Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University ›› 2017, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (4): 504-.

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Effect of Splitter Plate Length on Hydrodynamic#br#  Performance Around Cylinder at High Reynolds Numbers

GAO Yun1,2,WANG Menghao1,ZONG Zhi3,ZOU Li3,PENG Geng1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploration,
     Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China;
    2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 1138656, Japan;
    3. School of Naval Architecture, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning, China
  • Online:2017-04-03 Published:2017-04-03

Abstract:

Influence of splitter plate length on characteristics of flow past a circular cylinder at high Reynolds numbers is investigated using large eddy simulation (LES). Lift coefficients, drag coefficients, Strouhal numbers and vortex shedding patterns of different splitter plate lengths are compared and analyzed. The results of analysis show: based on the time histories of lift coefficients and drag coefficients, the splitter plate lengths could be divided into three regimes, which are the stable regime I (when the splitter plate length L=0D, D is the diameter of the circular cylinder), the unstable regime II (L=0.5D-1.0D), and the stable again regime III (L=1.5D-8.0D). When splitter plate length changes from regime I to regime II, there is a sudden drop of Strouhal number. When splitter plate length changes from regime II to regime III, there is a sudden increase of Strouhal number. With the increase of splitter plate length, the vortex shedding pattern of flow field changes from 2S to 2P.

Key words: Circular cylinder, Splitter plate, Large eddy simulation, High Reynolds numbers, Flow characteristics

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