Span effect on the turbulence nature of flow past a circular cylinder
Span effect on the turbulence nature of flow past a circular cylinder
Turbulent flow evolution and energy cascades are significantly different in two- dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) flows. Studies have investigated these differences in obstacle-free turbulent flows, but solid boundaries have an important impact on the cross-over between 3D to 2D turbulence dynamics. In this work, we investigate the span effect on the turbulence nature of flow past a circular cylinder at Re = 10000. It is found that even for highly anisotropic geometries, 3D small-scale structures detach from the walls. Additionally, the natural large-scale rotation of the K ́arm ́an vortices rapidly two-dimensionalises those structures if the span is 50% of the diameter or less. We show this is linked to the span being shorter than the Mode B instability wavelength. The conflicting 3D small-scale structures and 2D K ́arm ́an vortices result in 2D and 3D turbulence dynamics which can coexist at certain locations of the wake depending on the domain geometric anisotropy.
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Font Garcia, Bernat
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Weymouth, Gabriel
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Nguyen, Vihn-Tan
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Tutty, Owen
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10 November 2019
Font Garcia, Bernat
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Weymouth, Gabriel
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Nguyen, Vihn-Tan
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Tutty, Owen
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Font Garcia, Bernat, Weymouth, Gabriel, Nguyen, Vihn-Tan and Tutty, Owen
(2019)
Span effect on the turbulence nature of flow past a circular cylinder.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 878, .
(doi:10.1017/jfm.2019.637).
Abstract
Turbulent flow evolution and energy cascades are significantly different in two- dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) flows. Studies have investigated these differences in obstacle-free turbulent flows, but solid boundaries have an important impact on the cross-over between 3D to 2D turbulence dynamics. In this work, we investigate the span effect on the turbulence nature of flow past a circular cylinder at Re = 10000. It is found that even for highly anisotropic geometries, 3D small-scale structures detach from the walls. Additionally, the natural large-scale rotation of the K ́arm ́an vortices rapidly two-dimensionalises those structures if the span is 50% of the diameter or less. We show this is linked to the span being shorter than the Mode B instability wavelength. The conflicting 3D small-scale structures and 2D K ́arm ́an vortices result in 2D and 3D turbulence dynamics which can coexist at certain locations of the wake depending on the domain geometric anisotropy.
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Accepted/In Press date: 15 July 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 September 2019
Published date: 10 November 2019
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/434866
ISSN: 0022-1120
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