INCOMPRESSIBLE-FLOW PAST A CIRCULAR-CYLINDER - DEPENDENCE OF THE COMPUTED FLOW-FIELD ON THE LOCATION OF THE LATERAL BOUNDARIES

Authors
BEHR M HASTREITER D MITTAL S TEZDUYAR TE
Citation
M. Behr et al., INCOMPRESSIBLE-FLOW PAST A CIRCULAR-CYLINDER - DEPENDENCE OF THE COMPUTED FLOW-FIELD ON THE LOCATION OF THE LATERAL BOUNDARIES, Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering, 123(1-4), 1995, pp. 309-316
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Application, Chemistry & Engineering",Mechanics,"Engineering, Mechanical","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal title
Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
00457825
Volume
123
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
309 - 316
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-7825(1995)123:1-4<309:IPAC-D>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The influence of the location of the lateral boundaries on 2D computat ion of unsteady incompressible flow past a circular cylinder is invest igated. The case of Reynolds number 100 is used as a benchmark, and se veral quantities characterizing the unsteady flow are obtained for a r ange of lateral boundary locations. The computations are performed wit h two distinct finite element formulations - space-time velocity-press ure formulation and velocity-pressure-stress formulation. We conclude that the distance between the cylinder and the lateral boundaries can have a significant effect on the Strouhal number and other flow quanti ties. The minimum distance at which this influence vanishes has been f ound to be larger than what is commonly assumed.