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Numerical Study of the Laminar Flow Past a Rotating Square Cylinder at Low Spinning Rates

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Title	Numerical Study of the Laminar Flow Past a Rotating Square Cylinder at Low Spinning Rates

Creator	Chatterjee, Dipankar Gupta, Satish Kumar

Subject	Computational fluid dynamics

Description	The fluid dynamic interaction between a uniform free stream flow and the rotation induced flow from a sharp edged body is numerically investigated. A two-dimensional (2D) finite volume based computation is performed in this regard to simulate the laminar fluid flow around a rotating square cylinder in an unconfined medium. Body fitted grid system along with moving boundaries is used to obtain the numerical solution of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. The Reynolds number based on the free stream flow is kept in the range 10≤Re≤20010≤Re≤200 with a dimensionless rotational speed of the cylinder in the range 0≤Ω≤50≤Ω≤5. At low Re=10Re=10, the flow field remains steady irrespective of the rotational speed. For 50≤Re≤20050≤Re≤200, regular low frequency Kármán vortex shedding (VS) is observed up to a critical rate of rotation (ΩcrΩcr). Beyond ΩcrΩcr, the global flow shows steady nature, although high frequency oscillations in the aerodynamic coefficients are present. The rotating circular cylinder also shows likewise degeneration of Kármán VS at some critical rotational speed. However, significant differences can be seen at higher rotation. Such fluid dynamic transport around a spinning square in an unconfined free stream flow is reported for the first time.

Publisher	ASME

Date	2015

Type	Article PeerReviewed

Identifier	Chatterjee, Dipankar and Gupta, Satish Kumar (2015) Numerical Study of the Laminar Flow Past a Rotating Square Cylinder at Low Spinning Rates. Journal of Fluids Engineering, 137 (2). 021204(1-10).

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