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AIP ADVANCES
Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.5079634
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- National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (AITF)
- ENMAX Corp.
- Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF)
- NSERC
- AITF
- CFREF
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The relationship between vortex dynamics and surface pressure fluctuations on the leeward face of a two-dimensional normal thin flat plate was studied using Direct Numerical Simulations for incompressible flow at a Reynolds number of 1200. The vortex shedding frequency was observed in the spectra of pressure fluctuations on both faces of the plate, while a lower frequency spectral peak was only evident on the leeward pressure fluctuations. Local sharp peaks of low pressure in the separated shear layers coincide with increases in the leeward face pressure fluctuations. These observations are tied to the vortex dynamics using the invariant Q, commonly used for vortex identification. Q is also proportional to the source term for the Poisson equation for the instantaneous pressure. The pressure, which is the only contributor to the plate drag, varies significantly in response to alterations to the vortex shedding, which can be observed in differences of vortex trajectories. At minimum drag, the pressure fluctuations are small, which is attributed to lower values of Q associated with weaker vortices. (c) 2019 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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