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Effect of Large Scale 3-D Structures on the Flow Around a Heated Cylinder at Low Reynolds Number

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dc.contributor.authorStefano Rolfoen_US
dc.contributor.authorKonstantinos Kopsidasen_US
dc.contributor.authorShahnurriman A. Rahmanen_US
dc.contributor.authorCharles Moulinecen_US
dc.contributor.authorDavid R. Emersonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T05:59:08Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T05:59:08Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionVolume:101en_US
dc.description.abstractThis work presents results of flow around a heated circular cylinder in mixed convection regime and demonstrates that Prandtl number and angle of attack of the incoming flow have a large influence on the characterisation of the flow transition from 2-D to 3-D. Previous studies show that heat transfer can enhance the formation of large 3-D structures in the wake of the cylinder for Reynolds numbers between 75 and 127 and a Richardson number larger than 0.35. This transitional mode is generally identified as �mode E�. In this work, we compare the results for water-based flow (large Prandtl number) with the ones for air-based flows (low Prandtl number). The comparison is carried out at two Reynolds numbers (100 and 150) and at a fixed Richardson number of 1. It shows that at the low Reynolds number of 100 the low Prandtl number flow does not enter into transition. This is caused by the impairment of the baroclinic vorticity production provoked by the spanwise temperature gradient. At low Prandtl number temperature gradients are less steep. For an air-based flow at Reynolds number 150, several Richardson numbers have been simulated. In this situation, the flow enters into transition and exhibits the characteristics of �mode E�, with the development of ?-shaped structures in the near wake and mushroom-like structures in the far wake. It is also observed that the transition is delayed at Richardson number of 0.5. Simulations are also carried to investigate the effect of the angle of attack on the incoming flow on the development of large coherent structures. When the angle of attack is positive, the development of the wake tends to return to a more bi-dimensional configuration, where large scale coherent structures are impaired. In contrast, when the angle of attack is negative, large scale tri-dimensional structures dominate the flow in the wake, but with a very chaotic behaviour and the regular pattern of zero angle of attack is destroyed. The different behaviour of the flow with the variation of the angle of attack is also related to the baroclinic vorticity production, where new terms appear in the equations, leading to a positive effect of the vorticity production in case of a negative angle of attack and the opposite for a positive angle of attack.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10494-018-9970-y
dc.identifier.epage577
dc.identifier.issn1573-1987
dc.identifier.spage553
dc.identifier.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10494-018-9970-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/6907
dc.identifier.volume101
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Nature Switzerlanden_US
dc.relation.ispartofFlow, Turbulence and Combustionen_US
dc.subjectHeated cylinder , Mixed convection , Overhead lines , Boussinesq approximation , Flow transitionen_US
dc.titleEffect of Large Scale 3-D Structures on the Flow Around a Heated Cylinder at Low Reynolds Numberen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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