Asymmetric cellular bi-stability in the gap between tandem cylinders

In the gap region of tandem cylinders, within the reattachment regime, bi-stability is seen to be cellular. Direct numerical simulations at a Reynolds number of 500, and a gap ratio of 3.0, show that shedding of gap vortices occurs in spanwise cells, with lengths between 0.3 and 2.7 cylinder diamete...

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Published in:Journal of fluid mechanics 2023-07, Vol.966, Article A39
Main Authors: Aasland, Tale E., Pettersen, Bjørnar, Andersson, Helge I., Jiang, Fengjian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asymmetry
Cells
Cylinders
Cytology
Diameters
Direct numerical simulation
Fluid flow
Frequency dependence
Frequency modulation
Frequency variation
JFM Papers
Ratios
Reynolds number
Shear layers
Stability
Vortices
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Summary:In the gap region of tandem cylinders, within the reattachment regime, bi-stability is seen to be cellular. Direct numerical simulations at a Reynolds number of 500, and a gap ratio of 3.0, show that shedding of gap vortices occurs in spanwise cells, with lengths between 0.3 and 2.7 cylinder diameters. These unstable vortex cells tend to be asymmetric with respect to the gap centreline, so that vortices are repeatedly shed from just one gap shear layer for several periods. The unstable cells appear within the basic spanwise cell structure dictated by the three-dimensional instability, and their cell lengths do not exceed those of the basic cells. Unstable cells intermittently become spanwise coherent, and this leads to a significant increase in drag amplitude. The mode change in the gap is associated with low-frequency variation of the reattachment and separation points on the downstream cylinder, causing low-frequency modulation of the vortex formation length.
ISSN:0022-1120
1469-7645
DOI:10.1017/jfm.2023.468