The Effect of the Layout of a Rigid Splitter Plate on the Flow-Induced Vibration of a Downstream Cylinder Subjected to Wake Flow
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Numerical Model
2.1. Cylinder–Plate Model
2.2. Hydrodynamic Parameters and Governing Equations
2.3. Numerical Mesh and Boundary Conditions
3. Numerical Model Validation
3.1. Grid Independence Verification
3.2. Numerical Method Verification
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Response Amplitude and Frequency
4.2. Hydrodynamic Coefficients
4.3. Wake Patterns
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Mesh | Mesh Parameter | Downstream Cylinder–Plate Body | ||||||
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Nc | Npe | Nbe | A* | f* | CD-ave | CL-rms | Computation Cost (Hours per Cycle) | |
M1 | 172 | 6966 | 30,340 | 0.398 | 0.925 | 0.728 | 0.998 | 0.64 |
M2 | 220 | 11,130 | 47,061 | 0.399 | 0.925 | 0.733 | 0.974 | 0.86 |
M3 | 316 | 20,502 | 79,788 | 0.400 | 0.925 | 0.737 | 0.957 | 1.89 |
M4 | 563 | 46,666 | 14,9476 | 0.399 | 0.925 | 0.735 | 0.964 | 2.48 |
Method | CD-ave | CL-rms | St | |
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Present study | Numerical simulation | 1.35 | 0.48 | 0.195 |
Wieselsberger [36] | Model test | 1.29 | — | — |
Qu et al. [37] | Numerical simulation | 1.32 | 0.46 | 0.196 |
Amini and Zahed [26] | Numerical simulation | 1.31 | 0.46 | 0.196 |
Stationary Flow | VIV | Galloping | |
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DC | − | 1.0 ≤ Ur ≤ 40.0 | − |
DPC | − | 1.0 ≤ Ur ≤ 40.0 | − |
DCP | − | 1.0 ≤ Ur ≤ 36.0 | Ur > 36.0 |
DPCP | 1.0 ≤ Ur < 5.0; 5.0 < Ur ≤ 36.0 | Ur = 5.0 | − |
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Ruan, L.; Yu, D.; Bao, J.; Zhao, J. The Effect of the Layout of a Rigid Splitter Plate on the Flow-Induced Vibration of a Downstream Cylinder Subjected to Wake Flow. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11, 2138. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11112138
Ruan L, Yu D, Bao J, Zhao J. The Effect of the Layout of a Rigid Splitter Plate on the Flow-Induced Vibration of a Downstream Cylinder Subjected to Wake Flow. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2023; 11(11):2138. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11112138
Chicago/Turabian StyleRuan, Li, Dingyong Yu, Jian Bao, and Jinxin Zhao. 2023. "The Effect of the Layout of a Rigid Splitter Plate on the Flow-Induced Vibration of a Downstream Cylinder Subjected to Wake Flow" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 11, no. 11: 2138. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11112138