CFD LAB ASSIGNMENT 2

UNCONFINED FLOW PAST A CIRCULAR

CYLINDER

Ch Sandeep Dattu
(2019H1480152H)
 2a.PROBLEM STATEMENT
To simulate flow over a circular cylinder by optimising the mesh

25m 30m

u=1 m/s
v=0 m/s R 0.5
50m

Figure showing dimensions of domain

MESHING OF DOMAIN

No of divisions on cylinder : 200

No of nodes : 38860
No of elements : 38400
Boundary Conditions
• Top and bottom :specified shear
• Inlet :u=1 m/s, v=0 m/s
• Outlet :pressure =0 bar
• Cylindrical wall: stationary

Fluid properties
• Density 1 kg/m3
• Viscosity 0.01 pa-s
• Re=100
 Cd PLOT

Fig 2.a Simulation result for Cd

 Cl PLOT

Fig 3.a Simulation result of Cl

Comparison of Cd values for various
divisions on cylinder

No of Cd value Reference
divisions on Cd value
cylinder
300 1.2918 1.36
248 1.2987 1.36
200 1.3063 1.36
STROUTAL NUMBER PLOT
 VALIDATION OF STREAM LINES

Fig 4.a Streamlines Simulation result Fig 4.b Streamlines Reference 1

VALIDATION OF VORTICITY CONTOURS

Fig 5.a Vorticity contour Simulation result Fig 5.b Vorticity contour Reference 1
VALIDATION OF λ2 CONTOURS

Fig 6.a λ2 contours Simulation result Fig 6.b λ2 contours Reference 1

 2b.PROBLEM STATEMENT
• To optimise the geometry for confined flow across a circular cylinder.
1. Inlet optimisation.
2. Top and bottom wall optimisation.
 DIMENSIONS OPTIMIZATION
25m 30m
14m 30m

25m R 0.5 R 0.5

12m

Optimised dimension
original dimension
 MESHING

No of nodes : 32775
No of elements : 32350
Cd PLOT Cl PLOT

Fig 9. Plot of Cd and Cl for optimised geometry

COMPARISION OF Cd VALUE FOR VARIOUS
DISTANCES

Inlet Distance Cd value

21m 1.2968
17m 1.2972
14m 1.3011

Top & Bottom distance Cd value

15m 1.2985

12m 1.3083
VELOCITY CONTOUR
 STREAM LINES

Fig 10. Stream lines for optimised geometry

VORTICITY CONTOURS

Fig 12.Vorticity contours for optimised geometry

 λ2 CONTOURS

Fig 13. λ2 contours for optimised geometry

 REFERENCES
[1] Characterisation and analysis of flow over two side by side cylinders
for different gapsat
low Reynolds number: A numerical approach
K. Supradeepan and Arnab Roy