Numerical and experimental study of the fine structure of a stratified fluid flow over a circular cylinder

The fine structure of the flow field of a continuously stratified fluid around a circular cylinder for small values of the Froude number was investigated in laboratory and numerical experiments. The parameters of the leading perturbation, the internal-wave field, and the cylinder wake were calculated using a two-dimensional model. The existence of the previously experimentally observed high-gradient density layers in the wake that are parallel to the flow axis was for the first time confirmed by numerical calculations. Results of the numerical and experimental studies are in good agreement with each other and with analytical models for small values of the Froude number. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 43–54, January–February, 2007.     

Numerical study of the effects of particles on the near wake around a circular cylinder

In this work, we investigate the dynamics of the near wake in a turbulent flow going past a circular cylinder with/without particles at a moderate Reynolds number using a direct numerical simulation method. High-order finite-deference schemes are applied to solve for the bulk fluid properties, and a Lagrangian approach is adopted to track the individual particles. The single-phase flow is analysed and validated using previous experimental data. Two converged states, U- and V-shaped, are observed in the near wake, which are consistent with the experimental results. For the two-phase flow, the addition of smaller particles shortens the length of the recirculation region and causes a V-shaped profile to form behind the circular cylinder. Furthermore, the particles increase the drag force from the circular cylinder and suppress the vortex shedding frequency. An increase in the turbulent statistics in the very near wake and a decrease in the turbulent statistics further downstream are also observed.     

A study of flow properties near critical points in the near wake of a circular cylinder

By applying the phase-plane technique to velocity data in the near-wake of a circular cylinder, three types of critical points are identified. Foci and saddle points occur most frequently, but a significant number of nodes is also found. Flow topology and properties associated with these points are examined in some detail. While foci and saddle points are associated with maxima of local vorticity and strain rate respectively, nodes are associated with a strong local divergence, indicating significant local three-dimensionality. The relative probability of time delay between critical points is also discussed.     

NUMERICAL STUDY OF PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION IN WAKE OF LIQUID-PARTICLE FLOWS PAST A CIRCULAR CYLINDER USING DISCRETE VORTEX METHOD

Particle-laden water flows past a circular cylinder were numerically investigated. The discrete vortex method (DVM) was employed to evaluate the unsteady water flow fields and a Lagrangian approach was applied for tracking individual solid particles. A dispersion function was defined to represent the dispersion scale of the particle. The wake vortex patterns, the distributions and the time series of dispersion functions of particles with different Stokes numbers were obtained. Numerical results show that the particle distribution in the wake of the circular cylinder is closely related to the particle's Stokes number and the structure of wake vortices: (1) the intermediate sized particles with Stokes numbers, St, of 0.25, 1.0 and 4.0 can not enter the vortex cores and concentrate near the peripheries of the vortex structures, (2) in the circular cylinder wake, the dispersion intensity of particles decreases as St is increased from 0.25 to 4.0.     

Numerical study on mixed convection from a constant wall temperature circular cylinder in zero-mean velocity oscillating cooling flows

Fluid flow and heat transfer of mixed convection from a constant wall temperature circular cylinder in zero-mean velocity oscillating cooling flows have been simulated based on the projection method with two dimensional exponential stretched staggered cylindrical meshes. Cycle mean temperature and secondary streaming are obtained by the method of partial sums of the Fourier series. Present numerical results are validated by comparing the heat transfer results of free convection and the secondary streaming of pure oscillating flow over a circular cylinder to published experimental and numerical results. The complete structures of the cycle mean temperature and secondary streaming patterns are provided by numerical simulations over wide ranges of the Reynolds number, the Keulegan–Carpenter number and the Richardson number. Based on turning points of the curves of the overall Nusselt numbers versus Reynolds numbers and the characteristics of the cycle averaged temperature and flow patterns, the heat transfer can be divided into three linear regimes (conduction, laminar convection, and turbulent convection dominated regimes) and two non-linear transition regimes. The effects of wave directions, amplitudes, frequencies, and buoyancy forces on the enhancement of heat transfer are also investigated. The effective ranges of the governing parameters for heat transfer enhancement are identified.     

Numerical investigation of the hydrodynamic drag of a circular cylinder coated with a thin layer of magnetic fluid

In order to reduce the drag of bodies in a viscous flow it has been proposed to apply to the surface exposed to the flow a layer of magnetic fluid, which can be retained by means of a magnetic field and thus act as a lubricant between the external flow and the body [1, 2]. In [1] the hydrodynamic drag of a current-carrying cylindrical conductor coated with a uniform layer of magnetic fluid was theoretically investigated at small Reynolds numbers. In order to simplify the equations of motion, the Oseen approximation was introduced for the free stream and the Stokes approximation for the magnetic fluid [3]. This approach has led to the finding of an exact analytic solution from which it follows that at Reynolds numbers Re 1 the drag of the cylinder can be considerably reduced if the viscosity of its magnetic-fluid coating is much less than the viscosity of the flow. The main purpose of the present study is to investigate, with reference to the same problem, how the magnetic-fluid coating affects the hydrodynamic drag at Reynolds numbers 1 Re 10²–10³, i.e., under separated flow conditions. In this case the simplifications associated with neglecting the nonlinear inertial terms in the Navier—Stokes equation are inadmissible, so that a solution can be obtained only by numerical methods.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 11–16, May–June, 1986.     

Motion of a circular cylinder near a vertical wall

We consider the arbitrary motion of a circular cylinder in an ideal fluid near a vertical wall. This problem is usually solved in the approximate formulation with a degree of error which is difficult to assess, increasing with approach of the cylinder to the wall [1, 2], The exact solution has previously been carried out only for the case of purely circulatory flow about the cylinder [3].     

