Flow past a cylinder with upstream splitter plate

Rajkumar, MR; Rijas, AS; Venugopal, G

dc.contributor.author	Rajkumar, MR
dc.contributor.author	Rijas, AS
dc.contributor.author	Venugopal, G
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-23T12:47:25Z
dc.date.available	2015-04-23T12:47:25Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.description.abstract	Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014.	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	This paper reports combined experimental and numerical investigations performed to study the effect of upstream splitter plate on drag reduction of a circular cylinder. The influence of spacing between the cylinder and splitter plate (aspect ratio) and thickness of the splitter plate (thickness ratio) on the flow characteristics of the cylinder is analyzed and discussed. The mathematical model governing the problem is numerically solved using a commercial computational fluid dynamics package ANSYS 14. The simulations have been carried out for Re=20,150 and 6×104 so as to cover the laminar regime. In order to validate the numerical model, experiments are performed by placing the cylinder along with the splitter plate in a low speed subsonic wind tunnel.	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	dc2015	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	7 pages	en_ZA
dc.format.medium	PDF	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Rajkumar, MR, Rijas, AS & Venugopal, G 2014, 'Flow past a cylinder with upstream splitter plate', Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn	97817759206873
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44644
dc.publisher	International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics	en_ZA
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dc.subject	Reynolds number	en_ZA
dc.subject	Aspect ratio	en_ZA
dc.subject	Thickness ratio	en_ZA
dc.subject	Coefficient of drag	en_ZA
dc.subject	Upstream splitter plate	en_ZA
dc.subject	Upstream splitter plate on drag reduction of a circular cylinder	en_ZA
dc.subject	Computational fluid dynamics	en_ZA
dc.subject	ANSYS 14	en_ZA
dc.subject	Laminar regime	en_ZA
dc.subject	Low speed subsonic wind tunnel	en_ZA
dc.title	Flow past a cylinder with upstream splitter plate	en_ZA
dc.type	Presentation	en_ZA