Simulation of laminar confined flow past a circular cylinder with integral wake splitter involving heat transfer

Abstract

A finite element method is used to study the effect of flow past a circular cylinder with an integral wake splitter. A fractional step algorithm is employed to solve the Navier‐Stokes and Energy equations with a Galerkin weighted residual formulation. The vortex shedding process is simulated and the effect of splitter addition on the time period of shedding is studied at a Reynolds number of 200 and a blockage ratio of 0.25. The effect of splitter and the Strouhal number and heat transfer augmentation per unit pressure drop has been investigated.

Citation

Patnaik, B.S.V.P., Seetharamu, K.N. and Aswatha Narayana, P.A. (1996), "Simulation of laminar confined flow past a circular cylinder with integral wake splitter involving heat transfer", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 6 No. 4, pp. 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1108/09615539610123469