Numerical investigation on vortex-induced vibration of an elastically mounted circular cylinder at low Reynolds number using the fictitious domain method |
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| Authors: | Chunning Ji Zhong Xiao Yuanzhan Wang Huakun Wang |
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| Institution: | 1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Harbor and Ocean Engineering, School of Civil Engineering , Tianjin University , Tianjin, 300072, P.R., China;2. Department of Engineering, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary , University of London , London, E1 4NS, UK j.chunning@qmul.ac.uk;4. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Harbor and Ocean Engineering, School of Civil Engineering , Tianjin University , Tianjin, 300072, P.R., China |
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| Abstract: | A direct numerical simulation of two-dimensional (2D) flow past an elastically mounted circular cylinder at low Reynolds number using the fictitious domain method had been undertaken. The cylinder motion was modelled by a two degree-of-freedom mass–spring–damper system. The computing code was verified against a benchmark problem in which flow past a stationary circular cylinder is simulated. Then, analyses of vortex-induced vibration (VIV) responses, drag and lift forces and the phase and vortex structures were carried out. Results show that the cylinder's non-dimensional cross-flow response amplitude reaches its summit of 0.572 in the ‘lock-in’ regime. The ‘2S’, instead of the ‘2P’, vortex shedding mode is dominated in the ‘lower’ branch for this 2D low-Re VIV. A secondary oscillation is observed in the lift force when ‘lock-in’ occurs. It is shown that this secondary component changes the phase, offset the energy input by the primary component and thus reduces the cylinder responses. Effects of the Skop–Griffin parameter on cylinder responses were also investigated. |
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| Keywords: | vortex-induced vibration fictitious domain method direct numerical simulation circular cylinder low Reynolds number flow |
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