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Unsteady flow field behind levitated short-finite circular cylinder with angle of attack

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

Sho Yokota Open the ORCID record for Sho Yokota [Opens in a new window] ,
Takayuki Nagata Open the ORCID record for Takayuki Nagata [Opens in a new window]  and
Taku Nonomura Open the ORCID record for Taku Nonomura [Opens in a new window]
Sho Yokota*
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University , Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
Takayuki Nagata
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University , Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan Department of Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
Taku Nonomura
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University , Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan Department of Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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†Email address for correspondence: sho.yokota.r1@dc.tohoku.ac.jp
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Abstract

Flow field in the near wake of a short-finite circular cylinder at $L/D=1.0$ with an angle of attack between 0$^\circ$–15$^\circ$, where the transition from the non-reattaching flow to the reattaching flow appears, is investigated in wind tunnel tests with a supportless condition. Stereo particle image velocimetry measurements were applied to the experiments at the Reynolds number of $3.46\times 10^4$, and velocity fields in the near wake were obtained. The data was mainly analysed using spectral proper orthogonal decomposition. Characteristic large-scale wake structures of recirculation bubble pumping and large-scale vortex shedding were identified in the near wake of the cylinder regardless of the angle of attack. The phase difference of expansion and contraction of the recirculation flow appears in the recirculation bubble pumping at $\alpha \neq 0^\circ$. On the other hand, the eigenfunctions of velocity fluctuations at the vortex shedding frequency show a similar spatial pattern regardless of $\alpha$. Frequency analyses of wake position calculated from the reconstructed velocity field clarified that peak frequency is different between two in-plane directions when $\alpha \neq 0^\circ$. In addition, three vortex shedding patterns (anticlockwise/clockwise circular and flapping) are identified not only at $\alpha =0^\circ$ but also $\alpha \neq 0^\circ$. The feature of wake position in the radial direction for each pattern is observed regardless of the angle of attack. The relationship between the recirculation bubble pumping and the wake position in the radial direction is apparent in the non-reattaching flow but is weaker with $\alpha$ in the reattaching flow.

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Vortex Flows: Vortex shedding Wakes/Jets: Wakes Wakes/Jets: Separated flows

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 1002 , 10 January 2025 , A47
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