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Vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers

10 Jan 2008-Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Cambridge University Press)-Vol. 594, pp 463-491
TL;DR: In this paper, a numerical simulation of vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder of low non-dimensional mass (m* = 10) in the laminar flow regime (60 < Re < 200) is presented.
Abstract: Results are presented for a numerical simulation of vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder of low non-dimensional mass (m* = 10) in the laminar flow regime (60 < Re < 200). The natural structural frequency of the oscillator, fN, matches the vortex shedding frequency for a stationary cylinder at Re = 100. This corresponds to fN D2/ν = 16.6, where D is the diameter of the cylinder and ν the coefficient of viscosity of the fluid. A stabilized space–time finite element formulation is utilized to solve the incompressible flow equations in primitive variables form in two dimensions. Unlike at high Re, where the cylinder response is known to be associated with three branches, at low Re only two branches are identified: ‘initial’ and ‘lower’. For a blockage of 2.5% and less the onset of synchronization, in the lower Re range, is accompanied by an intermittent switching between two modes with vortex shedding occurring at different frequencies. With higher blockage the jump from the initial to lower branch is hysteretic. Results from free vibrations are compared to the data from experiments for forced vibrations reported earlier. Excellent agreement is observed for the critical amplitude required for the onset of synchronization. The comparison brings out the possibility of hysteresis in forced vibrations. The phase difference between the lift force and transverse displacement shows a jump of almost 180° at, approximately, the middle of the synchronization region. This jump is not hysteretic and it is not associated with any radical change in the vortex shedding pattern. Instead, it is caused by changes in the location and value of the maximum suction on the lower and upper surface of the cylinder. This is observed clearly by comparing the time-averaged flow for a vibrating cylinder for different Re. While the mean flow for Re beyond the phase jump is similar to that for a stationary cylinder, it is associated with a pair of counter-rotating vortices in the near wake for Re prior to the phase jump. The phase jump appears to be one of the mechanisms of the oscillator to self-limit its vibration amplitude.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of mass, damping, Reynolds number, and strakes on vortex-induced vibration amplitude, frequency, entrainment, and drag are reported.
Abstract: Measurements are made of vortex-induced vibration of an elastically supported circular cylinder in water with reduced velocity (U/f n D) from 2 to 12, damping factors (ξ) from 0.2% to 40% of critical damping, mass ratios (m/ρD 2 ) from π/2 to π/17, and transverse, inline, and combined inline and transverse motions at Reynolds numbers up to 150,000. Effects of mass, damping, Reynolds number, and strakes on vortex-induced vibration amplitude, frequency, entrainment, and drag are reported.

186 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the impact of the symmetry breaking caused by the forced rotation on the vortex-induced vibration (VIV) mechanisms is investigated for a Reynolds number equal to 100, based on the cylinder diameter and inflow velocity.
Abstract: The flow-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder, free to oscillate in the cross-flow direction and subjected to a forced rotation about its axis, are analysed by means of two- and three-dimensional numerical simulations. The impact of the symmetry breaking caused by the forced rotation on the vortex-induced vibration (VIV) mechanisms is investigated for a Reynolds number equal to 100, based on the cylinder diameter and inflow velocity. The cylinder is found to oscillate freely up to a rotation rate (ratio between the cylinder surface and inflow velocities) close to 4. Under forced rotation, the vibration amplitude exhibits a bell-shaped evolution as a function of the reduced velocity (inverse of the oscillator natural frequency) and reaches 1.9 diameters, i.e. three times the maximum amplitude in the non-rotating case. The free vibrations of the rotating cylinder occur under a condition of wake–body synchronization similar to the lock-in condition driving non-rotating cylinder VIV. The largest vibration amplitudes are associated with a novel asymmetric wake pattern composed of a triplet of vortices and a single vortex shed per cycle, the TCS pattern. In the low-frequency vibration regime, the flow exhibits another new topology, the U pattern, characterized by a transverse undulation of the spanwise vorticity layers without vortex detachment; consequently, free oscillations of the rotating cylinder may also develop in the absence of vortex shedding. The symmetry breaking due to the rotation is shown to directly impact the selection of the higher harmonics appearing in the fluid force spectra. The rotation also influences the mechanism of phasing between the force and the structural response.

107 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a pair of equal-sized circular cylinders in tandem and staggered arrangements in laminar flow regime is investigated and a stabilized finite element method is utilized to carry out the computations in two dimensions.

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TL;DR: In this article, the free vibrations of a square cylinder at zero incidence were studied and a stabilized space-time finite-element method was used to discretize the equations of fluid flow in two-dimensions.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder of low non-dimensional mass (m ⁎ = 10.0 ) at Re=1000 and used a stabilized space-time finite element formulation to solve the incompressible flow equations in three dimensions.

