Volume 115 (2004)

CONTENTS

No. 115, 2004, 69-81

Simulation of incompressible flow past a bluff cylinder by means of a discrete vortex method
JAROSŁAW W. FRĄCZAK, EUSTACHY S. BURKA

Abstract

A two-dimensional viscous, incompressible, unsteady flow past a blufi cylinder with sharp edges is simulated using a purely deterministic Lagrangiar, model incorporating viscous effects (diffusion and no-slip boundary condition). The  method applied is based on a combination of the discrete vortex and the panel method. The viscous diffusion effect is simulated by means of the diffusion velocity method. The evolution of vortical flow past a square cylinder after its impulsive start and motion with constant velocity in resting liquid is simulated for moderate Reynolds numbers and several different angles of incidence. 

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