Simulation of Unsteady Flow Around a Cylinder

       In this paper, the phenomena of vortex shedding from the circular cylinder surface has been studied at several Reynolds Numbers (40≤Re≤ 300).The 2D, unsteady, incompressible, Laminar flow, continuity and Navier Stokes equations have been solved numerically by using CFD Package FLUENT. In thi...

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Main Author: Ridha Alwan Ahmed
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Published: Wasit University 2015-10-01
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description        In this paper, the phenomena of vortex shedding from the circular cylinder surface has been studied at several Reynolds Numbers (40≤Re≤ 300).The 2D, unsteady, incompressible, Laminar flow, continuity and Navier Stokes equations have been solved numerically by using CFD Package FLUENT. In this package PISO algorithm is used in the pressure-velocity coupling.        The numerical grid is generated by using Gambit program. The velocity and pressure fields are obtained upstream and downstream of the cylinder at each time and it is also calculated the mean value of drag coefficient and value of lift coefficient .The results showed that the flow is strongly unsteady and unsymmetrical at Re>60. The results have been compared with the available experiments and a good agreement has been found between them
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spelling doaj-art-165c44f4022b4336bc803000776509a32025-08-20T02:39:25ZengWasit UniversityWasit Journal of Engineering Sciences2305-69322663-19702015-10-013210.31185/ejuow.Vol3.Iss2.38Simulation of Unsteady Flow Around a CylinderRidha Alwan Ahmed0Al-Mustansiriyah University College of Engineering Mechanical dept        In this paper, the phenomena of vortex shedding from the circular cylinder surface has been studied at several Reynolds Numbers (40≤Re≤ 300).The 2D, unsteady, incompressible, Laminar flow, continuity and Navier Stokes equations have been solved numerically by using CFD Package FLUENT. In this package PISO algorithm is used in the pressure-velocity coupling.        The numerical grid is generated by using Gambit program. The velocity and pressure fields are obtained upstream and downstream of the cylinder at each time and it is also calculated the mean value of drag coefficient and value of lift coefficient .The results showed that the flow is strongly unsteady and unsymmetrical at Re>60. The results have been compared with the available experiments and a good agreement has been found between them https://ejuow.uowasit.edu.iq/index.php/ejuow/article/view/38vortex sheddingcylinderunsteady statedrag coefficient
spellingShingle Ridha Alwan Ahmed
Simulation of Unsteady Flow Around a Cylinder
Wasit Journal of Engineering Sciences
vortex shedding
cylinder
unsteady state
drag coefficient
title Simulation of Unsteady Flow Around a Cylinder
title_full Simulation of Unsteady Flow Around a Cylinder
title_fullStr Simulation of Unsteady Flow Around a Cylinder
title_full_unstemmed Simulation of Unsteady Flow Around a Cylinder
title_short Simulation of Unsteady Flow Around a Cylinder
title_sort simulation of unsteady flow around a cylinder
topic vortex shedding
cylinder
unsteady state
drag coefficient
url https://ejuow.uowasit.edu.iq/index.php/ejuow/article/view/38
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