, which is a vector field similar to a flow field. Production and dissipation of kinetic energy of the adjoint field is discussed. We also derive the evolution of circulation of the adjoint field along a closed material contour. These analytical results are used to explain three numerical solutions of the adjoint equations presented in this paper. The adjoint solution at ${\mathit{Re}}_{D} = 20$, a viscous steady state flow, exhibits a downstream suction and an upstream jet, the opposite of the expected behaviour of a flow field. The adjoint solution at ${\mathit{Re}}_{D} = 100$, a periodic two-dimensional unsteady flow, exhibits periodic, bean-shaped circulation in the near-wake region. The adjoint solution at ${\mathit{Re}}_{D} = 500$, a turbulent three-dimensional unsteady flow, has complex dynamics created by the shear layer in the near wake. The magnitude of the adjoint solution increases exponentially at the rate of the first Lyapunov exponent. These numerical results correlate well with the theoretical analysis presented in this paper.

Numerical Study of Mixed Convection around a Heated Circular Cylinder

2016 ◽  
Vol 836 ◽  
pp. 85-89
Author(s):  
Vivien S. Djanali ◽  
Ahmad Nurdian Syah ◽  
Syaiful Rizal
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Buoyancy Force ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Main Flow ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Convection Regime ◽  
Heated Cylinder

Wake and heat transfer characteristics around a heated circular cylinder were studied numerically in this paper. Heat transfer from a heated cylinder to the freestream flow was in mixed convection regime, with the free convection-bouyancy driven flow in opposite direction to the forced convection-main flow. Numerical simulations were performed for three Reynolds numbers of 100, 135 and 200, with the Richardson (Ri = Gr/Re2) numbers varied from 0 to 1. Results showed that buoyancy force significantly altered wake formation behind the heated cylinder, further resulted in increasing drag and decreasing Nusselt number.

Numerical investigation of near-wake characteristics of cavitating flow over a circular cylinder

2016 ◽  
Vol 790 ◽  
pp. 453-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aswin Gnanaskandan ◽  
Krishnan Mahesh
Keyword(s):  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Single Phase ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Cavitating Flow ◽  
Cylinder Surface ◽  
Near Wake ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Wake Characteristics

A homogeneous mixture model is used to study cavitation over a circular cylinder at two different Reynolds numbers ($Re=200$ and 3900) and four different cavitation numbers (${\it\sigma}=2.0$, 1.0, 0.7 and 0.5). It is observed that the simulated cases fall into two different cavitation regimes: cyclic and transitional. Cavitation is seen to significantly influence the evolution of pressure, boundary layer and loads on the cylinder surface. The cavitated shear layer rolls up into vortices, which are then shed from the cylinder, similar to a single-phase flow. However, the Strouhal number corresponding to vortex shedding decreases as the flow cavitates, and vorticity dilatation is found to play an important role in this reduction. At lower cavitation numbers, the entire vapour cavity detaches from the cylinder, leaving the wake cavitation-free for a small period of time. This low-frequency cavity detachment is found to occur due to a propagating condensation front and is discussed in detail. The effect of initial void fraction is assessed. The speed of sound in the free stream is altered as a result and the associated changes in the wake characteristics are discussed in detail. Finally, a large-eddy simulation of cavitating flow at $Re=3900$ and ${\it\sigma}=1.0$ is studied and a higher mean cavity length is obtained when compared to the cavitating flow at $Re=200$ and ${\it\sigma}=1.0$. The wake characteristics are compared to the single-phase results at the same Reynolds number and it is observed that cavitation suppresses turbulence in the near wake and delays three-dimensional breakdown of the vortices.

A Convection Heat Transfer Correlation for a Binary Air-Helium Mixture at Low Reynolds Number

2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (11) ◽  
pp. 1494-1505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arindam Banerjee ◽  
Malcolm J. Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Mixing Layer ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Gas Mixtures ◽  
Correlation Technique ◽  
Hot Wire ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Low Reynolds ◽  
Constant Temperature Anemometer

The results of experiments investigating heat transfer from a hot wire in a binary mixture of air and helium are reported. The measurements were made with a constant temperature anemometer at low Reynolds numbers (0.25<Re<1.2) and correlated by treating the data in terms of a suitably defined Reynolds and Nusselt numbers based on the wire diameter. The correlation was obtained by taking into account the temperature dependency of gas properties, properties of binary gas mixtures, and the fluid slip at the probe surfaces as well as gas accommodation effects. The correlation has been used to measure velocity and velocity-density statistics across a buoyancy driven Rayleigh–Taylor mixing layer with a hot wire. The measured values obtained with the correlation agree well with measurements obtained with a more rigorous and extensive calibration technique (at two different overheat ratios). The reported correlation technique can be used as a faster and less expensive method for calibrating hot wires in binary gas mixtures.

Low Reynolds number heat transfer from a circular cylinder

1968 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Hieber ◽  
B. Gebhart
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Number Theory ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Prandtl Number ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Low Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Low Reynolds ◽  
Theoretical Results

Theoretical results are obtained for forced heat convection from a circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers. Consideration is given to the cases of a moderate and a large Prandtl number, the analysis in each case being based upon the method of matched asymptotic expansions. Comparison between the moderate Prandtl number theory and known experimental results indicates excellent agreement; no relevant experimental work has been found for comparison with the large Prandtl number theory.

Vortex Formation in the Wake of a Vibrating, Flexible Cable

1974 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Ramberg ◽  
O. M. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Vortex Shedding ◽  
Vortex Formation ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Hot Wire ◽  
Near Wake ◽  
Formation Region ◽  
Vortex Streets ◽  
Region Length ◽  
Karman Vortex ◽  
Flexible Cables

The von Karman vortex streets formed in the wakes of vibrating, flexible cables were studied using a hot-wire anemometer. All the experiments took place in the flow regime where the vibration and vortex-shedding frequencies lock together, or synchronize, to control the wake formation. Detailed measurements were made of the vortex formation flow for Reynolds numbers between 230 and 650. As in the case of vibrating cylinders, the formation-region length is dependent on a shedding parameter St* related to the natural Strouhal number and the vibrational conditions. Furthermore, the near wake configuration is found to be dependent on the local amplitude of vibration suggesting that the vibrating cylinder rseults are directly applicable in that region.

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