简介:Throughaseriesofmodeltests,thewaveforcesonhorizontalandinclinedcircularcylindersaremeasuredandanalyzed.BasedonMorisonEquationandStokessecondorderwavetheory,therelationshipbetweenthehydrodynamicforcecoefficientswithKCnumberandsub-mergedwaterdepthaswellforhorizontalcylindersareanalyzed,alsotherelationshipbetweenthehydrodynamicforcecoefficientswithKCnumber,inclinedangleandtheeffectofwaterfreesurfaceaswellfortheinclinedcylindersareinvestigated.
简介:Theflowbehindathree-dimensionalrotationallyoscillatingcircularcylinderwasstudiedbyanumericalmethod.ThecomputationswereperformedataReynoldsnumberof260,whichisatalevelthattheflowwakehasdevelopedintoathree-dimensionalstatecalledMode-B.Thepurposeofthispaperistoexaminetheinfluenceofvariousrotationalamplitudes(0.1-0.7)onthewakeinstabilityoftheflow,whiletheoscillationfrequencyisfixedtothevalueofthatmeasuredinthewakeofastationarycylinder.Theresultsshowthattherotationwithsufficientlyhighamplitudebringstheflowbacktoitsnominaltwo-dimensionalstate.Moreover,itisfoundthatthevalueofthetime-averageddragandtheRMSvalueoftheliftarelargerthanthoseofastationarycircularcylinder.
简介:Oscillatingflowaroundacircularcylinderinthevicinityofaplanewallwasinvestigatedbysolvingthetwo-dimensionalincompressibleNavier-StokesequationswithafiniteelementGalarkinresidualmethod.TheeffectofthegapGDbetweenthecylindersurfaceandthewallontheflowbehaviorwasstudied.ForthecaseofGD≤0.25,theperiodicityintheflowisattributedtoboththeoutershearlayerinstabilityandtheoscillatingfrequency.AsGD>0.25,vortexsheddingoccursandtheperiodicityintheflowismainlyduetothecompetitionoftheoscillatingfrequencyandthevortexsheddingfrequencyfromanisolatedstationarycylinder.
简介:TheseparatedturbulentflowaroundacircularcylinderisinvestigatedusingLarge-EddySimulation(LES),Detached-EddySimulation(DES,orhybridRANS/LESmethods),andUnsteadyReynolds-AveragedNavier-Stokes(URANS).Thepurposeofthisstudyistoexaminesometypicalsimulationapproachesforthepredictionofcomplexseparatedturbulentflowandtoclarifythecapabilityofapplyingtheseapproachestoatypicalcaseoftheseparatedturbulentflowaroundacircularcylinder.Severalturbulencemodels,i.e.dynamicSub-gridScale(SGS)modelinLES,theDES-basedSpalart-Allmaras(S-A)andk?ωShear-Stress-Transport(SST)modelsinDES,andtheS-AandSSTmodelsinURANS,areusedinthecalculations.Sometypicalresults,e.g.,themeanpressureanddragcoefficients,velocityprofiles,Strouhalnumber,andReynoldsstresses,areobtainedandcomparedwithpreviouscomputationalandexperimentaldata.Basedonourextensivecalculations,weassessthecapabilityandperformanceofthesesimulationapproachescoupledwiththerelevantturbulencemodelstopredicttheseparatedturbulentflow.
简介:FlowsaroundacircularcylinderdisplayinganunsteadyvortexsheddingprocessattheReynoldsnumbersof1000,3900and1×104arestudiedusingafinite-volumeTotalVariationDiminishing(TVD)schemeforsolvingtheUnsteadyReynolds-AveragedNavier-Stokes(URANS)equations.AnElementalVelocityVectorTransformation(EVVT)approachisproposedforthelocalnormalandtangentialvelocitytransformationattheinterfacesofmainandsatelliteelements.Thepresentedmethodisvalidatedbycomparingwiththeavailableexperimentaldataandnumericalresults.Itisshownthatthetwo-dimensionalTVDfinitevolumemethodwiththeRenormalizationGroup(RNG)turbulencemodelcanbeusedtodeterminehydrodynamicforcesandcapturesvortexsheddingcharacteristicsverywell.
简介:Physicalmodeltestswerecounductedtopredictlocalscourandmaximumscourdeptharoundthelargediametercylinderslocatedinthe(sand)seabedundertheactionofbothwaveandcurrent.Accordingtotheresultoftests,ananalysiswasmadeonallthefactorsinfluencingthescour.Theresultsshowsthatfortheseabedwithrelativefinegrainsinshallowwater(0.07<h/L≤0.28),whentherelativediameterD/Lofthecylinderiswithin0.3-0.7,themaineffectivescourfactorsaroundthecylinderintheseabedarediameterDofthecylinder,thewaveheightH,thewavelengthL,thevelocityVcofthecurrentandtheparametersrelatedtotheseabedsoiltexture.Themainparametersinfluecingthemaximumscourdepthwereanalyzed,andthetestdataweresyntherized,toobtaintheformulapredictingthescourdeptharoundthelargediametercylinderundertheofbothwaveandcurrent.
简介:Inthispaper,aniterationmethodispresentedtocalculatethesteadynoseparationflowpastacircularcylinderwithbrokenline-shapedvelocityprofile.Ateachiterationstep,thestreamlinesofthelaststepareconsideredasequivorticitylinestodeterminethenewflowfield.Theiterativeprocessisstoppedwhencertainconvergencecriterionisreached.Severalexamplesaregivenwhichshowtheeffectivenessofthemethod.
简介:Adimpleappearsonafreesurfacewhilerotatingacylindertankfilledwithliquid.Thedimplestartstoconcentricallydeepertoadrainportatthebottomcenterofthetank.Overtime,thedimplepenetratesthedrainport,afreesurfaceformsalongandslenderstringshapeinthetank,andaso-calledvortexing(aircore)phenomenonoccurs.Thegenerationofavortexcoredependsonthesizeofthetankanddrainport,andonthepropertiesoftheliquidinthetank.Inthisstudy,theliquidlevelandthetimeatwhichthevortexcoreisinitiallygeneratedarenumericallyinvestigatedusingdifferentvaluesoftankdiameter,drainportdiameter,andinitialtankrotationalspeeds.Insteadofafullthree-dimensionalanalysis,atwo-dimensionalaxisymmetricsimulationisconducted.Themomentumconservationequationinthecircumferentialdirectionisadditionallysolvedinthetwo-dimensionalmeshsystem.Severalnon-dimensionalvariablesarecreated:theratiooftheaircoregenerationdistanceandtankdiameter,thediameterratioofthetankanddrainport,therotationalReynoldsnumber,therotationalFroudenumber,andtherotationalWebernumber.Finally,thenon-dimensionalaircoregenerationdistanceiscorrelatedwiththeothernon-dimensionalparameters.
简介:Thepurposeofthispaperistofindsomebettermethodsforcalculatingin-lineforcesonaverticalcircularcylinderandforanalysingthehydrodynamiccoefficientsC_DandC_Minwave-currentco-existingfield.Inthispa-per,inordertocalculatehydrodynamicforces,theauthorstrytofindawayofapplyingagreatnumberofthere-sultsaboutC_DandC_Mforwave-onlyfieldinthecaseofwave-currentco-existingfield,andtheresultsaboutC_DandC_Mobtainedinregularwavesintheeaseofirregularwaves.Suchawaymaybeofsignificanceinengineeringandfurtherresearch.