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Wall-proximity effects on vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder

Journal

OCEAN ENGINEERING
Volume 287, Issue -, Pages -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.115874

Keywords

Vortex shedding; Gap height; Wall proximity; Vortex-induced vibration

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This study investigates vortex-induced vibrations of an elastically supported circular cylinder under wall interference. It is found that a smaller wall-cylinder gap height ratio increases the added mass, reduces the maximum vibration amplitude, and shortens the vibration range, while enhancing the quality factor of the vibration. Decreasing the gap height ratio significantly impacts the flow structure and vortex shedding modes.
Vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) of an elastically supported circular cylinder (of diameter D) undergoing a wall interference are investigated for a mass-damping ratio 0.31, Reynolds numbers 1.77 x 10(3)-1.24 x 10(4), and wall-cylinder gap height ratios e* = e/D = 0.1-1.6. Measurements of vibration responses and vortex shedding frequencies are done using a laser vibrometer and a hotwire anemometer, respectively, while particle image velocimetry techniques are employed to capture flow fields. This investigation aims to assimilate the effect of e* on vibration response, frequency response, VIV range, quality factor of VIV, added mass, added damping, lift force, and flow structure. A smaller e* is observed to increase the added mass, reduce the maximum vibration amplitude, and shorten the VIV range while enhancing the quality factor of VIV. The increase in added mass and the decrease in the maximum vibration amplitude in the VIV range are dramatic when e* is decreased from 0.6. Decreasing e* significantly impacts the flow structures and vortex shedding modes, resulting in intensified asymmetry in pressure distributions. The interference between the wall and the cylinder is further reflected by increasing time-mean lift forces and decreasing fluctuating lift forces with decreasing e* < 0.6.

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