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Unsteady RANS and detached-eddy simulations of flow around a circular cylinder in ground effect

Unsteady RANS and detached-eddy simulations of flow around a circular cylinder in ground effect
Unsteady RANS and detached-eddy simulations of flow around a circular cylinder in ground effect
Unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) simulations and detached-eddy simulations (DES) were
performed of flow around a circular cylinder placed near and parallel to a moving ground, on which substantially no
boundary layer developed to interfere with the cylinder. The results were compared with experiments previously
reported by the authors to examine how accurately the URANS and DES can predict the cessation of von Ka´rma´ n-type vortex shedding and the attendant critical drag reduction of the cylinder in ground effect. The DES, which were performed in a three-dimensional domain with spanwise periodicity imposed, correctly captured the cessation of the
vortex shedding, whereas both two- and three-dimensional URANS also predicted it but at a much smaller gapto-
diameter ratio compared with the experiments. The wake structures of the cylinder predicted by the DES were in
good agreement with the experiments in both large- and small-gap regimes, and also in the intermediate-gap regime,
where the DES captured the intermittence of the vortex shedding in the near-wake region. Based on the results
obtained, further discussions are also given to the reason why the von Ka´rma´ n-type vortices in the URANS solutions
incorrectly ‘survived’ until the cylinder came much closer to the ground.
unsteady rans (urans), detached-eddy simulation (des), circular cylinder, ground effect, vortex shedding, wake instability
0889-9746
18-33
Nishino, T.
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Roberts, G.T.
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Zhang, X.
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Nishino, T.
65126c0c-8752-475a-bce1-07584392c1bc
Roberts, G.T.
deaf59ac-e4ee-4fc2-accf-df0639d39368
Zhang, X.
3056a795-80f7-4bbd-9c75-ecbc93085421

Nishino, T., Roberts, G.T. and Zhang, X. (2008) Unsteady RANS and detached-eddy simulations of flow around a circular cylinder in ground effect. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 24 (1), 18-33. (doi:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2007.06.002).

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Unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) simulations and detached-eddy simulations (DES) were
performed of flow around a circular cylinder placed near and parallel to a moving ground, on which substantially no
boundary layer developed to interfere with the cylinder. The results were compared with experiments previously
reported by the authors to examine how accurately the URANS and DES can predict the cessation of von Ka´rma´ n-type vortex shedding and the attendant critical drag reduction of the cylinder in ground effect. The DES, which were performed in a three-dimensional domain with spanwise periodicity imposed, correctly captured the cessation of the
vortex shedding, whereas both two- and three-dimensional URANS also predicted it but at a much smaller gapto-
diameter ratio compared with the experiments. The wake structures of the cylinder predicted by the DES were in
good agreement with the experiments in both large- and small-gap regimes, and also in the intermediate-gap regime,
where the DES captured the intermittence of the vortex shedding in the near-wake region. Based on the results
obtained, further discussions are also given to the reason why the von Ka´rma´ n-type vortices in the URANS solutions
incorrectly ‘survived’ until the cylinder came much closer to the ground.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 20 September 2007
Published date: January 2008
Keywords: unsteady rans (urans), detached-eddy simulation (des), circular cylinder, ground effect, vortex shedding, wake instability
Organisations: Aerodynamics & Flight Mechanics

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Local EPrints ID: 64092
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/64092
ISSN: 0889-9746
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Date deposited: 01 Dec 2008
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 11:46

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Author: T. Nishino
Author: G.T. Roberts
Author: X. Zhang

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