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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW
Volume 36, Issue -, Pages 133-141Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2012.03.011
Keywords
Square cylinder; Flat plate; Cylinder wake; Critical gap; Lift reduction
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- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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A numerical study of the alteration of a square cylinder wake using a detached downstream thin flat plate is presented. The wake is generated by a uniform flow of Reynolds number 150 based on the side length of the cylinder, D. The sensitivity of the near wake structure to the downstream position of the plate is investigated by varying the gap distance (G) along the wake centerline in the range 0 <= G <= 7D for a constant plate length of L = D. A critical gap distance is observed to occur at G(C) approximate to 2.3D that indicates the existence of two flow regimes. Regime I is characterised by vortex formation occurring downstream of the gap while for regime II, formation occurs within the gap. By varying the plate length and gap distance, a condition is found where significant unsteady total lift reduction can occur. The root mean square lift reduction is limited by an unsteady stall process on the plate. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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