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Two-dimensional simulation of unsteady heat transfer from a circular cylinder in crossflow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2021

SALEM BOUHAIRIE  and
VINCENT H. CHU
SALEM BOUHAIRIE
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3A 2K6, Canada
VINCENT H. CHU
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3A 2K6, Canada
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Abstract

The heat transfer from the surface of a circular cylinder into a crossflow has been computed using a two-dimensional model, for a range of Reynolds numbers from Re=200 to 15550. The boundary-layer separation, the local and overall heat-transfer rates, the eddy- and flare-detachment frequencies and the width of the flares were determined from the numerical simulations. In this range of Reynolds numbers, the heat-transfer process is unsteady and is characterized by a viscous length scale that is inversely proportional to the square root of the Reynolds number. To ensure uniform numerical accuracy for all Reynolds numbers, the dimensions of the computational mesh were selected in proportion to this viscous length scale. The small scales were resolved by at least three nodes within the boundary layers. The frequency of the heat flares increases, and the width of each flare decreases, with the Reynolds number, in proportion to the viscous time and length scales. Despite the presence of three-dimensional structures for the range of Reynolds numbers considered, the two-dimensional model captures the unsteady processes and produced results that were consistent with the available experimental data. It correctly simulated the overall, the front-stagnation and the back-to-total heat-transfer rates.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 570 , 10 January 2007 , pp. 177 - 215
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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