92 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a review summarizes fundamental results and discoveries concerning vortex-induced vibration (VIV) that have been made over the last two decades, many of which are related to the push to explore very low mass and damping, and to new computational and experimental techniques that were hitherto not available.
Abstract: This review summarizes fundamental results and discoveries concerning vortex-induced vibration (VIV), that have been made over the last two decades, many of which are related to the push to explore very low mass and damping, and to new computational and experimental techniques that were hitherto not available. We bring together new concepts and phenomena generic to VIV systems, and pay special attention to the vortex dynamics and energy transfer that give rise to modes of vibration, the importance of mass and damping, the concept of a critical mass, the relationship between force and vorticity, and the concept of "effective elasticity," among other points. We present new vortex wake modes, generally in the framework of a map of vortex modes compiled from forced vibration studies, some of which cause free vibration. Some discussion focuses on topics of current debate, such as the decomposition of force, the relevance of the paradigm flow of an elastically mounted cylinder to more complex systems, and the relationship between forced and free vibration.

1,943 citations


"Vortex-induced vibrations of a circ..." refers background or methods in this paper

  • ...For a comprehensive review of the research on various aspects of vortex-induced vibrations, the reader is referred to the review articles by Williamson & Govardhan (2004), Sarpkaya (1979, 2004) and Bearman (1984)....

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  • ...More details on the blockage used for various experimental studies can be found in Norberg (2003) and Williamson & Govardhan (2004)....

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  • ...It has been pointed out in the literature (Khalak & Williamson 1999 and Williamson & Govardhan 2004) that synchronization/lock-in is defined as the state when the frequency of the periodic wake vortex mode matches the cylinder oscillation frequency....

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  • ...Williamson & Govardhan (2004) demonstrated, via a compilation of results from the literature for various studies, that hysteresis at the low-velocity end of the synchronization region may exist even in the laminar vortex shedding range....

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  • ...A review of some of the issues and the corresponding references may be found in Williamson & Govardhan (2004)....

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TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the progress made during the past two decades on vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of mostly circular cylindrical structures subjected to steady uniform flow is presented in this article.

1,368 citations


"Vortex-induced vibrations of a circ..." refers background or methods in this paper

  • ...In his review article, Sarpkaya (2004) pointed out that in a viscous medium, the added-mass coefficient is very important in determining the phase jump when the non-dimensionalized mass, m∗, is small....

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  • ...For a comprehensive review of the research on various aspects of vortex-induced vibrations, the reader is referred to the review articles by Williamson & Govardhan (2004), Sarpkaya (1979, 2004) and Bearman (1984)....

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TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the acceleration of the cylinder each half cycle induces the roll-up of the two shear layers close to the body, and thereby the formation of four regions of vorticity each cycle.

1,356 citations


"Vortex-induced vibrations of a circ..." refers background or result in this paper

  • ...Williamson & Roshko (1988), from their experimental studies, attributed hysteresis to a sudden change in the wake modes such as 2S and 2P. Brika & Laneville (1993) confirmed that the hysteresis is indeed due to the flow and attributed it to the drastic changes in the structure of the vortices that…...

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  • ...It has been confirmed by the flow visualization studies of Brika & Laneville (1993) and Williamson & Roshko (1988) that hysteresis in the cylinder response is the result of drastic change in the structure of vortices....

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a comprehensive review of vortex shedding in two-dimensional bluff-body wakes and present irrespective of whether the separating boundary layers are laminar or turbulent, and if the body is flexible this can cause oscillations.
Abstract: When placed ih a fluid stream, some bodies generate separated flow over a substantial proportion of their surface and hence can be classified as bluff. On sharp-edged bluff bodies, separation is fixed at the salient edges, whereas on bluff bodies with continuous surface curvature the location of separation depends both on the shape of the body and the state of the boundary layer. At low Reynolds numbers, when separation first occurs, the flow around a bluff body remains stable, but as the Reynolds number is increased a critical value is reached beyond which instabilities develop. These instabilities can lead to organized unsteady wake motion, dis­ organized motion, or a combination of both. Regular vortex shedding, the subject of this article, is a dominant feature of two-dimensional bluff-body wakes and is present irrespective of whether the separating boundary layers are laminar or turbulent. It has been the subject of research for more than a century, and many hundreds of papers have been written. In recent years vortex shedding has been the topic of Euromech meetings reported on by Mair & Maull (1971) and Bearman & Graham (1980), and a comprehensive review has been undertaken by Berger & Wille (1972). Vortex shedding and general wake turbulence induce fluctuating pres­ sures on the surface of the generating bluff body, and if the body is flexible this can cause oscillations. Oscillations excited by vortex shedding are usually in a direction normal to that of the free stream, and amplitudes as large as 1.5 to 2 body diameters may be recorded. In addition to the generating body, any other bodies in its wake may be forced into oscillation. Broad-band force fluctuations, induced by turbulence produced in the flow around a bluff body, rarely lead to oscillations as severe as those caused by vortex shedding. Some form of aerodynamic instability, such that move-

