An Experimental Investigation of Forces on a Textured Cylinder at Subcritical Reynolds Numbers

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Karampour, H
Wu, Z
Mason, MS
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2021
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Spanwise deviations from a perfect circular cross-section, affect the aerodynamics and hydrodynamics of cylindrical structures. In this study the ability of a novel wavy cylinder, the textured cylinder, to reduce applied drag and lift forces is investigated experimentally. Three different configurations of the proposed textured geometry, as well as a bare cylinder and a cylinder with helical strakes are 3D printed and tested in an open circuit wind tunnel. Tests are conducted at Reynolds numbers from 3.5104 to 8.0104. Results show that the time-averaged drag and fluctuating lift forces on the textured cylinder can be 20% and 15% lower than those of a bare cylinder, respectively. Amongst the tested cylinders, the straked cylinder exhibited the lowest fluctuating lift forces. However, the lowest time-averaged drag forces were measured on the textured cylinder, Tex30, through the range of Reynolds numbers tested. The Strouhal number of the Tex30 was found to be between those of the bare and straked cylinders.

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Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics

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14

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6

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© The Author(s) 2021. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.

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Structural engineering

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Karampour, H; Wu, Z; Mason, MS, An Experimental Investigation of Forces on a Textured Cylinder at Subcritical Reynolds Numbers, Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 2021, 14 (6), pp. 1787-1793

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