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- Title
On numerical aspects of simulating flow past a circular cylinder.
- Authors
Jiang, Hongyi; Cheng, Liang; An, Hongwei
- Abstract
Three-dimensional direct numerical simulation results of flow past a circular cylinder are influenced by numerical aspects, for example the spanwise domain length and the lateral boundary condition adopted for the simulation. It is found that inappropriate numerical set-up, which restricts the development of intrinsic wake structure, leads to an over-prediction of the onset point of the secondary wake instability ( Re cr). A best practice of the numerical set-up is presented for the accurate prediction of Re cr by direct numerical simulation while minimizing the computational cost. The cylinder span length should be chosen on the basis of the intrinsic wavelength of the wake structure to be simulated, whereas a long span length is not necessary. For the wake transitions above Re cr, because the wake structures no longer follow particular wavelengths but become disordered and chaotic, a span length of more than 10 cylinder diameters (approximately three times the intrinsic wavelength) is recommended for the simulations to obtain wake structures and hydrodynamic forces that are not strongly restricted by the numerical set-up. The performances of the periodic and symmetry lateral boundary conditions are compared and discussed. The symmetry boundary condition is recommended for predicting Re cr, while the periodic boundary condition is recommended for simulating the wake structures above Re cr. The general conclusions drawn through a circular cylinder are expected to be applicable to other bluff body configurations. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
CYLINDER (Shapes); BOUNDARY value problems; MATHEMATICAL domains
- Publication
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 2017, Vol 85, Issue 2, p113
- ISSN
0271-2091
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/fld.4376