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Direct numerical simulation of oscillatory flow around a circular cylinder at low Keulegan–Carpenter number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2010

HONGWEI AN ,
LIANG CHENG  and
MING ZHAO
HONGWEI AN*
Affiliation:
School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
LIANG CHENG
Affiliation:
School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
MING ZHAO
Affiliation:
School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
*
†Email address for correspondence: anhw@civil.uwa.edu.au
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Abstract

The Honji instability is studied using direct numerical simulations of sinusoidal oscillatory flow around a circular cylinder. The three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations are solved by a finite element method at a relatively small value of the Keulegan–Carpenter number KC. The generation and subsequent development of Honji vortices are discussed over a range of frequency parameters by means of flow visualization. It is found that the spacing between Honji vortices is only weakly dependent on the frequency of oscillation, but is strongly correlated to KC because it is the terms within the governing equation containing KC that dominate the three-dimensional features of the flow. An empirical relationship between KC and the spacing between neighbouring vortices is proposed. The three-dimensional steady streaming structure within the vortices is identified and it is found that at high frequencies the steady streaming is two-dimensional although the instantaneous flow structure is itself fully three-dimensional.

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Boundary Layers: Boundary layer separation Instability: Instability
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 666 , 10 January 2011 , pp. 77 - 103
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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