Creator:
Tarafder, Md. Shahjada ; Mursaline, Miad Al
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Numerical computation of low Reynolds number viscous flow past bluff bodies
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Subject and Keywords:
viscous flow ; low Reynold`s numbers ; SIMPLE algorithm ; circular and square cylinder ; drag coefficient
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This article presents a two-dimensional steady viscous flow simulation past circular and square cylinders at low Reynolds numbers (based on the diameter) by the finite volume method with a non-orthogonal body-fitted grid. Diffusive fluxes are discretized using central differencing scheme, and for convective fluxes upwind and central differencing schemes are blended using a "deferred correction" approach. ; A simplified pressure correction equation is derived, and proper under-relaxation factors are used so that computational cost is reduced without adversely affecting the convergence rate. The governing equations are expressed in Cartesian velocity components and solution is carried out using the SIMPLE algorithm for collocated arrangement of variables. ; The mesh yielding grid-independent solution is then utilized to study, for the very first time, the effect of the Reynolds number on the separation bubble length, separation angle, and drag coefficients for both circular and square cylinders.
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Zielona Góra: Uniwersytet Zielonogórski
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IJAME, volume 25, number 3 (2020)