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Numerical analysis of bluff body wakes under periodic open-loop control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2013

Derwin J. Parkin Open the ORCID record for Derwin J. Parkin [Opens in a new window] ,
M. C. Thompson  and
J. Sheridan
Derwin J. Parkin*
Affiliation:
Fluids Laboratory for Aeronautical and Industrial Research (FLAIR), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
M. C. Thompson
Affiliation:
Fluids Laboratory for Aeronautical and Industrial Research (FLAIR), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
J. Sheridan
Affiliation:
Fluids Laboratory for Aeronautical and Industrial Research (FLAIR), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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†Email address for correspondence: dparkin7@gmail.com
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Abstract

Large eddy simulations at $Re= 23\hspace{0.167em} 000$ are used to investigate the drag on a two-dimensional elongated cylinder caused by rear-edge periodic actuation, with particular focus on an optimum open-loop configuration. The 3.64 (length/thickness) aspect-ratio cylinder has a rectangular cross-section with rounded leading corners, representing the two-dimensional cross-section of the now generic Ahmed-body geometry. The simulations show that the optimum drag reduction occurs in the forcing Strouhal number range of $0. 09\leq S{t}_{act} \leq 0. 135$, which is approximately half of the Strouhal number corresponding to shedding of von Kármán vortices into the wake for the natural case. This result agrees well with recent experiments of Henning et al. (Active Flow Control, vol. 95, 2007, pp. 369–390). A thorough transient wake analysis employing dynamic mode decomposition is conducted for all cases, with special attention paid to the Koopman modes of the wake flow and vortex progression downstream. Two modes are found to coexist in all cases, the superimposition of which recovers the majority of features observed in the flow. Symmetric vortex shedding in the near wake, which effectively extends the mean recirculation bubble, is shown to be the major mechanism in lowering the drag. This is associated with opposite-signed vortices reducing the influence of natural vortex shedding, resulting in an increase in the pressure in the near wake, while the characteristic wake antisymmetry returns further downstream. Lower-frequency actuation is shown to create larger near-wake symmetric vortices, which improves the effectiveness of this process.

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Flow Control: Drag reduction Flow Control: Instability control Vortex Flows: Vortex shedding
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 739 , 25 January 2014 , pp. 94 - 123
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©2013 Cambridge University Press 

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