Vortex induced vibration of three rigidly coupled cylinders in equilateral triangle arrangement at small spacing ratio

Peng Han, Guang Pan, Zhihui Jin, Hui Xia

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Abstract

Vortex-Induced Vibration (VIV) of three rigidly coupled cylinders arranged in an equilateral-triangular pattern is numerically investigated. The spacing ratio is set as LlD=1.5. Simulations are carried out for flow incidence angles with alpha=0-{o}, alpha=30-{o}, alpha=60-{0} and the reduced velocity is set from 3 to 16 with a step increment of 1. The corresponding Reynolds number is about 3000-16000. Two-dimensional Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations in conjunction with the SST k-omega turbulence model are used to simulate the turbulent flow. The vibration equations are solved by Newmark-beta algorithm by C Programming language. Numerical results show that the flow incidence angles and the reduced velocity strongly influence the response of the three cylinders including vibration amplitudes, lock-in range, frequency response and vortex shedding mode.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, OCEAN 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781538648148
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Jan 2019
EventOCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, OCEANS 2018 - Charleston, United States
Duration: 22 Oct 201825 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameOCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, OCEAN 2018

Conference

ConferenceOCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, OCEANS 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCharleston
Period22/10/1825/10/18

Keywords

  • Numerical simulation
  • Small spacing ratio
  • Three rigidly coupled cylinders
  • Vortex shedding
  • Vortex-Induced Vibration (VIV)

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