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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
26 minutes 43 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 73: Vorticity field.


Figure 74: Evolution of the drag and lift coefficients for a Reynolds number of 400.


Figure 75: Strouhal number versus Reynolds number. Comparison between static (reference) and moving problem.


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