Passive drag control of a turbulent wake by local disturbances

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Abstract

Global properties such as recirculation bubble, shedding frequency, base pressure and global mode amplitude of a turbulent wake produced by a "D" shape cylinder are studied when local stationary disturbances are placed downstream in the wake (one or two small control cylinders). The control cylinders have for main effect to push away further downstream the maxima of the global mode amplitude (or to increase the formation length). On the other hand and in accordance to the cavity models, it is found that the larger the drag reduction, the larger the size of the recirculation bubble of the "D" cylinder. These results suggest that the efficiency of this passive drag control depends crucially on the role of the global mode instability in the mechanism of the bubble closure.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIUTAM Symposium on Unsteady Separated Flows and their Control - Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium "Unsteady Separated Flows and their Control"
Pages529-537
Number of pages9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2009
EventIUTAM Symposium on Unsteady Separated Flows and their Control - Corfu, Greece
Duration: 18 Jun 200722 Jun 2007

Publication series

NameSolid Mechanics and its Applications
Volume14
ISSN (Print)1875-3507

Conference

ConferenceIUTAM Symposium on Unsteady Separated Flows and their Control
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityCorfu
Period18/06/0722/06/07

Keywords

  • Bluff-bodies
  • Drag
  • Global instability
  • Incompressible flow

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