Benchmark on the aerodynamics of a rectangular 5: 1 cylinder: an overview after the first four years of activity

L Bruno, MV Salvetti, F Ricciardelli - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2014 - Elsevier
In July 2008, a benchmark study on the aerodynamics of a stationary rectangular cylinder
with chord-to-depth ratio equal to 5 (BARC) was launched. This paper gives an outline of the …

The effect of turbulence intensity on the unsteady gust loading on a 5: 1 rectangular cylinder

S Li, Y Liu, M Li, W Zeng, S Gu, Y Gao - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work aims to study the effects of turbulence intensity on the three-dimensional
spatial distribution of unsteady gust loading on a 5: 1 rectangular cylinder. Three types of …

Laminar flow over a rectangular cylinder experiencing torsional flutter: Dynamic response, forces and coherence modes

Q Zhu, L Zhou, J Wen, T Liu, J Zhang, H Tang… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This study investigates the flutter response of a rectangular cylinder model with an aspect
ratio of 5 at the Reynolds number Re= 100 via direct numerical simulation. The effects of two …

The effects of free-stream turbulence and angle of attack on the aerodynamics of a cylinder with rectangular 5: 1 cross section

C Mannini, AM Marra, L Pigolotti, G Bartoli - Journal of Wind Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
The aerodynamics of a stationary two-dimensional cylinder with rectangular 5: 1 cross
section is the object of an international experimental and numerical benchmark study …

Energetic scales in a bluff body shear layer

DM Moore, CW Letchford, M Amitay - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
A detailed experimental campaign into separated shear layers stemming from rectangular
sections (having aspect ratios of 5: 1, 3: 1 and 1: 1) was carried out at Reynolds numbers …

Aerodynamic interference effects of bridge-train-like bluff bodies with small flow attack angle

Q Zhu, L Zhou, KT Tse, X Ning, H Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This paper employs numerical simulation to examine the impact of variations in flow angle of
attack (α) and low Reynolds number (Re) on the aerodynamic performance of the RC-TLBB …

Numerical investigation on the three-dimensional unsteady flow past a 5: 1 rectangular cylinder

C Mannini, A Šoda, G Schewe - Journal of wind engineering and industrial …, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the three-dimensional simulation of the unsteady flow around a
stationary 5: 1 rectangular cylinder at zero-degree angle of attack, low Mach number (M∞ …

Simulated flow around a rectangular 5: 1 cylinder: Spanwise discretisation effects and emerging flow features

L Bruno, N Coste, D Fransos - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2012 - Elsevier
In the present contribution, a systematic parametrical study on the spanwise length of the
computational domain and on the spanwise grid density is proposed in the framework of the …

Numerical simulation of a 5: 1 rectangular cylinder at non-null angles of attack

L Patruno, M Ricci, S de Miranda, F Ubertini - Journal of Wind Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, the flow around a rectangular cylinder with aspect ratio 5: 1 is studied at three
attack angles by means of both LES and URANS simulations. Despite its geometric …

Experimental determination of the two-dimensional aerodynamic admittances of a 5: 1 rectangular cylinder in streamwise sinusoidal flows

B Wu, S Li, L Zhang, K Li - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aerodynamic loadings of a 5: 1 rectangular cylinder in one-dimensional sinusoidal flows
are experimentally tested in a multiple-fan active control wind tunnel. A series of single …