Hierarchy of coherent vortices in turbulence behind a cylinder

J Fujino, Y Motoori, S Goto - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
To draw concrete pictures of the hierarchy of multiscale coherent vortices in turbulence
behind a cylinder and to reveal their sustaining mechanism, we conduct direct numerical …

[HTML][HTML] Coherent structures in the turbulent stepped cylinder flow at ReD= 5000

D Massaro, A Peplinski, P Schlatter - International Journal of Heat and Fluid …, 2023 - Elsevier
The coherent structures arising in the turbulent flow around a three-dimensional stepped (or
step) cylinder are studied through direct numerical simulation. This geometry is widespread …

Direct numerical simulation of the turbulent flow around a Flettner rotor

D Massaro, M Karp, N Jansson, S Markidis… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The three-dimensional turbulent flow around a Flettner rotor, ie an engine-driven rotating
cylinder in an atmospheric boundary layer, is studied via direct numerical simulations (DNS) …

Asymmetric cellular bi-stability in the gap between tandem cylinders

TE Aasland, B Pettersen, HI Andersson… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
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 …

Coexistence of natural and forced vortex dislocations in step cylinder flow

C Tian, J Zhu, LE Holmedal - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The wake behind a step cylinder [consisting of a small diameter cylinder (d) and a large
diameter cylinder (D)] with diameter ratio D/d= 2 at Reynolds number Re D= 200 (the mode …

[HTML][HTML] Flow over two inline rough cylinders in the postcritical regime

A Pasam, DT Smith, D Burton, MC Thompson - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This study investigates the flow behavior over roughened inline cylinders for postcritical flow,
a parameter space with relatively little prior scrutiny. Two cylinders of the same relative …

Free-surface effects on the flow around two circular cylinders in tandem

F Zhao, R Wang, H Zhu, Y Cao, Y Bao… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
This paper presents a numerical study on the flow around two tandem circular cylinders
beneath a free surface at a Reynolds number of. A jet-like flow accompanied by a shear …

Turbulent flow around convex curved tandem cylinders

TE Aasland, B Pettersen, HI Andersson… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Turbulent flow around curved tandem cylinders has been studied for the first time, by means
of direct numerical simulation. The convex configuration was used, with a nominal gap ratio …

Flow topology in the gap and wake of convex curved tandem cylinders

TE Aasland, B Pettersen, HI Andersson… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Flow around curved tandem cylinders in the convex configuration has been studied by
means of direct numerical simulations, for a Reynolds number of 500 and a nominal gap …

On the bi-stability of flow around two tandem circular cylinders at a subcritical Reynolds number of 3900

C Zeng, Y Hu, J Zhou, L Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
To investigate the characteristics of the bi-stable flow at subcritical Reynolds numbers, large
eddy simulation is adopted to simulate the crossflow around two tandem circular cylinders at …