1,251 citations


"Vortex-induced vibrations of a circ..." refers methods in this paper

  • ...For a comprehensive review of the research on various aspects of vortex-induced vibrations, the reader is referred to the review articles by Williamson & Govardhan (2004), Sarpkaya (1979, 2004) and Bearman (1984). It is known from the pioneering works of Feng (1968) and Bishop & Hassan (1964) that the lock-in phenomenon is accompanied by jumps in transverse vibration amplitude (A/D) and fluid forces on the body. In addition, the phase difference between the cylinder displacement and fluid forces also shows a sharp change. The exact point of the jump shows hysteresis and depends on whether the point is on the decreasing- or increasing-velocity curve. Khalak & Williamson (1999) conducted experiments involving transverse oscillations of an elastically mounted rigid cylinder at very low mass–damping, m∗ζ (5000 Re 16000)....

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  • ...For a comprehensive review of the research on various aspects of vortex-induced vibrations, the reader is referred to the review articles by Williamson & Govardhan (2004), Sarpkaya (1979, 2004) and Bearman (1984)....

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  • ...For a comprehensive review of the research on various aspects of vortex-induced vibrations, the reader is referred to the review articles by Williamson & Govardhan (2004), Sarpkaya (1979, 2004) and Bearman (1984). It is known from the pioneering works of Feng (1968) and Bishop & Hassan (1964) that the lock-in phenomenon is accompanied by jumps in transverse vibration amplitude (A/D) and fluid forces on the body. In addition, the phase difference between the cylinder displacement and fluid forces also shows a sharp change. The exact point of the jump shows hysteresis and depends on whether the point is on the decreasing- or increasing-velocity curve. Khalak & Williamson (1999) conducted experiments involving transverse oscillations of an elastically mounted rigid cylinder at very low mass–damping, m∗ζ (5000 Re 16000). They showed that, depending on the value of the combined mass–damping parameter the response of the cylinder can be one of two types. For low m∗ζ the response consists of three branches: initial excitation, upper and lower. The transition between the initial and upper branches involves hysteresis. Intermittent switching of flow modes is observed for the transition between the upper and lower branches. Using flow visualization they have shown that the initial branch is associated with the 2S mode of vortex shedding (classical Kármán street with a single vortex released from each side of the cylinder in one cycle of shedding). The 2P mode of shedding (a vortex pair is released from each side of the cylinder during a cycle of shedding) is observed on the lower branch. Hysteresis with respect to transition between initial and upper branches is observed for a range of reduced velocities (U ∗ = 4.45 − 4.70). The reduced velocity is defined as U ∗ = U/f D, where, U is the free-stream speed, D the diameter of the cylinder, and f the vibrating frequency of the cylinder. For high m∗ζ only two response branches are seen. This is often referred to as the classical Feng-type response. Brika & Laneville (1993) in their experimental investigation of VIV of a long flexible circular cylinder with low damping ratio observed hysteresis in the transverse displacement of the cylinder with variation of flow velocity (3400 Re 11800). Two branches of cylinder response were found depending on whether the flow velocity is varied gradually or impulsively. The upper branch is realized when the velocity is increased with small increments. In this case, the 2S mode of vortex shedding is observed. The lower branch is obtained when the velocity is either changed impulsively or decreased gradually. This branch is associated with the 2P mode of vortex shedding as suggested by Williamson & Roshko (1998) from their experiments on forced oscillation of a cylinder....

