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Effect of inclination on the transition scenario in the wake of fixed disks and flat cylinders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2015

M. Chrust ,
C. Dauteuille ,
T. Bobinski ,
J. Rokicki ,
S. Goujon-Durand ,
J. E. Wesfreid ,
G. Bouchet  and
J. Dušek
M. Chrust*
Affiliation:
ICube, Department of Fluid Mechanics, Université de Strasbourg/CNRS, 2, rue Boussingault, 67000 Strasbourg, France
C. Dauteuille
Affiliation:
Ecole Polytechnique Féminine, 19, Boulevard Berthelot, 34000 Montpellier, France Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 24, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland
T. Bobinski
Affiliation:
Physique et Mécanique des Millieux Hétérogènes, PMMH, UMR 7636, ESPCI-CNRS-UPMC-UPD, 10, rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris CEDEX 05, France Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 24, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland
J. Rokicki
Affiliation:
Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 24, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland
S. Goujon-Durand
Affiliation:
Physique et Mécanique des Millieux Hétérogènes, PMMH, UMR 7636, ESPCI-CNRS-UPMC-UPD, 10, rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris CEDEX 05, France
J. E. Wesfreid
Affiliation:
Physique et Mécanique des Millieux Hétérogènes, PMMH, UMR 7636, ESPCI-CNRS-UPMC-UPD, 10, rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris CEDEX 05, France
G. Bouchet
Affiliation:
Laboratoire IUSTI, Aix-Marseille Universite/CNRS, 5, rue Enrico Fermi, 13453 Marseille CEDEX 13, France
J. Dušek
Affiliation:
ICube, Department of Fluid Mechanics, Université de Strasbourg/CNRS, 2, rue Boussingault, 67000 Strasbourg, France
*
†Email address for correspondence: marcin.chrust@polymtl.ca
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Abstract

We take up the old problem of Calvert (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 29, 1967, pp. 691–703) concerning the wake of a cylinder inclined with respect to the flow direction, and consider it from the viewpoint of transition to turbulence. For cylinders placed perpendicular to the flow direction, we address the disagreement between numerical simulation of the ideal axisymmetric configuration and experimental observations. We demonstrate that for a disk (a cylinder of aspect ratio infinity) and a flat cylinder of aspect ratio ${\it\chi}=6$ (ratio of diameter to height), the numerically predicted transition scenario is limited to very small inclination angles and is thus difficult to test experimentally. For inclination angles of about $4^{\circ }$ and more, a joint numerical and experimental study shows that the experimentally observed scenario agrees qualitatively well with the results of numerical simulations. For the flat cylinder ${\it\chi}=6$ , we obtain satisfactory agreement with regard to dependence of the critical Reynolds number ( $\mathit{Re}$ ) of the onset of vortex shedding on the inclination angle. Both for infinitely flat disks and cylinders of aspect ratio ${\it\chi}=6$ , a small inclination tends to promote vortex shedding, that is, to lower the instability threshold, whereas for inclination angles exceeding $20^{\circ }$ the opposite effect is exhibited. The Strouhal number of oscillations is found to be only very weakly dependent on the Reynolds number, and very good agreement is obtained between values reported by Calvert (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 29, 1967, pp. 691–703) at high Reynolds numbers and our simulations at $\mathit{Re}=250$ . In contrast, we observe relatively poor agreement in Strouhal numbers when comparing the results of our numerical simulations and the data acquired from the experimental set-up described in this paper. Closer analysis shows that confidence can be placed in the numerical results because the discrepancy can be attributed to the influence of the support system of the flat cylinder. Suggestions for improvement of the experimental set-up are provided.

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Instability: Instability Instability: Transition to turbulence Wakes/Jets: Wakes/Jets

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 770 , 10 May 2015 , pp. 189 - 209
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