Simulation of laminar confined flow past a circular cylinder with integral wake splitter involving heat transfer

A finite element method is used to study the effect of flow past a circular cylinder with an integral wake splitter. A fractional step algorithm is employed to solve the Navier-Stokes and Energy equations with a Galerkin weighted residual formulation. The vortex shedding process is simulated and the...

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Published inInternational journal of numerical methods for heat & fluid flow Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 65 - 81
Main Authors Patnaik, B.S.V.P, Seetharamu, K.N, Aswatha Narayana, P.A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bradford MCB UP Ltd 01.07.1996
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects
Confined flow
Cylinders (shapes)
Equations of state
Finite element analysis
Finite element method
Fluid dynamics
Fluids
Heat transfer
Laminar flow
Mathematical models
Mechanics
Navier Stokes equations
Numerical analysis
Prandtl number
Pressure drop
Reynolds number
Simulation
Studies
Thermal diffusion
Turbulence models
Vortex shedding
Vortices
Vortex shedding
Heat transfer augmentation
Strouhal number
Wake splitters
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Summary:A finite element method is used to study the effect of flow past a circular cylinder with an integral wake splitter. A fractional step algorithm is employed to solve the Navier-Stokes and Energy equations with a Galerkin weighted residual formulation. The vortex shedding process is simulated and the effect of splitter addition on the time period of shedding is studied at a Reynolds number of 200 and a blockage ratio of 0.25. The effect of splitter and the Strouhal number and heat transfer augmentation per unit pressure drop has been investigated.
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ISSN:0961-5539
1758-6585
DOI:10.1108/09615539610123469