Journal of University of Science and Technology of China ›› 2017, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (5): 435-442.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2778.2017.05.009

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LES of uniform flow over tandem circular disks

YAO Mengyun, GU Hailin,ZHAO Pu, HUANG Hongjie, LI Xinlong, LIU Minghou   

  1. Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
  • Received:2016-09-09 Revised:2017-02-28 Online:2017-05-31 Published:2017-05-31

Abstract: A large eddy simulation(LES) was conducted to investigate the uniform flow over tandem disks at low Reynolds number,mainly focusing on the influence of separation distance on wake structure.The results show that the Hopf bifurcation of flow field is delayed compared with that of a single disk when the distance between the two disks is small enough.The research was performed at Re=200 with distances l/d=1,1.5,2,3 and 6, respectively. It is concluded that the wake is stable and plane-symmetrical at l/d=1 and unstable but plane-symmetrical at  l/d=1.5. At l/d=2, the plane-symmetrical structure is broken.The upstream wake resumes plane-symmetry at l/d=3 while the wake of both disks resume plane-symmetry at l/d=6.

Key words: tandem disks, separation distance, wake structure, large eddy simulation

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