Conjugate shear flows of a weakly stratified fluid

This paper studies the problem of pairs of horizontal shear flows of weakly stratified fluids with identical mass, momentum, and energy fluxes. The initial problem is reduced to a system of two scalar equations for the main- and perturbed-flow parameters by using bifurcation methods. The existence conditions for nontrivial branches of conjugate flows close to the main flow are investigated. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 79–88, March–April, 2009.     

Oscillations of a cylinder piercing a linearly stratified fluid layer

The plane problem of the small steady-state oscillations of a horizontal cylinder arbitrarily located in a three-layer fluid whose upper and lower layers are homogeneous and whose middle layer is linearly stratified is considered in the linear formulation using the Boussinesq approximation. The fluid is assumed to be ideal and incompressible. The method of mass sources distributed along the body contour is used in the internal wave generation regime and an integral equation for the fluid pressure is derived in the non-wave regime. The hydrodynamic load acting on the body is calculated as a function of the oscillation frequency of the cylinder and its location. The results are compared with experimental data.     

Numerical analysis of vortex cell efficiency in laminar and turbulent flows past a circular cylinder with embedded rotating bodies

The effect of flow intensification in small-sized vortex cells on the flow pattern in the near wake downstream of a cylinder and the cylinder drag in laminar and turbulent flows is analyzed on the basis of a numerical simulation of the two-dimensional steady-state flow past a circular cylinder with rotating cylindrical bodies built into the cylinder contour. St. Petersburg, Saratov. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 88–96, July–August, 2000. The study was carried out with the support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (projects Nos. 99-01-01115 and 99-01-00772).     

Two classes of vibrations of a short circular cylinder

This paper gives a solution of the stationary dynamic problem of elasticity which describes two classes of natural nonaxisymmetric vibrations of a finite circular cylinder. In the particular case of axial symmetry, the resulting solution describes two well-known classes of axisymmetric vibrations: vibrations of the first class become longitudinal-transverse vibrations and vibrations of the second class become torsional vibrations. The existence of two classes of nonaxisymmetric vibrations is due to the boundary conditions at the ends. It is shown that as the length (height) of the cylinder increases, the effect of the boundary conditions at the ends on the frequency spectrum reduces, and the vibration frequencies of the two classes become similar and then identical.     

On the topological bifurcation of flows around a rotating circular cylinder

Flow fields around a rotating circular cylinder in a uniform stream are computed using a low dimensional Galerkin method. Reslts show that the formation of a Fopple vortex pair behind a stationary circular cylinder is caused by the structural instability in the vicinity of the saddle located at the rear of the cylinder. For rotating cylinder a bifurcation diagram with the consideration of two parameters, Reynolds numberRe and rotation parameter α, is built by a kinematic analysis of the steady flow fields. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China     

Hydrodynamic characteristics of a wing in a stratified fluid near the bottom

The problem of the motion of a thin wing in a stratified fluid near the bottom is considered. A solution is found using the logarithmic dynamic potential. The dependence of the hydrodynamic force and moment on the input parameters, namely, the Strouhal and Froude numbers and the distance to the bottom, is studied. An important feature of the amplitudes of nonstationary loads on the wing is their nonmonotonic character in the case where the frequency of vibrations is lower than the Brunt-Väisälä frequency, which is explained by the interaction between the wing's vibrations and the internal waves reflected from the bottom.     

Flow of non-Newtonian fluid contained in a fixed circular cylinder due to the longitudinal oscillation of a concentric circular cylinder

Summary The flow of a Reiner-Rivlin fluid between two coaxial porous circular cylinders has been studied. The inner cylinder performs a steady oscillation while the outer one is fixed.The exact solution of this problem has been obtained and approximate solutions for the two extreme cases, very small and very high frequencies, have been derived.     

Investigation of slow monatomic gas flows past a circular cylinder

Slow low-Knudsen-number monatomic-gas flow past a circular cylinder is numerically investigated on the basis of a model kinetic equation. The gas flow is described by a new kinetic equation, from which the continuum equations for slow nonisothermal gas flows containing temperature stresses follow rigorously. It is shown that a closed convective-flow region arises near a nonuniformly heated cylinder in a slow gas flow if the flow impinges on the hot side of its surface. Using a new model of the Boltzmann equation makes it possible to study gas flows both in continuum and rarefied flow regimes.     

Wave motions near a translating plate in a stratified fluid with infinite depth

The dynamics of two horizontal inviscid liquid layers induced by a vertical wavemaker is studied analytically, followed by a numerical analysis. The focus is put on the time dependent motion of the two interfaces, formed between the two liquid layers and between the upper layer and the air above. The singularities that would appear in the two contact lines (the three-phase lines formed by the wavemaker, the liquids, and the air) in most variable-separating techniques are suppressed by a Fourier-integral method, which generates uniformly valid solutions; the surface elevations at the contact lines remain finite for all time. Various wavemaker velocities are considered for realistic applications of the results. The study is initially prompted by the oil-skimming problem, one of the main issues of which is to determine the optimum speed of the oil skirt, without leaving the spilt oil behind. By obtaining the locations of the two interfaces though this study, the motion of the oil layer (upper liquid) can be determined precisely, based on conservation laws.     

Diffraction of internal waves by a circular cylinder near the pycnocline

Propagation of internal waves over a circular cylinder under the conditions of a continuous stratification characterized by the presence of a high-gradient density layer (the pycnocline) of finite thickness is studied. The dependences of the coefficent of wave propagation on the wavelength of the first-mode incident wave for various thicknesses of the pycnocline are obtained. In the diffraction of internal waves, substantial nonlinear effects are shown to occur, which result in the appearance of waves of double oscillation frequency compared to the frequency of the incident waves. The generation coefficient for these waves is found. Lavrent’ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 79–85, March–April, 1999.