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  • ...For a comprehensive review of the research on various aspects of vortex-induced vibrations, the reader is referred to the review articles by Williamson & Govardhan (2004), Sarpkaya (1979, 2004) and Bearman (1984). It is known from the pioneering works of Feng (1968) and Bishop & Hassan (1964) that the lock-in phenomenon is accompanied by jumps in transverse vibration amplitude (A/D) and fluid forces on the body. In addition, the phase difference between the cylinder displacement and fluid forces also shows a sharp change. The exact point of the jump shows hysteresis and depends on whether the point is on the decreasing- or increasing-velocity curve. Khalak & Williamson (1999) conducted experiments involving transverse oscillations of an elastically mounted rigid cylinder at very low mass–damping, m∗ζ (5000 Re 16000). They showed that, depending on the value of the combined mass–damping parameter the response of the cylinder can be one of two types. For low m∗ζ the response consists of three branches: initial excitation, upper and lower. The transition between the initial and upper branches involves hysteresis. Intermittent switching of flow modes is observed for the transition between the upper and lower branches. Using flow visualization they have shown that the initial branch is associated with the 2S mode of vortex shedding (classical Kármán street with a single vortex released from each side of the cylinder in one cycle of shedding). The 2P mode of shedding (a vortex pair is released from each side of the cylinder during a cycle of shedding) is observed on the lower branch. Hysteresis with respect to transition between initial and upper branches is observed for a range of reduced velocities (U ∗ = 4.45 − 4.70). The reduced velocity is defined as U ∗ = U/f D, where, U is the free-stream speed, D the diameter of the cylinder, and f the vibrating frequency of the cylinder. For high m∗ζ only two response branches are seen. This is often referred to as the classical Feng-type response. Brika & Laneville (1993) in their experimental investigation of VIV of a long flexible circular cylinder with low damping ratio observed hysteresis in the transverse displacement of the cylinder with variation of flow velocity (3400 Re 11800). Two branches of cylinder response were found depending on whether the flow velocity is varied gradually or impulsively. The upper branch is realized when the velocity is increased with small increments. In this case, the 2S mode of vortex shedding is observed. The lower branch is obtained when the velocity is either changed impulsively or decreased gradually. This branch is associated with the 2P mode of vortex shedding as suggested by Williamson & Roshko (1998) from their experiments on forced oscillation of a cylinder. Williamson & Govardhan (2004) demonstrated, via a compilation of results from the literature for various studies, that hysteresis at the low-velocity end of the synchronization region may exist even in the laminar vortex shedding range. Singh & Mittal (2005) confirmed this via their numerical simulations....

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  • ...For a comprehensive review of the research on various aspects of vortex-induced vibrations, the reader is referred to the review articles by Williamson & Govardhan (2004), Sarpkaya (1979, 2004) and Bearman (1984). It is known from the pioneering works of Feng (1968) and Bishop & Hassan (1964) that the lock-in phenomenon is accompanied by jumps in transverse vibration amplitude (A/D) and fluid forces on the body. In addition, the phase difference between the cylinder displacement and fluid forces also shows a sharp change. The exact point of the jump shows hysteresis and depends on whether the point is on the decreasing- or increasing-velocity curve. Khalak & Williamson (1999) conducted experiments involving transverse oscillations of an elastically mounted rigid cylinder at very low mass–damping, m∗ζ (5000 Re 16000). They showed that, depending on the value of the combined mass–damping parameter the response of the cylinder can be one of two types. For low m∗ζ the response consists of three branches: initial excitation, upper and lower. The transition between the initial and upper branches involves hysteresis. Intermittent switching of flow modes is observed for the transition between the upper and lower branches. Using flow visualization they have shown that the initial branch is associated with the 2S mode of vortex shedding (classical Kármán street with a single vortex released from each side of the cylinder in one cycle of shedding). The 2P mode of shedding (a vortex pair is released from each side of the cylinder during a cycle of shedding) is observed on the lower branch. Hysteresis with respect to transition between initial and upper branches is observed for a range of reduced velocities (U ∗ = 4.45 − 4.70). The reduced velocity is defined as U ∗ = U/f D, where, U is the free-stream speed, D the diameter of the cylinder, and f the vibrating frequency of the cylinder. For high m∗ζ only two response branches are seen. This is often referred to as the classical Feng-type response. Brika & Laneville (1993) in their experimental investigation of VIV of a long flexible circular cylinder with low damping ratio observed hysteresis in the transverse displacement of the cylinder with variation of flow velocity (3400 Re 11800)....

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors showed that there exist two distinct types of response in a very low mass and damping regime, depending on whether one has a low combined mass-damping parameter (low m*ζ), or a high mass-ding parameter (highm*δ).

944 citations


"Vortex-induced vibrations of a circ..." refers background or methods or result in this paper

  • ...A similar behaviour was reported by Khalak & Williamson (1999) in their experiments for higher Re for the transition from the upper to lower branch....

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  • ...It has been pointed out in the literature (Khalak & Williamson 1999 and Williamson & Govardhan 2004) that synchronization/lock-in is defined as the state when the frequency of the periodic wake vortex mode matches the cylinder oscillation frequency....

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  • ...But a lower m∗ was found to show a similar behaviour of φ as observed in Khalak & Williamson(1999), i.e. a sudden jump in φ from almost 0◦ to 180◦ was observed....

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  • ...It has also been pointed out by Khalak & Williamson (1999) that, for low m∗, synchronization is characterized by the matching of the vortex-shedding and cylinder vibration frequencies....

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  • ...Khalak & Williamson (1999) conducted experiments involving transverse oscillations of an elastically mounted rigid cylinder at very low mass–damping, m∗ζ (5000 Re 16000)....

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