Low Reynolds number flow over a square cylinder with a detached flat plate
2012
Mat Ali, M. | Doolan, C. | Wheatley, V.
A numerical study of the alteration of a square cylinder wake using a detached downstream thin flat plate is presented. The wake is generated by a uniform flow of Reynolds number 150 based on the side length of the cylinder, D. The sensitivity of the near wake structure to the downstream position of the plate is investigated by varying the gap distance (G) along the wake centerline in the range 0≤G≤7D for a constant plate length of L=D. A critical gap distance is observed to occur at G c≈2.3D that indicates the existence of two flow regimes. Regime I is characterised by vortex formation occurring downstream of the gap while for regime II, formation occurs within the gap. By varying the plate length and gap distance, a condition is found where significant unsteady total lift reduction can occur. The root mean square lift reduction is limited by an unsteady stall process on the plate. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
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