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8.2  PASS: Bénard–von Kármán vortex street behind a cylinder translating in a fluid at rest

Author
Sébastien Delaux
Command
sh strouhal.sh
Version
090512
Required files
strouhal.gfs (view) (download)
strouhal.sh strouhal.gfv strouhal.ref moving.ref static.ref
Running time
27 minutes 30 seconds

An example of 2D viscous flow around a simple solid boundary. A solid cylinder is impulsively started at the right of a channel bounded by solid walls with a slip boundary condition.

Adaptive refinement is used based on the vorticity.

After an initial growth phase, a classical Bénard–von Kárman vortex street is formed.


Figure 103: Vorticity field.


Figure 104: Evolution of the drag and lift coefficients for a Reynolds number of 400.


Figure 105: Strouhal number versus Reynolds number. Comparison between static (reference) and moving problem.


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