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Numerical simulation for flow induced vibration of three circular cylinders with various arrangement

The present study aims to explore dynamical behavior of the fluid- elastic vibration of a single cylinder and three cylinders in shear flow by numerical simulations. This paper investigates the effects of the shear parameter, mass ratio, and spacing(P/D) on fluid-elastic vibration of the cylinders.
Continuity equation and momentum equations are solved alternatively using a CFD package, Fluent 6.3.26. Dynamic meshing techniques together with the cylinder motion equations are employed in the simulation. Under different flow conditions, flow types, and cylinder motion models, lock-in and fluid-elastic vibration are studied.
The results show that motion and flow types of a single cylinder in uniform flow are in agreement with the previous studies in literatures. In shear flow, however, as the shear parameter increases, the fluid-elastic vibration of the cylinder is induced, and thus amplitude of the cylinder increases considerably. Further, three cylinders in the shear flow are studied. Three cylinders arrangements (classified as side-by-side, tandem ,and stagger) and the distance between cylinders are the factors to cause fluid-elastic vibration. Compared with the single cylinder motion, three cylinders motion¡¦s critical flow velocity is smaller than that of the single cylinder motion, which means two cylinders motion are more subject to fluid-elastic vibration.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0802111-105624
Date02 August 2011
CreatorsLin, Yu-Hsuan
ContributorsMing-Huei Yu, Chien-Chou Tseng, Ru Yang, Chien-Yuh Yang
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0802111-105624
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