Three-dimensional flow around two circular cylinders of different diameters in a close proximity

J. Thapa; M. Zhao; Liang Cheng; Tongming Zhou

doi:10.1063/1.4928306

Three-dimensional flow around two circular cylinders of different diameters in a close proximity

J. Thapa, M. Zhao, Liang Cheng, Tongming Zhou

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© 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. Flow past two cylinders of different diameters in close proximity is simulated numerically for a constant diameter ratio of 0.45, a gap ratio of 0.0625, and a Reynolds number of 1000 (defined using the diameter of the main cylinder). The effect of the position angle α of the small cylinder relative to the large one on force coefficients and wake flow patterns are studied. Depending on the position angle a of the small cylinder, four wake flow modes are identified: the upstream interference mode for α = 0°, 22.5°, and 45°, the intermittent attached gap flow mode for α = 67.5° and 90°, the attached gap flow mode for α = 112.5° and 135°, and the wake interference mode for α = 157.5° and 180°. The RMS lift coefficients of both cylinders are reduced significantly compared with that of a single cylinder, regardless of the position angle of the small cylinder. Although the variation trends of the mean drag and lift coefficients with the position angle of the small cylinder obtained from the two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) simulations are similar, the 2D simulations overestimate the mean drag coefficient, the RMS drag and lift coefficients compared with those obtained from the 3D simulations.

Original language	English
Article number	085106
Pages (from-to)	085106-1 - 085106-16
Journal	Physics of Fluids
Volume	27
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4928306
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2015

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Copyright 2015, American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in: Thapa, J., Zhao, M., Cheng, L., & Zhou, T. (2015). Three-dimensional flow around two circular cylinders of different diameters in a close proximity. PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 27(8), 085106-1 - 085106-16, and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4928306
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