Numerical Simulation of Non-Equal Diameter Cylinder

Abstract:

Numerical simulation has been carried out on the wake flow structure of some simplified antenna model which is shaped as a non-equal diameter slender cylinder. The unsteady flow parameter-Strouhal number is confirmed to be a constant approximately in the subcritical state. The results show that at levels of different diameters, when the length-diameter ratio is large enough, each level can still maintain stable periodical vortex shedding phenomenon, the vortex shedding frequency of each level, the flow velocity and the equivalent diameter still meet the Strouhal relationship. The effect of connect transition area on vortex shedding stabilize region are close to the freestream velocity.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 249-250)
• Pages: 527-532
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.249-250.527
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Guang Jun Yang, Jing Sun
• Keywords: Frequency, Natural Frequency, Non-Equal Diameter Cylinder, Strouhal Number, Vortex Shedding

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