Simulation of Influence of Mechanical Elements on Karman Vortex Street Parameters

• Autorzy: Pankanin Grzegorz

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DOI

10.24425/ijet.2019.126305

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This work presents the results of numerical modeling of Karman vortex street generation performed with ANSYS/FLUENT package application. The influence of the mechanical elements located downstream of the bluff body on the vortex frequency has been found during earlier laboratory investigations. Five various geometrical configurations have been tested. Considerable differences in pictures of distributions of pressure, horizontal and vertical velocities have appeared for various configurations. Qualitative as well as quantitative results are presented in the paper. They confirm the significant dependence of the Karman vortex street parameters on the meter configuration.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Karman vortex street; bluff body; vortex frequency; numerical modelling

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Electronics and Telecommunication
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 65, No. 2
• Strony: 229--234
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 22 poz., wykr., tab., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Pankanin Grzegorz

• Electronic Systems, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

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Uwagi

1. Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).

2. The calculations were performed at the Interdisciplinary Center for Mathematical and Computational Modeling (ICM) of the University of Warsaw as part of the computational grant No. G68-10.