CONTROL OF VORTEX SHEDDING AROUND A CIRCULAR CYLINDER USING BUBBLE TABS IN THE LAMINAR FLOW REGIME

Authors

  • EO Atofarati DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
  • AO Muritala DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
  • BO Malomo DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
  • SA Adio DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

Keywords:

Vortex Shedding; Drag Coefficient; Circular Cylinder; Bubble Tab(S); Spacing Ratio; Diameter Ratio.

Abstract

Vortex induced vibration (VIV) is the major cause of several catastrophic disasters due to fatigue failures induced by drag and lift forces in aerodynamic systems. This study investigates the control of VIV phenomenon through passive bubble tab(s) having a small diameter (d) relative to the main circular cylinder (D) in a two-dimensional (2-D) flow domain. Using ANSYS Fluent computational software, flow analysis was conducted at a Reynolds number (Re) of 80 for various bubble tab configurations at different spacing ratios (x/D) and diameter ratios (d/D). The drag coefficient, the velocity and pressure contours, along with the flow streamlines in each case were studied. The results indicated the optimized tab(s) positions for different spacing ratios, diameter ratios, and configurations. The study effectively established that passive bubble tabs can potentially control VIV associated with flows around a circular cylinder.

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v39i4.18

 

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Published

2020-09-30

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 4 (2020): NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 4, OCTOBER 2020

Section

Chemical, Industrial, Materials, Mechanical, Metallurgical, Petroleum & Production Engineering

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CONTROL OF VORTEX SHEDDING AROUND A CIRCULAR CYLINDER USING BUBBLE TABS IN THE LAMINAR FLOW REGIME. (2020). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 39(4), 1108-1116. https://www.nijotech.com/index.php/nijotech/article/view/2450

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